Most difficult racquet to master

A lot of people claim that the MP99 is a toughie to get used to/master as well. I found it harder to get used to than the NS9000X o_o

 

I thought I was the only one... i could adapt easily to a mp77 and mp100 but not a mp99

 

Ok, let me take pictures of all my racquets side by side and you can see that the MP100 head is the smallest.

 

I've compared the frames of my MP40 and AT700.. the AT700's head is wider by around 6mm.

 

When I first borrowed my friend's NS9000X to swing, I knew within 5 mins that it was the right racket for me. It's got a lot to do with how you swing, your swing speed and hitting technique. The one I had real trouble adapting to was the MP99. Every hit felt hollow.. I tried, gave it a second and third chance but no can do. Sold it eventually.

 

I find that when I use racquets strung at fairly low tension below 23lbs, I have problems with my timing.. any racquet. My friend's NS9KX strung to 24lbs felt great when I first used it, but last night when I tried it again.. it felt terribly hard to lift with it because the tension had dropped down to around 20lbs. Racquets strung to low-tensions are hard to use.. IMO.

I used a Cab15 strung to 23lbs with bg65 too, and I did some miss-hits.. because the racquet length is shorter than the usual long-sized racquets I use.

I used an MP99 2U as well.. strung to 22lbs with bg65.. terrible.

 

Well, it really comes down to how adaptive are you... I can play with 18lbs to 24lbs with no problems. Well, probably need a few swings before I can adapt it, but I get more power to smash when I play in 18-21lbs, and more control from 22-24lbs.

The other day, my friend wanted to trade my racquet (AT900T@24lbs) for one game and I used his Victor PowerWave 11@20lbs.... What I can say is that his racquet is a hammer.... Although the smashes from me are not accurate (70% accuracy), but boy, ain't the smashes fast...

 

Haha.. I play alot of singles and I really depend upon my slices and tight net shots to set up my attacks.. I need high-tension.. but in doubles, I have no problem playing with my mp40 with micropowerxl at around 19lbs.. pure hard-hitting.

Still.. I can't play with some racquets what so ever even with high tension or low tension.. like the MP99. I just hate it.. lol

 

I might just gonna get a MP99 to see how hard it is to play with!

I love to challenge racquets and make them obey me!

I rarely play doubles because of clash-phobia... I don't like it when either I clash with others or vice versa...

 

Why not get an AT900T in 4U and hit as hard as with an AT700? That's the real challenge.

 

With the MP99, you can either love it or hate it.. Maybe this would be the same with oval-frame racquets.

I had so much trouble getting used to the AT700 when I first got it.. because it was so head-heavy compared to the MP40.

 

Actually, I have a AT900T 3U. But I would definitely like to try 4U to see how they feel. However, 3U is still light to me... I wish Yonex made a AT900T 2UG3~

 

I wish Yonex made an AT700 2UG4..

I've tried my friend's AT900T 4U strung with PG66N at 23lbs.. The racquet felt a bit too fast compared to my heavy, modified AT700 3U.. defense was pretty good but I couldn't smash as hard as my normal AT700.

 

i think my Ti-10 (Yellow) is kinda hard to master.

now trying to get used to this beast...

 

That's why using a 4U for power play is difficult

 

4U's are for net-play then ?
I think.. front-men in doubles can use 4U's and the powerful back-men can use 2U Ti10's ..

 

Oh yes.....definitely a real challenge... Flexy racquets are also very hard to power play because they neutralize your power, like the time I used my friend's MP45... Boy! Was that an weird racquet to play with. It was so flex that I can only do drop shots or net play with my opponents....Power is definitely not an option in that game....it was awwwwful....