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Originally Posted by jorian
Started to play some tennis again. I bought my current Wilson ProStaff racquets about 18 years ago and am wondering if I would notice any difference with a new racquet. I just restrung them and they seem fine. Any revolutionary design changes in the past decade or is it just flashy graphics with super-cool words?
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The pro-staff was a great racquet, some old pros still use'em, and this suggest you had game (it's never been a beginner's racquet)... To me, it was always too stiff though, you could use them as 911 ramps and it wouldn't bend ;-)
You may find out after 18 years that *YOU*, not the racquet, can't handle a freshly strung prostaff anymore...
Personally, while racquets are a very personal choice and you should try them all, I'd spring for something more modern and comfortable on your older elbow... To those that may say they haven't progressed, I tried for fun a friend's antique Wilson T2000 or something (first metal one?) and I could not bend my elbow the next day ! Racquets do change !!!
I've found that the VOLKL brand made something of a great compromise, very nice and controllable, yet comfortable (big damper in the grip), and still is an old style racket for decent players (by that I mean you gotta generate your own power, it's not one of those modern huge things that weighs 3 grams, shoots cannonballs and and is profiled like an F117). The C9 or C10 pro, for instance, are pretty nice in my book... Just add those to your list of tests, along with something from Prince (also comfy), Head (nice too) and a modern wilson pro staff for kicks... Yes, I think you may enjoy a more modern one, again from a soreness standpoint... And ditto on the strings, lots of changes there, some modern strings let you spin the ball with a lot less efort. Not for me, but...