Okay, summer is here - I think we established that factoid in the last post. And yesterday I am playing with my friend who can't seem to put most of his shots in. Today he's off by a lot, maybe 6 feet on most of his shots. We sit and talk. I look at his strings. They are all over the place and of course since I strung it myself in April, I can only blame myself. But he says both his racquets are strung way too loose and he has no control. He does use an oversized racquet. I think it's 27.75 inches and 110+ head size so with a 28mm beam, power is no problem. He wanted it strung at the low end because to string higher he has arm pain. The classic dilemma. We talked for a bit and I mentioned that the better strings, the multifilaments, while costing a lot more, have more power AND better control. They seem to "pocket" the ball.
There is another solution however. Switch to a more flexible racquet. His beam of 28+mm tells me that he has stiffness to spare. And since the racquet is really big too, that may translate into a lighter than good for your arm sub 11 ounces.
This is a site I have referred many people to.
http://racquetresearch.com/ . It starts off a bit technical but then explains in fairly basic layman terms why a heavy racquet is good and so is a flexible one compared to stiff. It's worth a read. If you have a sore arm problem, it may thank you.
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