Comments on: Two-handled tennis racket spotted at the U.S. Open http://www.dezeen.com/2012/09/06/two-handled-tennis-racket-spotted-at-the-u-s-open/ architecture and design magazine Sat, 18 May 2013 21:59:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Drew Harrison http://www.dezeen.com/2012/09/06/two-handled-tennis-racket-spotted-at-the-u-s-open/comment-page-1/#comment-1003544 Drew Harrison Sun, 30 Sep 2012 01:54:08 +0000 http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=242991#comment-1003544 This stick is amazing! You don't even notice the other handle on either one handed shots or the serve. The serve in fact, is particularly nasty. Because of the way it's engineered, you have a built in kick already because you serve with the "inside" handle instead of the outside handle. You will understand what I mean when you hold the stick. This is an amazing development for tennis and a much needed evolution. It will change the game much like the oversized racquet did. I can kick my serve over the head of someone 6' tall. This stick is amazing! You don’t even notice the other handle on either one handed shots or the serve. The serve in fact, is particularly nasty. Because of the way it’s engineered, you have a built in kick already because you serve with the “inside” handle instead of the outside handle. You will understand what I mean when you hold the stick. This is an amazing development for tennis and a much needed evolution. It will change the game much like the oversized racquet did. I can kick my serve over the head of someone 6′ tall.

]]> By: Naimit http://www.dezeen.com/2012/09/06/two-handled-tennis-racket-spotted-at-the-u-s-open/comment-page-1/#comment-995676 Naimit Thu, 13 Sep 2012 18:22:25 +0000 http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=242991#comment-995676 I was inspired to learn the sport by the great Monica Seles. I worked like a dog to develop two-handed strokes off both sides as close in technique to hers as I possibly could. I'd be truly interested in giving this racquet a try, but I can imagine any number of situations where it might be terribly awkward. Imagine trying to pronate the wrist during the wrist snap portion of the service motion. With two handles the unused handle in the serve would not only seem to unbalance the racquet while one swung, but doesn't it seem like it'd simply be in the way? But hey, the truth is that standard tennis racquets are already quite awkward: we're just so used to them we take them for granted. I was inspired to learn the sport by the great Monica Seles. I worked like a dog to develop two-handed strokes off both sides as close in technique to hers as I possibly could.

I'd be truly interested in giving this racquet a try, but I can imagine any number of situations where it might be terribly awkward. Imagine trying to pronate the wrist during the wrist snap portion of the service motion. With two handles the unused handle in the serve would not only seem to unbalance the racquet while one swung, but doesn't it seem like it'd simply be in the way?

But hey, the truth is that standard tennis racquets are already quite awkward: we're just so used to them we take them for granted.

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