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A graphite Prince tennis racket will set the buyer back $210, while the Prince Classic goes for
$55.
New racket sizes, materials
beckon recreational players
An estimated 1,000 Universi
ty students are dusting off
their rackets, buying tennis
balls at the bookstore for
$1.99, skipping classes and
crowding the courts.
But some players may
discover a few surprises —
warped racket heads, cracked
frames, outdated junior
models or patchy grips.
The following is a guide to
help recreational tennis
players select the best racket
for their money.
The first step in choosing a
racket is to know the three
basic materials: wood, tradi
tional but least popular metal,
which has been on the tennis
market for 10 years; and
graphite, soaring in sales for
three years now, according to
Randy Cuddeback, Willow
Creek Racquet Club president.
Unlike the wood rackets
that get scraped or broken on
the court, metal rackets are
durable and give the player ad
ditional power, Cuddeback
says.
But they also vibrate
tremendously, he says, and
this is where the graphite
made of "space age” material
has the advantage.
Graphite has the feel of a
wood racket that many players
desire but weighs much less.
The reduced weight combined
with graphite's better shock
absorption puts less strain on
the arm and that may help ten
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nis elbow or arthritis, he says.
“Graphite rackets are
quicker and easier to
maneuver at the net,” he says.
But Steve Brouillard, owner
of Mr. Tennis, says a graphite
racket is not necessarily
lighter than a metal racket.
He says buyers should con
sider two important words
before they make a final deci
sion: stiffness — how much a
racket bends when the ball
hits the head; and balance —
how much the racket head
weighs.
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The stiffer the racket, the
quicker the ball comes off the
strings, he says.
‘‘A baseline player might
prefer more weight in the
head,’’ Cuddeback says.
Brouillard agrees and adds
that a server and vollyer might
go with a lighter head.
Brouillard says the bottom
line is for a tennis player to try
as many of the 150 rackets on
the market today as possible.
His store has 80 demos
available for buyers to try for a
month.
“We charge a $20 fee if they
decide not to buy a racket,” he
says.
But for Cuddeback, just as
important is knowing head
sizes.
These include: conven
tional, such as a standard
wood racket or a Head Profes
sional; oversize, such as the
Prince series; and midsize,
such as a Kennix Silver Ace.
“The trend now is toward
the midsize,” Brouillard says.
Among midsize users are
Billie Jean King and Martina
Navratilova — both go with
Yonnex — and John McEnroe,
who uses a Dunlop, according
to Brouillard.
But the oversize is a slightly
new phenomenon, Cuddeback
says, developed and patented
by Howard Head. Kennex
manufacturers the Prince line
for the inventor, who has a
monopoly on racket head
sizes between 85 and 130
square inches.
All manufacturers who pro
duce rackets that fall in this
range must pay royalties to
Head, a Wilson representative
in Chicago says.
“You have to buy a more ex
pensive racket for the money,”
Cuddeback says of Wilson.
And Brouillard considers
Wilson more of a G.l. Joe’s or
Fred Meyer type of a racket.
But University women’s ten
nis coach Nancy Osborne,
who uses the Wilson Ultra — a
regular head graphite — says
Wilson has been around a lot
longer than Prince.
“It gives me a lot of control.
It’s a little bit stiffer in the
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