My Tennis Plan 2005

After playing with my new racket for several games, I cannot say it is my perfect match yet. Well, I gain more power from the racket but at the same time I lose some control on the strokes too. Compare with the rackets, the differences are:

a. Pure Control use high rip string which can hold the balls in the racket for a little bit longer time and enable me to decide which way the ball shall go, while the AreoPro use Timo 18 has less friction and I hit more flatter ball with it, and find difficulties in hitting short drop shot in front of the net. Some adjustment of the form is required for the new racket (I hit less accurate with AreoPro)

b. Pure Control vibrates madly when hitting drive volley or drive return, but AreoPro is very solid with not vibration at all for drive volley.

c. Pure Control is very easy to slice down the ball in a volley, AreoPro usually bounces long and high (part of the reason is I do not really know how to slice).

d. AreoPro is more powerful in serving and easier to play back hand strokes – it surely has helped my back hand strokes

e. AreoPro is more difficult to produce top spin than Pure Control (may be due to difference in strings rather than the racket)

In order to take the benefits of the power from the new racket, my short term goals of my games include

1. Improve control in ground strokes by adjustment my form.

2. Increase my back hand successful rate up to over 70%, and try to control the balls directions as far as possible.

3. Improve first serve successful rate and second serve power

4. Change my form to hit volleys.

There are a lot of things to do, nevertheless, I feel this new racket gives me opportunity to grow (if I can complete the above goals), so up to this moment I still think that I am correct to buy the AreoPro – at least it make me happier than the old racket.