My Racquet Ratings

My name is Bruce , and I'm a racquetaholic

I can't even remember how I got this habit of accumulating racquets, but I have 20+ now, and it's getting out of control. I know some people have hundreds, so it's nice to know I'm not alone.

I thought I might as well start a blog about them, because I myself am always pleased to read other's opinions about a racquet's characteristics.


For a quick synopsis, see my Racquet Rankings List

see also my Wish List - racquets I'd Like To Own

A source for racquet data:


http://www.racquetfinder.com/






Wednesday, 18 July 2012

Wilson Prostaff Classic 6.1

Wilson Prostaff Classic 6.1
Stefan Edberg's choice of racquet,  in the famous Prostaff line - I had big expectations of this racquet.

It is very head-light, and also quite flexy - some of the stiffness figures I've seen don't look right, this would rate in the low sixties.

I have to confess to giving up on this stick;  it gave me no power on the serve, even with a little weight at 3 and 9, which did wonders on my very similarly-weighted (and brilliant but fragile) Prostaff ROK. It also seems to get stiffer if you swing it faster - maybe thats the kevlar.

Nice off the ground, but my Ntour does that too, and everything else a lot better.  maybe the should have a label "Grasscourt Use Only".

3 comments:

  1. Have you tried the stretch version? If you like the pop of the 27.5" PS 5.0 you'll probably like the pop in the 28" PSC 6.1 compared to regular length....

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  2. Interesting idea! I get the feeling from the widely varying opinions on how the PS 6.1 behaves that they may vary a bit between versions anyway("White Cap" vs "Black Cap", etc) - I've got a mate who keeps going back to his 6.1,so I might borrow it and see how close it is to mine.

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  3. Update time. Been a love / hate affair with my PSC 6.1s (regular & stretch) since posting above, possibly the heavy/dense feel of the stick either means you are on target and sweep matches with ease, or you suffer indifference trying to find your rhythm &, hence, lose more often than not ...

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