Federer Kick Serve Practice

Watch this cool video on Federer practicing his Kick Serve.  See he does practice!!!!

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How to Buy a Tennis Racquet

Great tips on what to consider when buying a tennis racket. I feel the most important factor is to "try before you buy".  At Tennis Gear we have a demo racquet for every racquet we sell and with two huge store at Shaw Park Tennis Centre and Everton Tennis Centre we have courts available for you to use.  Come in and see us for all your equipment needs.

Alu Power Review

Luxilon is the most widely used string on tour. Why? I hear you ask.

Luxilon Big Banger ALU Power comes in four different versions. ALU Power 1.25 mm is the original version and still one of the most popular.  The composition is a copolymer with fluocarbon resin and aluminum fibers.   ALU Power Rough 1.25 mm has the same composition, but is textured to generate more spin.    One of the final processes is the string being crimped to give it the texture.  ALU Power Spin 1.27 mm also has the same composition, but is in a pentagonal shape for added spin. The string is a little thicker than the others because of its shape, but still has about the same durability. The last version is ALU Power Fluoro 1.23- mm is enhanced with fluorofibre carbon during the extrusion process. 

Why is Luxilon ALU Power the most popular string on the tour?  The answer is control, power, and spin.  Polyesters and co-polymers give players the ability to hit out on the ball and keep it in the court.  What separates ALU Power from all of the other polys is the feel and comfort.

In conclusion, you can’t go wrong with any of the four versions.  Just make sure you start of low and work your way up in tension. It may take some time to find the right setup, but when you do, I think you will stick with it.  I can’t tell much difference between the different versions, but I use the ALU Power Rough.  I feel like I get a little more spin on the ball than I do with the fluoro and the smooth.  I also love the spin version.  If you’re looking for more control, power, and spin try one of the Luxilon ALU Power strings.  There is a reason over 60% of the ATP Top 100 players and approximately 30% of the WTA Top 100 players use Luxilon strings.  The majority of them are playing with one of the ALU Power strings.

Tennis Gear have the full range o Luxilon strings including Alu Power. If you would like advice before your next restring, then give them a call on 3353 2018.

Box Pattern Stringing

Check out this great video that clealy shows how to string your racquet using the Box Pattern.

Tennis Gear use Wilson Baiardo Stringing Machines and han help you with all your tennis needs.

Tennis Pain

Nadal is the master when it comes to pushing his body. Look at this great YouTube Video showing Nadals feet at the end of a tournament. Ouch

 

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Is Racquet Swingweight Important?

Checkout the racquet swingweight customisation tools at the following link.  RacquetTech.

"Swingweight is the most important parameter to customize because it has the most influence on how the racquet feels and plays most of the time -- i.e., when you are swinging and hitting the ball. But good players want all their racquets to feel the same at all times -- holding it still vertically, holding it still horizontally, swinging in a straight line, or swinging it in a circle about some axis. Holding the racquet by the handle with the head pointing to the ground, all you feel is the weight. If you hold the racquet horizontal to the ground, you feel the "pickup weight," which is defined as the weight times the balance point. If you swing in a short straight line as in a punch volley, you are primarily pushing a weight, not rotating it around in a swing, so you feel its weight and balance. When you swing in a full stroke, you are rotating the racquet around an axis (at your wrist, elbow, or shoulder) and what you feel is swingweight.

Using this calculator, you can determine where and how much weight to add in order to match two or more racquets in weight, balance, and swingweight. This is the ultimate equipment service that a coach or racquet technician can provide for a player."

Tennis Gear offer a service that measures swingweight and allows players to customise their racquet weight.

 

Hewitt may be Right!!!.

Hewitt may have got it right on Commonwealth chaos

9/22/10 2:51 PM | Johan Lindahl
Lleyton Hewitt may have had a premonition that all would not be well when he withdrew from consideration months ago for the Australian team at the Commonwealth Games.

Now, the former world No. 1 is looking like a mind-reader with organization of the event starting in little more than a week in New Delhi sinking in chaos.

Besides huge security concerns, there are also pressing logistical issues - not to mention a pedestrian bridge which collapsed and injured more than 20 at the ill-starred Games site. Officials are even voicing concern that the event may have to be canceled or delayed.

Among other problems - not only unique to tennis players - athletes are due to arrive within days and only half of the tower blocks which will serve as their temporary homes are completed.

The signs could point to an aborted debut for tennis at the event, where noted British Commonwealth players like Hewitt and Andy Murray are giving the competition a wide berth and sticking to their original ATP schedules for 2010. Hewitt would not have been able to play in any case after injuring his hand in weekend Davis Cup play and now set to miss the next three weeks.

Games bosses have made a plea to the Indian government to step in and remedy the situation with hours passing quickly until the October 3 start. The tennis event runs from October 4-10.

Tennis Gear has Hewitts racquet on sale for only $199