Rafa's racket is wired!

A new generation of tennis rackets measure every stroke and tell you how well you play. Rafael Nadal is amongst the stars to use the new technology.

[@sam57890]

Who else thought it said, "Rafa's racket is weird"????

[@lp4969]

Sam Fergusson hahaha same lol

[@AirGuitar]

Yeah i totally did hehe

[@Liasos88]

"It's not weird, it's wired"

[@parthjain29]

Me

[@trixfc3603]

Lol

[@bmwf1joel]

You need a $350 racquet to tell you that forehands are hit more than backhands? Come on now!

[@cutuway]

Joe Bob i mean yes but actually no..

[@usaexplore410]

**everyone will be playing with a wired racquet in 2020** *yeah riiight*

[@alexgrant4864]

That aged well....

[@floriangoethals2375]

2015: "all racquets will be connected" 2020: "yeah sure mate..."

[@prancer71]

New tennis excuse: my opponent HACKED my racquet

[@DeeeFoo]

I doubt that will actually do anything to the player. At worst, the chip will just stop functioning correctly, and the racket goes back to being a normal racket.

[@IrenaDeacon]

prancer71 hahahahahaa that would be something kyrgious would say lol 😁😁😂😂

[@pleasedyes]

DeeeFoo bruh

[@sirjain4408]

@@pleasedyes What

[@Jvm5418]

so my cousin just surprised me by giving me this raquet. i then open youtube to find this video in 1st place of recomendations... wtf, i feel i m being watched xD

[@levelwithz3779]

joao moco that kinda thing has happened to me as well, it makes you wonder! LoL

[@wolverineiscool7161]

you actually are, they are following your cousins and your social media prob if he mentioned it or if he bought it online or something and they figured from his social profile he doesnt really play tennis maybe? so they prob figured it was for you

[@seanier3648]

This is unbelievable! Cant wait for Head or Wilson to make this, hopefully its cheap!

[@reallypantik6283]

Sure all pro's are using hi-tech new racquet, not their same molds for over 10years+

[@miguelbarahona6636]

Are you sure? I´m not.

[@Nurg1982]

he was being sarcastic ;-)

[@wolverineiscool7161]

actually they are all using the same model for years but companies make it seem like they're not

[@HyperOpticalSaint]

The Sony smart sensor works with many brands, can be taken off, and is better in term of functionality.

[@timbalandhits8]

how does a vibration dampener affect the performance of the software babolat play?

[@balagtas1020]

don candiani new racquets don't even need dampeners anymore

[@vst77]

don candiani we'll Rafa uses a dampener so I don't think it will make a difference

[@curiousgeorge6921]

don candiani exactly its a bullshit technology

[@SsoulBlade]

voltaire balagtas "new racquets don't even need dampeners anymore" Learn to answer the question.

[@3ddi307]

does it come with headphones?

[@anasrezk7339]

hahahaha

[@johnny71424]

edoo that was hilarious 😂😆

[@malikhisyam2024]

apparently no headphone jack

[@pleasedyes]

Malik Hisyam so it’s an Apple product?

[@heneryvanstaden6111]

Wayy ahead of Iphone.

[@novityn]

Within 10 years it will hit the ball automatically and we all can win grand slams

[@IrenaDeacon]

novityn i cant wait to win a grandslam l wamt Wimbledon 😁😁😂

[@wolverineiscool7161]

yeah i wouldnt be surprised, new motion technology senses an incoming object like the tennis ball and the motorized gear in the thrusts the racket towards the ball in a direction that provides the best shots

[@Braselton21]

My Dyslexia 😬 I read Weird

[@sterlingpepper4125]

Wow...something new

[@TheStrictlyAwesome]

Babolat are the best racquet makers in the world. And the best string manufacturers in the world

[@juanchoja]

+TheStrictlyAwesome Speak for yourself, this is a very bias claim. There is no such thing as the best racket in the world, is what best suits you. Fact, the racket with most grand slam titles is the Wilson Pro Staff, which is Federerl's Racket, and Djokovic' racket is the Head Graphene Speed Pro, Murray's racket, Head Radical. William sister's racket, Wilson Blade 104. Sharapova's racket, Head Graphene Instinct MP. Nadal is at 5th ranking and he uses Babolat, the top 4 don't.

[@TheStrictlyAwesome]

+juanchoja im talking from a consumer point of view not a pro, babolat make competitively priced rackets which are better than most. I have a babolat aeropro drive with babolat rpm blast strings and it is soo nice compared to every other racket i have used its just my opinion.

[@reinterpret_cast]

rpm blast rocks

[@TheStrictlyAwesome]

ik

[@Nurg1982]

haha, from a consumer point of view.... Babolats are relatively stiff baseline hitting racquets. If you want more control at the net, you go Wilson, Yonex or Head. As Juan said, your view is biased, even from a consumer point of view. If they are the best racquets in the world, why is Wilson still consistently no.1 in sales over decades of racquet manufacturing? It all depends on the player, amateur or pro, to what they like and what type of game they play.

[@adithyavasudevan4036]

Who else came here after searching for Pure Aero Rafa 2021?

[@alfandosavant4639]

anyone wondering: 1. rafa is said to use 2005 apd with new paint job, so...the apd rafa used is not a babolat play, then? 2. seeing rafa kinda 'off-fire', i think this babolat play is not a good stick for him

[@penguinyoutube4171]

It’s 2020 and I’m still using a Wilson blade

[@nadiyazynyuk8451]

Hello from 2020 where all rackets are not connected...

[@Siberius-]

That looks fun...

[@floriangoethals2375]

So in one year everyone should have a connected racquet ? 😂

[@bonn94]

and i am still playing with a wilson ncode.

[@smashu2]

I am only gonna play with one of those racket when it is gonna be the same price as the other and even then only if NSA can't get my DATA !

[@reinterpret_cast]

made my day!

[@95chanz]

I'm sure the NSA would exploit the shit out of how many double faults I make in a match :D haha

[@matthewbryant2972]

I know I am Rafa when I pick up a Babolat raquet though... I'm the only one. They gave me a prototype, in 1999 and didn't realize I was going back to America and they had to take it back from me. Like someone flew to California to retrieve it after the USTA asked what I was playing with. I am America's lost tennis talent... I'm 37, if anyone wants to sponsor me and give me surgeries... to win the French and US Open. I know Wimbledon makes Rolex a lot of money so I won't mess with that company.

[@c.edwards1814]

I'd love Babolat axes more if they had grips like Head. I still use Babolats, but I'm often lost on the grip; so I have to make sure I grab the throat before I hit.

[@thelolguy007]

Rafa himself double wraps the butt, maybe that would help?

[@youngsuit]

2020. Still not super common yet. Most of us know what we need to improve on without it. Maybe with time though.

[@colinlewi4303]

Well I got 2 of those babolat pure aero play rackets

[@theSpicyHam]

let's g0 crazy on an gam3 that's n0t swordsman

[@afadly]

in the near future you will find rackets that control playing as well somebody may put a virus in your "racket" so you play bad

[@tomhertz1614]

WATCHING her form I highly doubt she had a 33 shot Rally

[@kikegalo6154]

Me too. I’m a 5.5 player and when we practice drills, if we hit 25 that’s an excellent rally

[@nellynelson965]

none of the data is as good as a coaches feedback. and no, its not because I am a coach, this tech is BS byond a point. Ill say that again. BEYOIND a poont

[@ciuzdamm]

In 2020 they will not play at all.

[@habebahany25]

Oh my god

[@JulesBaetens]

nice clickbait

[@neongreen8966]

Julius Keizar how

[@claytonbrown994]

Take the eating out old man, Yeesh

[@kumarwaibhavakshat9569]

Can you please gift me a babolat racquet plzzzz i want to play, i play very welll budt my father is not allowing me to buy one

[@hxvideo]

this is 2016, Nadal doesn't use it anymore. failed tech:)

[@bojack99]

hxvideo it's not legal that's why

[@mclenalex]

ok Serena bus' out a work out, tennis racket aerobics program/video bring Ur own racket. I daNCE up a storm with them n music @ home.

[@briankinlee7979]

This is sad!!!!

[@banfasso3109]

lol it's funny when people have no concept of the eastern grip...

[@IrenaDeacon]

Wow in 10 to 15 years players will sit on thr bench and use rackets on tje court like they are playing a video game😁😁😂😂 this high tech is ruining everything around us

[@gherbihicham8506]

Lol the game of tennis has gotten a lot more physical with the technological advances, technology helped revolutionize the game, it's a lot better to watch now, you couldn't be more wrong on the "sitting around playing video games" comment.

[@bmwf1joel]

You’re an idiot 😂😂😂 it just collects data. It doesn’t hit or run for you!

[@minjastanacev7629]

First

[@subramaniam4129]

Now i have to recharge my racket

[@IrenaDeacon]

Subu Chinta hahaha😁😁😂😂

[@emiemi0959]

LOL...I'm here from 2020 and I play with a normal racquet ÷)

[@reductostuff1917]

4:11 2020: Every one is still using lame racquets

[@SHAURYA181]

so next what chip in football?

[@bobpecheur2185]

SHAURYA181 that already exists

[@os6064]

chip in boots** and that already exists bruhhh

[@shaunhumphreys6714]

i dont like this idea. i feel it is against the spirit of the game of tennis, which is still centred on tradition. there is no question that adding technology that allowed players to have three challenges against line calls was beneficial to the game, making it more fair, and it had zero negative effect, it didnt affect the flow of the game in play either, as there are twenty-thirty second gaps between each point anyway. but this data obsession i dont like it. tennis is a natural game. a game based on 'feel'. a player feels how they are hitting the ball. so i dont like this. i understand football is data analysis mad, but i want tennis to be spared. i already hate how commentators of tennis are become obsessed with data breakdowns on player stats. i dont want to see rafas percentage of second serve points won e.c.t. im watching the damn game. i dont want it turned into data.

[@yrmthr]

Leftistism/Progressiveism is rooted in phasing out "tradition", in every aspect. Over time, human thought will become unsalvageable. Welcome to the ruling class.

[@jerrystevens5177]

so you talk shait about Trump, you talk shait about russia.....now you got to Rafa's racket......... whats next, OOOOOOHHHHHH BRAKING NEWS!!!!!! EARTH IS A BALL!!!!!

[@zelandakhniteblade5436]

A smart racquet would be one that tells her she is hitting those 164 forehands wrongly. The 164 number itself is not really very useful.

[@thelolguy007]

So what happened? This video is now 7 years old and the technology hasn’t made its way to the ordinary player. Did it cost too much or what? Are the pro’s actually using it?

[@shaandaelier]

Joke is on you, here in 2020, nobody is playing. Period.

[@highnoon9333]

he scratches his butt right in the beginning :P

[@SeanMansMansfr]

He’s adjusting his shorts bruh

[@eddiekao0126]

just play and sweat! Dont make more electronic garbage to this world.

[@Siberius-]

It looks fun.. seeing stats is cool.. you can still play with a normal racket or even that racket but don't turn it on.. I think it would be interesting to see some stats and see improvement over time.. I would be like a scientist or anything.. but it looks fun dammit lol.

[@oommcc]

Funny you said that.... from your computer.... on internet....

[@oommcc]

Something "good" is your opinion. My opinion is the opposite. Electronics and technology is, by far, the very best humans have done. Aids engineering, medical science, transport, processes and systems, knowledge, education, communication... the list goes on. But childish and immature people cannot appreciate it because they have no idea what is to live in the dark ages. Grow up.

[@retiiiic3600]

Unabomber ass

[@rjc1507]

He shouldve complained using snail mail instead?

[@stephenyount3148]

Come up with an invention that will retreive tennis balls and bring them back to you. Then you'll have something useful.

[@Kororia111]

Brilliant technology unbelievable as to what’s possible

[@joybenaldo5833]

who ever said that babolat racquets are the best is correct because my head racquet sucks

[@trex1448]

Reporter pushes the ball too much

[@dopetytwins5212]

You miss spelt Racquet

[@saulgarcia7083]

It’s made out of cork!

[@danielchapmanthefirst]

I love babolat so rackets

[@neetuchoudhary3884]

I have this racket and whoever has it like and who doesn’t the dislike

[@wolverineiscool7161]

and what good is having all this data? absolutely nothing lol

[@kishan1146]

wolverineiscool you know what you are doing and can practice on what you did wrong, do you even play tennis, this is a break through and will help tennis players a lot.

[@cokomoko7]

Sure babolat, why don't you make racquets that play by themselves. You are all destroying sport and should be banned.

[@DeeeFoo]

I didn't see anywhere in the video that suggested the racket would do anything by itself. All it does it show you data. What you do with that data is entirely up to you