How I Customize My Racquets for MAX PERFORMANCE

Beckett explains how he customizes his Babolat Pure Aero Rafa's, including a discussion on optimizing for MGR/i and recoil weight, choosing the perfect leather grip and how to match the weight, balance and swingweight of your racquets.

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00:00 Intro
00:35 My Specs
01:57 The Best Leather Grip
03:45 Flaring the Grip
04:38 Tail Weighting for Swing Mechanics
06:06 Optimizing Recoil Weight
07:47 Matching Racquets
10:09 How I Wrap My Grip
13:10 Matching Swingweight
14:25 How to Hide Lead Under the Bumper
16:16 Fixing Mistakes with Lead
17:37 Fine Tuning Static Weight and Balance
19:38 How to Add Weight at 7 inches
21:50 More Problem Solving

[James-qvdr]

How I customise mine:

1) string racket
2) use the racket 2 times
3) sell racket
4) buy a new racket
5) use racket
6) regret selling first racket
7) sell second racket
8) buy 3rd racket that is nothing like either racket
9) sell 3rd racket as is too out of spec range
10) buy first racket again
11) remember why I sold it in the first place
12) sell racket
13) buy a forth racket

[tomathome]

I got a racquet consultation from you a while back and funnily enough we're now both using the 290g Rafa Aero. Such a great racquet, unique static weight/swingweight combo. Such a beast of a racquet!

[jmr]

On Beckett's advice, I added 4 grams at 7" on the handle and 2 grams at 12 on my PA100, and it has been a game changer! Beckett FTW, as always.

[paddyyyyyyyyyyyy]

Thanks for the in depth video on the racket customization👍

[ThorD]

Best place to put lead on an Aero is 1/4' wide strips on the bottom of the bridge on both sides. That little skinny weeny bridge gets beefed up and the weight helps with recoil, especially if you like to hit the ball near the top of the stringbed.

[marianotrobajo]

We are all waiting extreme mp/pro 2.0 review!! :)

[derekpappas]

In adding some more customization to my dunlop cx 200 tour 18x20, I tried putting weight at the upper part of the grip and some interesting results occured .

If weight is added to this location, other than lowering the sweetspot, it also seems to increase power, yet this may also be stiffening the racket which would increase power . The power increase is proportional to the weight added . It did hurt the wrist . The sound emited from the strings become far less tingy due to stablization created in the balancing of added weight to the head . What seems to work well is tail weighting and weight towards the top of the grip together .

A way to test and ajust, is to take an unpeeled over grip and test wrap it seperately, in both locations and increase tape or bands over it until it feels wright . Then you test the weights and positions as you play or test the various results of each aspect of the game, until perfect for you and the specs of the racquet .

6.67 grams for all the elements of a dunlop overgrip and 2 grams for a rackets rubber band . Vibration dampeners to test near the neck of course as well . All tested before adding the lead tape and concentrated and alterable weighted tungstan putty in the but cap .

[mdd]

Hey TC, I am surprised you are not using playdough or puddy weighted to the estimated lead tape weight and stick it to your frame to test on the SW1 to confirm the swing weight and then add the lead tape just once, way easier

[MyCvid]

For a flared butt I use 1/4 inch strips of silver duck tape. It adds a couple grams of weight but no additional swing weight. You can make that butt as big as you want!

[EGchristian]

Using a thin guitar pick would also do the trick of putting lead tape under the bumper and it’s safer.

[MiracleAgeGKS]

Isnt it a Timemore for coffee nerds? :D

[pdiseris]

Big butts, 7 inch magic, the demonstration at 4:17 - what is going on here?

[devoker]

If you used the calculator I shared in the forum, you didn't have to do any estimation. I always end up within 1 kgcm of swingweight but I measure the location where I would put the lead thoroughly. It is all about placing the leadtapes centre of gravity to the location calculator finds.

[TheBCninja]

Have you done a video on how to know if your racquet is too fatigued/potentially damaged?

Is there a tension test or something that looks for that sort of thing while the racquet is unstrung? There's a lot of chatter out there about 2 years, 60 string jobs, or until it literally crumbles. Im currently in the third camp, but without A/B testing a brand new racquet against a 10y/o one, I dont have another frame of reference.

[vanodne]

What's special about the 7-inch location for adding weight?

[theblueblurb]

Could you post the tools you use to weigh the racket and the swing weight?

[ChrisL]

4:18 how to extend racket from 27" to 28"...

But i ended up adding a wilson buttcap for the added flare out on my PA98 to help loosen my grip to help the golfers elbow tendonitis.

[datsushi]

Hi Becket, I have a question

How does swing path influence racket choice? For instance, take the vcore 95 and the prostaff 97 - the 95 has a higher launch angle (I think?)

So say that you had an eastern forehand, which was quite linear and not too much of a ‘windshield wiper’ compared to a western grip forehand. Would one racket be more suited?

[nevinliauw]

Hey Beckett, your unstrung spec is 312g, 32.5cm, 304 sw. With 1.25mm strings and dampener and og, the static is 339 and also the sw, what is the balance?

[deuxbaone]

Hi there ! What grip size do u personally use ?