How to Choose a Tennis Racket
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
SUMMER 2010 About us Tennis Squash Badminton Apparel Footwear CONTENTS We have always been a specialist business with in depth Tennisball 04-06 knowledge about all tennis, badminton and squash rackets. Head Shoes 06 We have been in business for 18 years, and have been Head Tennis/Luggage 07-09 growing steadily to the point where we now have 2 stores, Tecnifi bre Tennis/Luggage 10 a mail order business and the most comprehensive racket Babolat Tennis 13 sports website in Europe. Babolat Shoes/Luggage 14 Babolat Apparel 15 MAIL ORDER HOTLINE: Wilson Tennis 16-18 Wilson Luggage 19 01923 77 99 22 Wilson Shoes 20 Bollé (Adult) 21 All prices correct at the time of going to press. E&OE. Yonex Tennis 22 Free postage & packing on all orders over £70. Völkl Tennis 23 It is very easy to order online but you can always Prince Tennis/Luggage 24-25 phone up to order. Dunlop Tennis/Luggage 26-27 RETURNS: We strongly advice customers to send Asics 27-28 returns back using a secure method e.g. recorded Fred Perry Clothing 29 delivery or similar to our warehouse at: K-Swiss 30-31 AMT Sports Ltd, Unit 4, Olds Approach, Nike Clothing 32-35 Tolpits Lane, Watford WD18 9TD Adidas Clothing 36-39 Junior Tennis Rackets 40-41 Junior Apparel & Footwear 42-43 ORDER ON-LINE SAFELY Bollé (Junior) 44 & SECURELY ONLINE Fila Clothing 45 Centring Machines 46-47 ORDERS ARE GIVEN PRIORITY Strings & Grips 48-49 Coaching aids/Mini tennis/Accessories 50-52 tennisnuts.com is a trading name of AMT SPORTS LTD, Nike Watches 53 Company reg No. 6265021 Reg. Offi ce: Mandeville Accessories: Aircast/Thorlos 54 House, 45-47 Tudor Road, Harrow, HA3 5PQ Tennis Clearance 55-56 24, JOEL STREET, NORTHWOOD HILLS, MIDDLESEX, HA6 1PF TEL/FAX: 01923-827637 [email protected] 9.30 am to 5.30 pm Mon to Sat (1 pm closing on Wednesdays) 2 Tennis Squash Badminton Apparel Footwear PLAY TEST AREA You can try our hitting wall for both squash and tennis rackets at our Northwood store. RE-STRINGING SERVICE We have hundreds of strings in stock, including Babolat, Prince, Luxilon Big Banger, Technifi bre, Ashway, plus our own brand Strings. RACKET TRIALS You can demo any racket from either store. The full purchase price is charged as a deposit for demos. Customers are responsible for frame breakages during the trial period, unless due to a manufactures fault. It is the customer responsibility to return the racket safely using a safe method. HOW TO CHOOSE A TENNIS RACKET Each of the manufactures has a different method of categorising rackets. We have simplifi ed the whole process for you. We have given each racket a power level based on: 1.The speed of the ball off the racket- we have tested all the rackets. 2. The head size- the bigger the racket head the more powerful the racket. 3. Thickness of beam- the thicker the beam, the more powerful the racket 4. Weight of racket- Light rackets (225g to 280) is generally more powerful. Medium rackets are generally (280g to 300g). Heavy rackets are generally (300g to 340g) these are control rackets. So which type of racket should you go for? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 CONTROL RACKET MID CONTROL/POWER POWER RACKET Plenty of control and feed back from Nice mixture of power and control. Very user friendly. Easy to the racket. Would Suit: Club or recreational players serve with, volley with. Very Would suit: Advanced players playing who hit the ball reasonably well. easy on your body. club team or tournament tennis Players Advanced players who need more power. Would suit: Recreational players with longer or full strokes. Players who Adult sized junior. who have a short back swing. have problems controlling the ball. Good adult sized juniors. Each Racket will have the following symbols to help you: W6OTUSVOHXFJHIUJOHSBNTtH - Head size in square inches. B #FBNXJEUIJONJMMJNFUSFTtP - Tennis nuts power level 3 tennis balls Tennis Squash Badminton Apparel Footwear TENNIS BALL PRICES 1 doz per doz 8 doz case per doz 2 cases (all prices incl VAT) (16 doz) Slazenger Wimbl ultraviz(4 ball can) £16.99 £13.30 £106.40 £12.08 £193.28 Slazenger Championship £13.99 £12.99 £103.92 £10.99 £175.84 Slazenger Open £12.40 £10.35 £82.80 £10.10 £161.60 Slazenger Extra Life £18.00 £14.00 £112.00 £12.25 £196.00 1 doz per doz 6 doz case per doz 2 cases (12 doz) Slazenger Wimbl ultraviz(3 ball can) £16.99 £13.30 £79.80 £12.08 £144.96 Wilson Tour (4 ball can) £15.25 £13.00 £78.00 £12.75 £153.00 Wilson Tour (3 ball can) £15.00 £12.75 £76.50 £12.50 £150.00 Wilson Aussie Open £14.99 £11.50 £69.00 £11.25 £135.00 Wilson Championship £14.99 £10.50 £63.00 £9.49 £113.88 Wilson US Open £11.99 £10.50 £63.00 £10.00 £120.00 Dunlop Fort Elite £15.99 £14.99 £89.94 £12.75 £153.00 Dunlop Fort £14.99 £12.49 £74.94 £11.66 £139.92 Dunlop Club All Court (3 ball) £12.00 £10.50 £63.00 £10.00 £120.00 Babolat Gold Tennis Balls £11.25 £10.75 £64.50 £10.25 £123.00 Head ATP Tour £12.99 £10.99 £65.94 £10.33 £123.96 Head TEAM £9.50 £8.10 £48.60 £7.60 £91.20 Head RADICAL £9.99 £8.50 £51.00 £8.00 £96.00 1 doz per doz 6 doz case per doz 10 doz Tretorn Micro X (4 ball) £17.99 £17.50 £105.00 £16.44 £164.40 Tretorn Micro X (3 ball) £17.99 £17.50 £105.00 £16.44 £164.40 Tretorn Championship £12.00 £10.00 £60.00 £8.00 £80.00 COACHING/TRAINER BALLS 1 doz per doz 3 doz per doz bags/bucket Dunlop Trainer (8 doz bag) £12.00 £11.00 £33.00 £10.00 £80.00 Tretorn coach (8 doz bag) £12.00 £11.00 £33.00 £9.75 £78.00 Wilson Trainer (8 doz bag) £12.00 £10.00 £30.00 £9.50 £76.00 Wilson Trainer (6 doz bucket) £10.00 £60.00 Slazenger Trainer (5 doz bucket) £12.00 £11.00 £33.00 £12.00 £60.00 Babolat Academy (6 doz bucket) £12.00 £11.00 £33.00 £10.00 £60.00 Tretorn Trainer (2 tone) (6 doz bucket) £13.00 £12.00 £36.00 £11.67 £70.00 Tretorn Micro XTrainer (2 tone) (6 doz bkt) £15.00 £14.00 £42.00 £13.33 £80.00 Pro Kennex Mini Tennis Balls 1 doz per doz 3 doz per doz 8 doz sack Pro Kennex mini Red £12.00 £11.00 £32.99 £9.37 £74.96 Pro Kennex mini Orange £12.00 £11.00 £32.99 £9.37 £74.96 Pro Kennex mini Green £12.00 £11.00 £32.99 £9.37 £74.96 Karakal Mini Tennis Balls 1 doz per doz 3 doz per doz 5 doz Karakal Solo Red £12.00 £11.00 £33.00 £10.00 £50.00 Karakal Mini Red Foam £14.00 £13.00 £39.00 £12.00 £60.00 Karakal Solo70 Red Oversize £17.00 £14.00 £42.00 £13.00 £65.00 Karakal mini Orange (lobo) £12.00 £11.00 £33.00 £10.00 £50.00 Karakal MID Green £12.00 £11.00 £33.00 £10.00 £50.00 Tretorn Mini Tennis Balls 1 doz per doz 3 doz per doz 6 doz Tretorn Academy (Orange) £13.99 £13.00 £38.99 £11.67 £70.00 Tretorn Funlite (Green) £13.99 £13.00 £38.99 £11.67 £70.00 5 doz bkt Tretorn RED Oversize £17.00 £14.09 £42.27 £12.91 £64.55 Babolat Mini Tennis Balls 1 doz per doz 3 doz per doz 6 doz case Babolat Kid Orange £15.00 £14.00 £42.00 £13.33 £79.98 Babolat Junior Mid (green) £15.00 £14.00 £42.00 £13.33 £79.98 Slazenger Mini Tennis Balls 1 doz per doz 3 doz per doz 5 doz bucket Slazenger Orange £17.00 £14.50 £43.50 £13.50 £60.00 Slazenger Green £17.00 £14.50 £43.50 £13.50 £60.00 Slazenger SHORTEX £19.00 £18.00 £54.00 - - Slazenger FOAM £19.00 £18.00 £54.00 - - Price Mini Tennis Balls 1 doz per doz 5 doz per doz 10 doz Price mini RED tennis balls £21.73 £20.13 £100.65 £18.98 £189.80 E & OE. All prices are correct at the time of going to press and may be liable to change 4 tennis balls Tennis Squash Badminton Apparel Footwear nCore Technology t /BOPQBSUJDMFTJOUIFJOOFSDPSFNBLFJUNPSF diffi cult for air to escape t *ODSFBTFEEVSBCJMJUZBOEDPOTJTUFODZ t .BJOUBJOTQSFTTVSFMPOHFS t #BMBODFEDPSFGPSNPSFDPOTJTUFOUCPVODF New Wilson Australian Open Ball t 5IJDLFSGFMUNBLFTCBMMQMBZNPSFTUBCMFBOETPMJE AquaShield Felt - Davis Cup t #FGPSFGFMUJTFWFOXPWFO mCFSTBSFUSFBUFEJOB chemical bath to become water resistent. t 4VQSFNFQMBZGFMUFOIBODFEXJUI"RVB4IJFMEGPS moisture resistence MICRO X The Micro X performs like a tournament ball and is for advanced players. The Micro X is powered by 700 million air-filled micro cells. The rubber core, made of titanium and polybutadiene, has a softer feel than permanent pressure balls, enhancing spin. Surfaced with our exclusive Flex-Felt™, which is specially designed from wool and polyester fibers, the Micro X offers unsurpassed feel, playability and wear-resistance. 3-Piece Micro Cell Construction Inner Core Tretorn Micro X Powered by 700 million micro cells Trainer 2 Tone Soft rubber Core Soft touch and enhanced spin 1 doz £14.99 Exclusive Flex-Felt™ 6 doz bucket £79.99 Better feel and maximum durability on all court surfaces E & OE.