How to Choose a Racquet

Purchase a racquet based on your skill level. Get to know the category you fall into. It may not be hard for you to identify yourself as beginner, intermediate or advanced player. Choosing a tennis racquet is like buying new clothes. You get a better fit if you give them a try on. You know you may be a beginner,intermediate or advanced tennis player. Beginners normally have shorter swings that are slow and need more power from a racquet. An oversized head, longer racquet that is head heavy is what you should search for. Intermediate player need to consider racquets that offer increased maneuverability. Other considerations are racquets that have more features such as being lighter, midplus heads and extended length.

Advanced and high level players need racquets with more control. At this point mastered most of the techniques and need to consider heavier, thinner beams and a smaller head. When you consider weight and balance remember you may be swinging that racquet for hours at a time. You need one that's not to heavy but heavy enough to give you power. Lighter racquets give you more power and Heavy racquets provide you more control. Heavy racquets are more stable and you you feel less shock while playing. A lot easier on the arm, especially the elbow, ever heard of tennis elbow? Head size on a racquet helps if you are not very atheltic when you start. A larger head helps you appear less clumsy. Larger heads have a bigger sweet spot and more important a larger hitting area. If you are more skilled choose the smaller racquet heads.

The more length on the racquet helps with ground strokes and power. It is also harder to control.
The tension of the racquet comes more into touch expensive racquets. They have some customization and are pre strung. Lower tension has more power and less vibration. Higher tension gives you more pop, power and spin. The grip size is kind of like trying on a pair of gloves. It all depends on your hand size. A lot of manufactures work on the grip sizes to reduce shock and vibration from the racquet. One thing you can do when choosing a racquet is to ask the views on players better than yourself. Most people like to give advice and the more opinions you have the better choices you can make in your look for an innovative racquet.