How to Choose a Tennis Racket for Beginners

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name's Lincoln Ward. I am the director of the Austin Tennis Center here in Austin, Texas, as well as a USPTA certified teaching pro. Today we're going to talk about how to choose a tennis racket for beginners. Beginner adults generally, I would recommend not choosing an expensive racket. You want find a racket that, that is not extremely light, but is also not extremely head heavy. You also want something that is, is a flexible frame that it will allow you to, it allows a give and take, so as you're developing your stroke, it'll give you a little bit more freedom to hit the ball late or early. As your stroke develops, you will be able to hit the ball on time a little bit more often, and you'll be able to move to a more stiffer frame. The flexibility in the frame takes away some of the vibration from an off center hit. That's something that you're going to get a lot as a beginner is you want to focus on hitting in the sweet spot, but with everything you have to think about, you're going to get a lot of framing shots which cause vibration to, to go through the racket up and to your arm. Again, generally you want to have a racket that is head, has a large head to give you a wider sweet spot, a lighter frame, and a flexible frame. But that's generally what you're going to look for in a tennis racket for a beginner."