I play Hard with a woody. - Tennisopolis : Tennis Social Network2024-03-19T09:27:02Zhttp://tennisopolis.com/forum/topics/i-play-hard-with-a-woody?commentId=1869403%3AComment%3A1025781&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThat Brian Gottfried racquet…tag:tennisopolis.com,2013-04-29:1869403:Comment:10360392013-04-29T17:49:21.007ZTim Praponghttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/TimPrapong
<p>That Brian Gottfried racquet looks really nice. $69.99 is a fair price.</p>
<p>That Brian Gottfried racquet looks really nice. $69.99 is a fair price.</p> they do still make woodies. h…tag:tennisopolis.com,2013-04-29:1869403:Comment:10357672013-04-29T04:13:59.257ZCoachV - William Vazquezhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/CoachV
<p>they do still make woodies. <a href="http://www.tennis-warehouse.com/Bosworth_Snauwaert_Brian_Gottfried_/descpageRCBOS-BSBG.html" target="_blank">http://www.tennis-warehouse.com/Bosworth_Snauwaert_Brian_Gottfried_/descpageRCBOS-BSBG.html</a></p>
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<p>they do still make woodies. <a href="http://www.tennis-warehouse.com/Bosworth_Snauwaert_Brian_Gottfried_/descpageRCBOS-BSBG.html" target="_blank">http://www.tennis-warehouse.com/Bosworth_Snauwaert_Brian_Gottfried_/descpageRCBOS-BSBG.html</a></p>
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<p><a target="_blank" href="http://img.tennis-warehouse.com/new_big/BSBG-4.JPGhttp://"><img class="align-full" src="http://img.tennis-warehouse.com/new_big/BSBG-4.JPGhttp://?width=300" width="300"/></a><a target="_blank" href="http://img.tennis-warehouse.com/new_big/BSBG-4.JPG"><img class="align-full" src="http://img.tennis-warehouse.com/new_big/BSBG-4.JPG"/></a></p> Please do these frames justic…tag:tennisopolis.com,2013-04-25:1869403:Comment:10345202013-04-25T14:58:08.532ZPaul Atreideshttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/PaulAtreides
<p>Please do these frames justice and string them with VS gut. Also, when I was using woodies, Babolat made a protective tape that you could put on the hoop to protect it from minor contact with the court. It was a blue tape with some cloth reinforcement. I'm sure it had a slight affect on the balance of a racquet, but, back then, we didn't know anything about those kinds of specs.</p>
<p>Please do these frames justice and string them with VS gut. Also, when I was using woodies, Babolat made a protective tape that you could put on the hoop to protect it from minor contact with the court. It was a blue tape with some cloth reinforcement. I'm sure it had a slight affect on the balance of a racquet, but, back then, we didn't know anything about those kinds of specs.</p> lol..no worries, I will play…tag:tennisopolis.com,2013-04-25:1869403:Comment:10347232013-04-25T14:42:44.699ZShereef Zedanhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/ShereefZedan
<p>lol..no worries, I will play with them for sure. I purchased them to play with and not to show case. Just saying a part of me is in love with their beautiful condition. Overgrip for sure and as you said I will be extra careful digging low balls. I'm taking one of them today for stringing. Weekend weather looks nice in chicago so I would love to hit with one of these beauts.</p>
<p>lol..no worries, I will play with them for sure. I purchased them to play with and not to show case. Just saying a part of me is in love with their beautiful condition. Overgrip for sure and as you said I will be extra careful digging low balls. I'm taking one of them today for stringing. Weekend weather looks nice in chicago so I would love to hit with one of these beauts.</p> IMO, it would be a crime to o…tag:tennisopolis.com,2013-04-25:1869403:Comment:10347742013-04-25T14:21:44.390ZPaul Atreideshttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/PaulAtreides
<p>IMO, it would be a crime to own these racquets and not use them. Are you a player or a collector? String those babies up and put them to the use they were made for. Obviously, you want to take care of them. Put some tape around the hoop, an overgrip on the handle, don't try to dig out low volleys off the court surface. You don't have to play matches with them, but, you have to hit with them. You just have to. It's the unwritten law. Actually, there might be something in the ITF…</p>
<p>IMO, it would be a crime to own these racquets and not use them. Are you a player or a collector? String those babies up and put them to the use they were made for. Obviously, you want to take care of them. Put some tape around the hoop, an overgrip on the handle, don't try to dig out low volleys off the court surface. You don't have to play matches with them, but, you have to hit with them. You just have to. It's the unwritten law. Actually, there might be something in the ITF official rules about owning wood racquets and not using them. You don't need a record or jail time for hoarding woodies. Too bad grass courts aren't readily available. They are easier on racquets as well as knees.</p> They are as new and never eve…tag:tennisopolis.com,2013-04-25:1869403:Comment:10347732013-04-25T14:14:56.125ZShereef Zedanhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/ShereefZedan
<p>They are as new and never even been strung. I almost feel bad I'll play with them and a part of me wants to keep them unscathed. I believe the tournament one was the last wood racquet dunlop ever made. They started adding graphite to the handle and a bit to the connection of stem and head for added rigidty. Of course still a wood racquet so will not be stiff. I guess I will have to pony up for the gut string.</p>
<p>They are as new and never even been strung. I almost feel bad I'll play with them and a part of me wants to keep them unscathed. I believe the tournament one was the last wood racquet dunlop ever made. They started adding graphite to the handle and a bit to the connection of stem and head for added rigidty. Of course still a wood racquet so will not be stiff. I guess I will have to pony up for the gut string.</p> Wow! Are those as mint as th…tag:tennisopolis.com,2013-04-25:1869403:Comment:10345152013-04-25T13:55:15.957ZPaul Atreideshttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/PaulAtreides
<p>Wow! Are those as mint as they look? The design of Maxply Forts made them very flexible in the head and more rigid in the shaft, the opposite of Kramers. I hit with one a few years ago. What a great racquet Forts were! Please, do these frames justice and string them with VS Touch or Team. It's worth every penny.</p>
<p>Wow! Are those as mint as they look? The design of Maxply Forts made them very flexible in the head and more rigid in the shaft, the opposite of Kramers. I hit with one a few years ago. What a great racquet Forts were! Please, do these frames justice and string them with VS Touch or Team. It's worth every penny.</p> Yep, I'm going a bit crazy wi…tag:tennisopolis.com,2013-04-24:1869403:Comment:10346082013-04-24T23:54:04.330ZShereef Zedanhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/ShereefZedan
<p>Yep, I'm going a bit crazy with my woodies...hehe</p>
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<p>Yep, I'm going a bit crazy with my woodies...hehe</p>
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<p>Well, if they love wood so much, they oughtta make new ones! Start production instead of whining about it! j/k</p>
<p>I know what that sentiment is and I have four wood racquets myself, but the way of the future is already here. Volkl is putting organic material (pulp) in their racquets and so is Wilson with their basalt. There has been a move back towards more feel in graphite racquets in the last five years, so I'm not too worried.</p>
<p>Well, if they love wood so much, they oughtta make new ones! Start production instead of whining about it! j/k</p>
<p>I know what that sentiment is and I have four wood racquets myself, but the way of the future is already here. Volkl is putting organic material (pulp) in their racquets and so is Wilson with their basalt. There has been a move back towards more feel in graphite racquets in the last five years, so I'm not too worried.</p> Something tells me that The I…tag:tennisopolis.com,2013-04-22:1869403:Comment:10332662013-04-22T15:56:02.255ZPaul Atreideshttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/PaulAtreides
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