Weight And Balance Of Your Tennis Racket

Submitted by: Michael D Cook

Weight and balance are important components of your tennis racket. They can affect your speed, power, maneuverability, and many other things that can change your game. Weight is a simple balance between maneuverability and power while balance must be tuned in to your style for maximum control.

The old wooden rackets weight used to be between 13 and 14 ounces. With technology, it became possible to make rackets lighter than 8 ounces; even are even lighter than 7 ounces. In a general sense, a lighter racket is more maneuverable and easy to swing than a heavier racket, but heavier rackets are more powerful.

Balance is the distribution of weight across the racket. The balance of your tennis racket can dramatically affect how you play. Swing Weight is a term referring to how much weight must be moved through the air each time you swing your racket. By moving the balance towards the head of the racket you will increase the swing weight. A racket that is Swing Heavy has more power, but is much slower. When balanced correctly, light rackets that are head heavy can have as much power as the heavier racket that is head light.

You will feel that it is easier to play with the lighter head heavy racket when playing a slower game, but there is a problem when the tennis ball starts moving faster. The inertia of a light frame that is head heavy is lower than a heavier head light racket. During the impact with the ball, the mass of the heavier handle helps support the position of the whole frame.

With a light handle, the stress of impact is on the racket grip which is distributed to your wrist, elbow and shoulder, causing loss of control or injury. Again, you do not feel it when playing the slower game, but only when the ball comes faster.

Lighter and head heavy rackets are better for the slower game because they deliver more power. Heavier even balanced or headlight rackets are better for advanced or stronger players have a faster game to have more control and avoid injuries. Tour professionals use custom balanced and usually heavier frames. Any frame could be made heavier and balanced the way you like using lead tape, but don t forget to read up about stiffness and flexibility.

About the Author: Mike Cook is a Marketing Specialist for E-Rackets. For more information about tennis racquets and tennis equipment visit

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