Test Rackets from Tennis-Point: Find Your Perfect Tennis Racket

It does not matter if you have been playing for years or just picked up tennis: a racket that matches your athletic and coordinative abilities is crucial for enjoying your time on the court. As a beginner, your coach will probably equip you with a rental racket. However, once you have completed a few training sessions, you will likely want to buy your own racket. However, before rushing to a decision, we recommend testing a few different models as tennis rackets have different characteristics. Plus, it is vital to have a good feeling when you hold the respective racket, which is highly subjective.

Hence, our shop offers a wide selection of test rackets you can order online to test them for up to ten days: the perfect way to find the perfect racket for you.

What Do I Need to Consider When Choosing a Test Racket?

If you are an experienced tennis player and have already tried several tennis rackets, you know which grip strength you prefer and which characteristics you are looking for in a racket. Hence, it is best to order several rackets to test as manufacturers develop new features every year that change the playing characteristics. 

Being new to the sports, consider certain principles before ordering your test rackets the racket's weight, the hitting surface's size, the balance point, and the grip strength.

A Racket's Perfect Weight

As a beginner, it is essential to make sure that you perform your strokes as accurately as possible to gain control as quickly as possible. That is easier if you start with a racket that is not too heavy. Hence, beginners and slightly advanced players should pick a model that weighs no more than 300 grams.

The Size of Your Test Racket's Hitting Surface

The smaller a test racket's hitting surface, the more precise you need to hit the ball to send it in the direction you aim for. Hence, larger hitting surfaces are more versatile as they allow you to hit your target even if you do not hit the ball with your rackets' sweet spot, which increases your hit rate in the beginning considerably. Hence, pick a test racket with a hitting surface measuring at least 100 square inches (roughly 635 square centimetres).

Your Test Racket's Balance Point: Aim for Head-Heavy

One of tennis' ground principles is that you perform your strokes from bottom to top. Therefore, most rackets for beginners and advanced players are "head-heavy", meaning that their head is heavier than the shaft and grip to facilitate the upward movement. A head-heavy racket has a balance point of 32,5 or higher.

Your Test Racket's Grip Strength

For your racket to feel good in your hand, the grip strength needs to fit. To find out yours, you loosely grip your racket with your hitting hand around the grip. Your index finger should fit between your ball of thumb and fingertips. It works? You have found your grip strength. Our test rackets' grip strengths vary from one to three, with three being particularly thick.

Which Test Rackets Fit my Game?

There are tour rackets, allround rackets, and comfort rackets. None of the big brands produces rackets for only one purpose. When looking for your test racket, you'll see far more tour rackets than allround and comfort rackets. That is also because tour rackets usually are more expensive. Hence, it makes more sense economically to offer more of those rackets as test rackets. Generally, you can distinguish the three categories as follows:

• Tour rackets: firm frame, low profile, small racket head, on the heavy side
• Allround rackets: neutral frame, medium weight, larger racket head, medium profile 
• Comfort rackets: very wide profile, very low weight, large hitting surface

When it comes to brands, you can be assured that all big manufacturers have test rackets for every playing type in the portfolio. Traditionally, Wilson produces frames that enhance control. Babolat rackets are said to benefit a fast game, while HEAD stands somewhere in between the two. However, always remember that every racket needs the right stringing to reach its full potential. Hence, picking the right strings is crucial. We string our test rackets according to the manufacturers' recommendations to make the impression as realistic as possible.

One more piece of advice: to get an initial idea, use our racket advisor. There, we lead you through a questionnaire to paint a picture of your preferences and physical features. Then, our database will search for the rackets that fit your personal profile giving essential clues you can base your final decision on. Finally, you only have to check whether we have your favoured test racket in stock to test. If that does not work out, you are sure to find a racket from a comparable series of the brand the racket advisor recommended.