List your playing style, main racket, string & string tension

**jwu42** · 10-29-2008, 04:50 PM

Play Style: Offensive
Racquet: Victor Discovery III, Yonex MP88
String: Yonex BG65
Tension: 24lb

**bad_case** · 10-29-2008, 06:35 PM

AT 250/BG 65/23lbs
surprise/working the boundary
75% technique/25% speed
control 75%/power 60% / forgiveness 50%

**Gemcat** · 10-29-2008, 06:53 PM

Style: Even-balanced or Undetermined
Main racquets: NS8000 BG65@22lbs, ArcSaber 10 BG80@21lbs

**SilverDJ** · 11-03-2008, 02:45 AM

Style: offensive
racquet: AT-700
string: ashaway micropower
tension: 26 lbs

**punchclear** · 11-03-2008, 06:20 PM

Originally Posted by punchclear

A less dramatic update...

Playing Style:

(still) trying to be.... Offensive-minded

Main Rackets:

03 x SOTX Woven-7
02 x SOTX Woven-4L

Strings:

Oliver XP-68, Protech Tech 66, Prospeed & PG 66 Neon (on my 4Ls); all @ 25lbs x 27.5lbs

... It's STILL ALL Sgbad's fault!!!

Minor update...

Playing Style:

Attack-minded

Main Rackets:

03 x SOTX D600
02 x SOTX Woven-4L

Strings:

BG 65 (on my D600s) @ 27lbs x 30lbs
PG 66 Neon (on my 4Ls) @ 25lbs x 27.5lbs

... have developed this infatuation with D600s & BG 65

**punchclear** · 11-04-2008, 04:27 AM

Originally Posted by punchclear

Minor update...

Playing Style:

Attack-minded

Main Rackets:

03 x SOTX D600
02 x SOTX Woven-4L

Strings:

BG 65 (on my D600s) @ 27lbs x 30lbs
PG 66 Neon (on my 4Ls) @ 25lbs x 27.5lbs

... have developed this infatuation with D600s & BG 65

Typo in earlier post (as spotted by Sgbad)...

Main Rackets:

02 x SOTX D600
02 x SOTX Woven-4L

**IvanM** · 11-04-2008, 04:03 PM

Current Rackets
Mizuno TC700
Mizuno TC500
Yonex AT700
all strung at 30lbs (mains)
w/ BG85

**derekcai** · 11-04-2008, 08:51 PM

Originally Posted by punchclear

Minor update...

Playing Style:

Attack-minded

Main Rackets:

03 x SOTX D600
02 x SOTX Woven-4L

Strings:

BG 65 (on my D600s) @ 27lbs x 30lbs
PG 66 Neon (on my 4Ls) @ 25lbs x 27.5lbs

... have developed this infatuation with D600s & BG 65

27X30lbs you have to let me try one of those soon!

**punchclear** · 11-04-2008, 09:20 PM

Originally Posted by derekcai

27X30lbs you have to let me try one of those soon!

No prob, Bro. Once your done with your exams...

**Sgbad** · 11-04-2008, 10:58 PM

Originally Posted by punchclear

Typo in earlier post (as spotted by Sgbad)...

Main Rackets:

02 x SOTX D600
02 x SOTX Woven-4L

Haha, you have to let people know of your D600 breaking adventures.

**sierra117** · 12-03-2008, 11:52 PM

STYLE: Doubles/Offensive
MAIN RACQUET: 2X SOTX Woven 6i (I love them!)
STRING: Yonex BG65 Ti (Both)
TENSION: 24-25 lbs (Both)
GRIP: Yonex Waterfit Grip, with Karakal PU Supergrip underneath (Both)

Originally Posted by sierra117

STYLE: Offensive
MAIN RACQUET: SOTX Woven 6i
SPARE RACQUET: Head Nano Power 700
STRING: Yonex BG65 Ti (Both)
TENSION: 24 lbs (Both)
GRIP: Yonex Waterfit Grip (Both)

**K4mu1** · 12-05-2008, 07:52 AM

Power player (since most of my finishing is smash, but loving to play control, capable of becoming a frontman, and play some net kill, that will give some beautiful clear that will give benefit to my partner, can't play single xD....)

Arcsaber 10

BG68Ti, 24.5lbs

**noppy** · 12-05-2008, 10:19 AM

leaning towards attacking,
Woven 7,
Ashaway powergut 66,
27lbs

**thanhtruc** · 12-05-2008, 06:39 PM

I play defense
racquet: AT500
strung with BG 66 Ti @ 23lbs

**jhirata** · 12-06-2008, 02:45 AM

Update..

Play Style: Offensive
Racquet: AT700 3U ( modified to 2U )
String: Ashaway MicroPower XL
Tension: 30x33lbs ( thanks ae86trueno! )

I thought I'm crazy.. going up from 28lbs to 30lbs now.. but in I totally love this.
I get unmatched power, precision, speed.. and my game also becomes faster..
I was warned by so many people about going up to 30lbs, and my friends thought I'm crazy..

.. but suprisingly, no pain in my arm at all.. it took a little bit of time to adjust from the lower tension I was using on my back-up racquet strung probably around at 19lbs now, but once I got back to it.. I love it more than nbg95 at 28lbs.

**birdhunter** · 12-07-2008, 02:59 AM

Originally Posted by jhirata

Update..

Play Style: Offensive
Racquet: AT700 3U ( modified to 2U )
String: Ashaway MicroPower XL
Tension: 30x33lbs ( thanks ae86trueno! )

I thought I'm crazy.. going up from 28lbs to 30lbs now.. but in I totally love this.
I get unmatched power, precision, speed.. and my game also becomes faster..
I was warned by so many people about going up to 30lbs, and my friends thought I'm crazy..

.. but suprisingly, no pain in my arm at all.. it took a little bit of time to adjust from the lower tension I was using on my back-up racquet strung probably around at 19lbs now, but once I got back to it.. I love it more than nbg95 at 28lbs.

eh jhirata, if string my at700 3ug5 to 30lbs, will the racquets break easily? cause i want to try also.. haha.
which one better? BG80 at 30lbs or BG66 at 30lbs?
i like control, lobbing n smashing+loud sound.

**jhirata** · 12-07-2008, 03:16 AM

Originally Posted by birdhunter

eh jhirata, if string my at700 3ug5 to 30lbs, will the racquets break easily? cause i want to try also.. haha.
which one better? BG80 at 30lbs or BG66 at 30lbs?
i like control, lobbing n smashing+loud sound.

There's a much higher chance of breakage at higher tensions.
The racquet may break if the stringer is inexperienced. Also, if the stringer does not mount the racquet carefully, the racquet frame can either break or be warped. At high tensions, it's recommended to use HiQua String-protectors so that the grommets and the frame will not be damaged as much, and also the string will last longer. At 30lbs, the grommets will definitely be wasted up and you'll need to replace them often.

I haven't tried any other string at this tension yet, and so far I find that defending is quite hard with this tension. At this tension.. the sound is very very loud.. it's very impressive. I can't recommend you which string to use though, because I haven't tried either one of them at this tension..
BG66 will break very quickly so BG80 would be more suitable..