Having said that, once I changed my mentality and decided to use my opponent’s pace to direct him round the court, that’s when I really started to take control of the match. I have a very conservative semi-western grip and often find it difficult to generate good spin on the forehand side.Ĭonsequently, I found my balls, although deep, lacked the spin behind them to really push my opponent off the court.Īs a result, I was the underdog in the rally I could never seem to assert my authority in the point and keep on top which is the opposite of how I normally play. It doesn’t give you the greatest feel of where the ball has been hit off your strings which makes adjustment slightly difficult. With regards to spin, I found it difficult to produce, mainly due to the lack of feedback you get off the racquet. Over the course of three sets however, this racquet will take a toll on your energy reserves because you have to generate the power yourself.įor a consistent baseliner who wins by breaking their opponents down, this works perfectly. Generating the speed is tiring as you have to create good racquet head speed each time but for a good attacking player, this can be easily done. When you must generate the speed and spin yourself, things become a little trickier. The racquet lends itself to receiving power and speed from your opponent and simply redirecting that speed back across into the open court. I could obviously generate spin with it, and I felt that if I played with it more, I would find the best way of doing that, but it didn’t come easily to me. Where I felt it let me down was in the generation of spin and it is this factor that made me put it in the, ‘I need to play with this more’ category. If you’re looking for depth, then the Graphene Touch Radical MP is brilliant! The power is there if you can generate the racquet head speed, and it gives you the feeling that it doesn’t matter how much you swing, it’ll still land just inside the baseline.
I felt as if I could play at 75% of my potential power and never miss with this racquet. The reason I would recommend the Head Graphene Touch Radical MP to a consistent minded, medium to high level player is because of the stability you get on the groundstrokes. If you’re the type of player who lives for the baseline to baseline slog, and generally ends their victories with their opponents imploding on the other side of the court, finish your reading now and go and get yourself this sweet-looking bat! In particular, the Head Graphene Touch Radical MP racquet suits a very consistent counter puncher who plays at a medium to high level of tennis. The reason for this is that I believe this is a difficult racquet to play well with.
Having said this, I would not advise the archetypal club tennis player to use this racquet as a way of gaining some bragging rights on having the best-looking kit.
#Art of rally recensione professional#
However, on this occasion, Head have gone for a bold, futuristic paint job and it’s paid off as the racquet looks professional and stylish. The reason being, when they deviate from the norm, they inevitably mess it up! Racquet manufacturers often go for a mundane, conservative paint job and for good reason!
#Art of rally recensione series#
Head has given the Radical series a flash new makeover and I for one am a big fan. On top of an impressive swing weight, the racquet has presence! Although the Head Graphene Touch Radical MP itself is very light, the swing weight (323 grams) is not to be taken lightly at all! What’s most impressive about this racquet is the swing weight of it.
Weighing in unstrung at 295 grams it’s quite a bit lighter than what I’m used to, but I liked the balance of the Head Graphene Touch Radical MP, which sits slightly headlight, allowing you to generate a lot of racquet head speed very easily. That’s not to say with a little practice I wouldn’t be able to fine tune my game to suit the racquet, but initially I did find some pretty important aspects challenging. The Head Graphene Touch Radical MP fell under the ‘I need to play with this some more category’ for me.Įverything about the racquet felt good but there were aspects I couldn’t get to grips with straight away. (Check out my article on what to look out for when testing a racquet) The “I never want to see this racquet again category’, the ‘I need to play with this some more’ category and the ‘I’d definitely beat Fed with this racquet category’. When I playtest any tennis racquet, I group it into one of three categories.
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