Trying out new racquets before buying them?

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Permalink Reply by Keebler on May 24, 2009 at 1:50am

Hi Vivek,

You can try out Zalles (in Foster City) or Tennis Station (in Burlingame). At Zalles you pay $20 to try out racquets for 1 month. You can check out 2 racquets at a time for up to a week. The $20 goes to the purchase of a racquet at the end of the month.

At Tennis Station you pay $50 for a 2-month period and you can only check out 1 racquet at a time. The fee at TS also goes towards the purchase of a racquet. I'm not sure what racquet you'll end up with, but in some cases it's actually cheaper to sign up for a demo program and then go online to purchase the racquet.

Also, Zalles is sponsoring some sort of tennis clinic this Monday (Memorial Day). It's free and it's just down the street from their store. They'll have some of the latest racquets to demo and you can meet their staff and other tennis players.

Good luck finding a racquet!

Permalink Reply by Vivek on May 26, 2009 at 11:51am

Hi Keebler, thanks for the detailed reply. I'll check them out and post an update on how it turns out.
Thanks,
Vivek

Permalink Reply by Vivek on May 26, 2009 at 11:53am

And Keebler: too bad I only saw your post today -- would have loved to check out the Zales clinic!

Permalink Reply by Kris on May 26, 2009 at 12:48pm

There's many demo programs around the area. 1)Tennis Station in Burlingame 2)Sports Authority 3)Tennis Express.com 4) Tennis Warehouse.com you can normally find this site on wtatour.com or atptour.com......those are the place that I know of.

Permalink Reply by Vivek on May 26, 2009 at 9:45pm

Hi Kris -- thanks for the info!
-Vivek

Kris said:

There's many demo programs around the area. 1)Tennis Station in Burlingame 2)Sports Authority 3)Tennis Express.com 4) Tennis Warehouse.com you can normally find this site on wtatour.com or atptour.com......those are the place that I know of.