Gotta Want It

“Gotta Want It” is a catch phrase that came up when we were shooting a product video review some time ago. If one of the players seemed a bit lacking in effort or concentration, someone would shout out, “C’mon! Ya gotta want it!” (Often times from the camera crew members needing to get to their [...]

Racquet demo: Yonex RDiS 300

It’s time to check the mile marker on my tennis racquet journey. When I last paused to ponder, I was considering a switch from my Yonex RDS 003 to either the Dunlop Aerogel 4D 300 Tour or the ProKennex Black Ace 98. I’ve since put down the Black Ace. I still love it for baseline [...]

The greatest racquet breaker of them all hangs it up

Being a tennis racquet just got a whole lot safer: Marat Safin has retired from professional tennis. Safin, along with having a reputation as one of the world’s most talented players, also possessed a penchant for smashing racquets. Earlier this year when TW’s Spencer interviewed Safin’s racquet customization and stringing team, Priority 1, P1’s Nate [...]

Becker Hero string review

It had been a while since I’d regularly used natural gut, but I recently started to play around with some hybrids and full sets of gut after a nagging wrist injury just refused to go away. So, when some sets of Becker Hero natural gut came into the office for testing, I quickly grabbed a [...]

A Necessary Change. It’s Not You, It’s Me.

Take me to Divorce Court, I’m done. My body could no longer take the punishment; I had to get out before I really got hurt. It’s not because I didn’t love my old racquet, I did, and still do, but my body just couldn’t take the physical abuse. Who can I blame but myself? Like [...]