Remember i saw Markis Kido of Indonesia using ZS and won the MD Japan Open recently. But he seems to be having a difficult time against the opponent. So it really makes me think twice!!
Many of the pros got the ARCZ only during the JO. They dont have ample time to get used to the rackets yet. As for the Japanese players.. alot of them get it even before the JO. Adonis : I use AT900P , NS9900 and ARC Z at the moment. Frequent racket used it those 3. For game play nowadays is ARC Z. I play doubles ... singles no GAS for me! hehehe
I had the opportunity to swing one around a store the other day. It really does feel like swinging a Mp100 but with more speed. Shaft stiffness seems medium~ I'm really not digging the headshape, but at least they brought back the at900 beefy shared grommets which I believe is a first for the arc line. Have to actually test it out, but from some reviews I'm reading, sounds like another racquet that needs retiming work. The arc 7 and 10 were two of my most power robbing racquets I've ever used and have since been scared of the arcs. Where's my at1000!!!
It sounds very much like a Wilson [K]Tour...stiff, needs to be very aggressive to get the most out of it. Do you consider it to heavy for a beginner? Like back-hand clearing wise because my wrist can't handle a well back hand clear.
I think as long as you go with a 3U, it doesn't matter what racket you end up with, you'll adapt. I'm not even convinced it's such a great idea to go with a totally high end racket if you're starting out. I mean, the Ti10, the MP99, the Armourtecs....they're all pretty much the same racket just with different materials and slight tweaks. I think an even balanced 3U is the way to go for a first racket. The Nanospeed 7700 is a great buy, but seriously, you'll adapt to whatever you like so just get something that looks good
You've got it bang on, Eazy Tiger!!! Played with mine 2 nights ago, but this time it was a disappointment, compared to the time previous. My analysis, I was, as you put it, too passive...just waiting for the racquet to do its work by itself. After 2 games I switched back to the old faithful, A900P. After reading your review, I realized I went all out the time before, and had a blast with the Z. Will try it again tonight with more aggression, before retiring the Z-stick!
I just got my Arc ZS. It has a TH code on the cone. Anyone knows what is the difference between SP,JP,TW,TH,SW ? Heard people claims SP rackets not as durable as rackets with JP / TW / IP . I hope TH is reliable.
SP rackets are known to be not as durable? I though the urban myth was that TH and TW lack durability?
Again, nobody has ever produced any proof whatsoever that the codes directly refer to quality. I'd like to see some written proof from Yonex or a licenced distributor stating that as fact. As a product designer, I can't see even a top end racket costing more than USD30-40 to make en masse, so deliberately dropping the quality to save 5 bucks makes no sense. This is because volume drives discounts, so companies would prefer to make 1000 identical rackets rather than two lots of 500 that are different. Even if you dropped the price of the first 500 by 5 bucks a unit, it's still overall cheaper to make 1000 identical because you get higher volume discount on materials, and lower set-up costs. Save from being presented with actual proof that codes directly refer to quality, I think the primary role is to a) Denote who is responsible for warranty, and b) because retail is higher in some countries, to protect margins, countries with higher RRPs have to make their rackets seem worth the extra in a global market or they will loose sales to wherever the margins are the lowest. Plus there is still this hangover that Japan has a monopoly on quality, which is complete rubbish. Anyway, back to the Z-Show!
