However, swinging is just one part of that basic principle of tennis that we spoke of earlier. A lighter frame of course will be easier to swing. In that regard, a heavier frame will cause you more trouble than a lighter frame. One of the prominent features of tennis racket frames is swing weight and it’s best described, in my experience, as the feeling you have of swinging away a racket. A challenge that at least might clarify some things we can just take as a practical tip with us on court. I tried to look reading about tennis and physics as a challenge. Ready for a challenge?īut let’s not put us of by the rules of physics just yet. I did take some extra lessons to be honest, just to get through it. I actually liked Physics as subject during high school, but the truth of the matter is that I really wasn’t that good at it. Now, physics is a great field of study but it comes of course with it’s own set of rules and one that has to be studied for quite some years to be called an expert in.
I actually think tennis is so much about physics, that it leaves us with a great mystery of why Albert Einstein wasn’t a great tennis champion. That is, once you decide to read more about tennis. That’s it! I am exaggerating here of course just to make my point and that is: basically, tennis is not a complicated game. I’ll assume here you got the scoring system figured out and as for a summary of the the main tactics: you’ll win a tennis match by A) hit the ball with your racket, B) higher than the net and C) within the main court lines and D) far away from your opponent. Tennis is actually a pretty straight forward game in terms of scoring system and tactic principles. Strangely enough, these tiny lead adhesives are actually ‘the magical tape’ of tennis and in this article, I’ll explain you why.īasically, lead tapes allows you to alter the factory settings of your racket by applying weight in ‘strategic’ places on your frame, which then influence the total weight, balance point, swing weight and sweet spot of your racket. You think it might look cool, but not have thought much about it.
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If you have watched some professional tennis, then you must have seen it: although small and stretched out, these shiny strips are common items among the gear that professional tennis players use every day.