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Doug's racket of choice

When competing in the college level it is critical to always improve yourself to keep up with the challenges of recruits and rival schools, and in tennis it really can be hard to measure your progression in you development in the sport.  The racquet that I use is a Babolat AeroPro Drive Play.  The Aero line has been in Babolat's line up since 2005 which is a stiffer frame which allows for more  power, and less control.  Babolat has different trim levels with racquets being in order lite, team, regular, plus, tour, and play.  These trims usually are associated with weight, but the plus means the racquet is extended by half and inch, and the Play means that the racquet has a computer inside the handle which will measure multiple statistics such as ball rpm, power, as well as contact on the racquet string bed.  This is measured in percentages amongst the top ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) players.  For example, Rafael Nadal used this exact racquet and was the top member of the play racquet community.While playing with the racquet and recording data you can see a progression in you spin level power, and consistency of where you strike the ball in your string bed.  Now with this racquet being the premium level it had a premium price tag, but however you can find the play racquets on Ebay for a reasonable price between $150-$200 per racquet with what you get it is a very good deal. especially with someone like myself who started playing tennis late it very encouraging to see your stats go up and to help motivate you to improve even more.
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  1. YarFebruary 7, 2018 at 2:50 PM

    I really enjoy using the AeroPro Drive but then they got rid of it and replaced it with the Aero Pure Drive. Why did they do that?

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  2. HovixFebruary 7, 2018 at 3:08 PM

    I believe you are referring to the pure drive. The reason they replaced the racquet was, because it needed a redesign, and began to implement elements from the pure drive to add more power by stiffing the frame, and giving areo dynamics to increase raquet head speed.

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