How is Your Head?

I know it is just a few hours after New Years Eve but that is not the head I am referring to!

I am talking about the head of a tennis racquet.  I received a couple of racquets for some work and I was immediately taken by the great distortion of one of the racquets.

I think it is easy to see which head shape is the right shape!  The head on the left is .210 inches narrower than the head on the right.  That is a lot!  Way too much, in fact.

The tension on the stringers tag is 52/54.  Why?  The string is some sort of polyester, and the SBS data are;

ERT1000 = 33

RDC = 48

FlexFour = 64

These data are included only so I can compare to future data.  The string is used so this is not intended to correspond the tension setting of 52/54.

A racquet that is distorted to this extent is not performing as it is designed to perform!  A racquet should be the same shape after stringing than before stringing even though it goes through some changes during the installation process.

Take care of your head!