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[@TennCom]

Thanks for having me! It was a blast and an honour.

[@Tennisnerd]

My pleasure, amigo

[@silverwolfgecko7064]

What IEMs are you using? Maybe you could start a channel about that as well!

[@TennCom]

@@silverwolfgecko7064 I know nothing about audio I just got some cheapo Chinese ones on Ali and I’m pleased with them. $60ish.

[@grainsdor]

@@Tennisnerdthanks Jonas for interviewing him 😊 I remember, I posted a comment asking you to interview him.

[@caseysmith544]

@@Tennisnerd when talking about racquets and who has a good lineup, ProKennex has a good lineup, you want power, control, or an all around/comfort/beginner line as well as 2 best from slightly retro line of late 2000's 2010's best sellers updated in head size.

[@walterhayley7252]

Absolutely two of my favorite tennis people. Well done!

[@navneetsumal2850]

My two favourite people when it comes to tennis. Great conversation!

[@Tennisnerd]

Nice to hear! Thanks

[@Nessaj87]

Man this was such an awesome episode. Just two gearnerds nerding it out, looked like you really enjoyed this talk with Beckett! And it looked like he did as well. Looking forward to the episode with Beckett and Luca visiting you in Marbella!😁

[@Tennisnerd]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@squirrelprooffeeder]

"it's about the way that they perceive that you perceive them if they choose to use that product that you don't like" -- brilliant psychological observation about backlash against negativity in reviews (around 24:30)

[@azzurrijuve2719]

This was very helpful , I would love a segment where you guys discuss rackets that are similar to one another and rackets that that are a good progression from a previous racket as a player improves. Thanks

[@marlonqualizza4640]

This was a really fun and informative episode to listen/watch.

[@agradina]

leonardi di caprio want his jacket back , it needs it for revenant 2.

[@bdwk-gmoneyglenn7502]

Head liquid metal Radical is one of my favorite sticks, I picked up one for 5$ thrifting that looks like its brand new. Great show guys loved it.

[@OldManMidnight]

Great show with Beckett. Would be awesome to hear a podcast between yourself and AC Tennis from here in Australia.

[@Tennisnerd]

Good idea!

[@toemouse]

How cool for Beckett! Can’t wait to listen to the whole video.

[@Tennisnerd]

Almost as cool as his jacket!

[@applesforakbar]

I appreciate you both more having watched this. Very candid, appreciate it guys

[@Tennisnerd]

Thanks man!

[@Javi_C]

Great chat with Beckett!

[@timothyyoung6059]

Thanks guys. Keep bringing the value on your channels!

[@marcusrobinson-Live4Love]

Great collaboration!!! Two of my favorite content producers!!!

[@AMstringing]

Aloha Jonas & Beckett, Great collab podcast! It was nice to see you guys connect and share your knowledge and passion for everything you do to make tennis more enjoyable for everyone! 🤙

[@Tennisnerd]

Aloha back to you!

[@guidodelgiudice5]

​@@TennisnerdJonas if you haven't yet, would you consider do an interview with Albert from AMSTRINGS. He is a cool guy and teaches the world to restring racquets.

[@alastairtheduke]

51:12 agree on the blade v7 feel. I have yet to find a modern racquet that feels this good. I think the blade v5 was better, but for recent models, the v7's pocketing is amazing.

[@johnnacke4134]

Two of my favorite tennis dudes!!Beckett, please review the V9 Blade 100! Ciao, John

[@tamagonbagel6569]

At some point you do have to balance desire to win and desire to have fun. I was winning a lot of points playing defensively with power racquets. But they required so much adjustment since I learned tennis with less powerful sticks, so much adjustment that it made things less fun. Luckily I found that the 100 sq in control lines can be a good middle ground for me.

[@ajcph]

Was waiting for this combination

[@steviewonder2492]

I’m only a third way through the video but this has already been very entertaining and informative. Too late here now but looking forward to listing to the rest tomorrow 👍

[@CB-mr1ci]

I didn’t knew I needed this episode but I did 😂

[@Tennisnerd]

Great!

[@Julian0K]

One of my favorite podcasts! Great content!

[@alastairtheduke]

42:30 I think there is also a Wilson feel; a more comfort-oriented, plush, feel and wilson racquets in general tend to be more on the control side.

[@cool_awesome_dude]

The GOAT podcast!

[@Tennisnerd]

Muchas gracias 🙏🏼

[@b.lakeberg7456]

I loved the podcast. My favorite question was about a dream racquet set up. Both of you have great tastes in that arena. My dream frame would be a more forgiving Ntour 95. A 100in² headsize with the same weight, balance, and beam thickness. When that frame broke, I was sad because they were so hard to replace. The 95 was hard to defend with, but the weight and balance was so accessible. Wilson made an awesome frame. Newer models were way too stiff for my liking. The 60-64 RA range was where that frame should stay.

[@caseysmith544]

I would try looking in youth 26 inch made to adult specs racquets as a bunch are probably going to be made for players with less power and a lower weight becuse an inch of racquet is missing can help with this stiff issue.

[@ef4186]

Guys, come to Frankfurt, Germany.🎉🎾🎾 We pay 250$ per year, 6 artificial grass corts and there is always at least 1 cort avaliable. 5set matches, no Problem. 😅 We play even in winter, 3°C outdoors, easy. Availability in winter 100%.

[@RobBlanzy]

Oooh! i might have to move there. Tennis is not so great year round here in Ireland!

[@Tennisnerd]

I am happy in Nueva Andalucia 🤓

[@trentmccormick6171]

*Cries in new york city*

[@caseysmith544]

Pierre South Dakota has no indoor courts but we do have new hybrid courts of concrete where paint gives a super hard clay feel for outside and indoor could use a YMCA Racquetball court and play mini tennis as hey do have or did have for availably to use a portable Pickleball to Badminton adjustable net for Pickleball, Speed Tennis game in Europe and slowly coming to USA, beach tennis/Badminton and Lawn Tennis. I have even seen players in there playing kings tennis on a smaller court.

[@TheTennisDaddy]

Great video…The part at the start about people thinking you’re crazy coming on court with a bag full of racquets and a tripod🤣🤣My Mrs looked straight at me and started laughing…she gets my obsession though….Liquid Metal Radical was my favourite racquet and I’m also gutted that I sold them years ago along with my Flexpoints🤦

[@ACTennis]

Easiest podcast listen ever 😆

[@Tennisnerd]

Haha, cool! Happy you like it. Nice channel by the way 👍🏻

[@viktorbenedek868]

1:11:53 Yes, this is our nature:) I discovered that I do not like ONLY PLAYING tennis. It became boring. Playing with different racquets on different ways is more exciting. It's more fun than only wanting to win every match ;)

[@steviewonder2492]

This was a fantastic colab. Thanks for sharing this! Out of curiosity while I’m testing rackets myself, are we crazy to consider rackets smaller than 100inch knowing that so many top players play with that size?

[@experientialtennispickleball]

Is that a reverse Ryan Gosling Blade Runner coat Beckett?

[@tonygareth221]

I’ve always liked smaller racquets with a little weight but I’m older and out of shape so I use a 97 or 98 in racquet now. I wanted to try the Dunlop’s but I’m going back to the diadem elevate tour (old model) I think they play pretty well over all. A lot of racquets feel like they aren’t perfect and are missing something but I can rarely fix it. I use lead bit sometimes I don’t get it right and it feels heavy and I just take it off. I’d like to customize this diadem just to see what I can actually get out of it but not sure how. I’ll keep most of my racquets stock bit I’d like to get one fixed up nicely

[@tennisjourney]

Used the Dunlop Srixon CX 200 tour with Volkl Cyclone and lead tape. Now I'm all about the Tecnifibre 305 stock with just leather grip and Tecnifibre Razor code real loose under 50lbs. Sorry to hear about the 45 minute Summer tennis situation. My dream is to build a private grass court

[@SrJFK]

Great stuff boys...I feel the addiction. I am dealing with the challenge of picking up a set up too. Montreal is very expensive to pay tennis too.

[@evanducharme4135]

Same here in Toronto 😅

[@iceman1125]

stade iga is decent in summer but its really hard to book

[@unkertennis]

Aero 98 with a lower twist weight and less dampening sounds like the Aero VS to me!

[@ReidVV]

Basically same racquet, different name. VS is not as hefty in terms of swing weight and power.

[@brandomaxwell]

A pair of tennis nerds talking shop, each with their unique insights and instincts. What more could we ask for?

[@pauljohnson2894]

Jonas, You really should give the Head Prestige Tour a decent try out. You have always edged back towards the PT57A but recognise that it is not the easiest and most forgiving frame ( and I totally agree with that ). The Prestige Tour Auxetic ( I use the older model with Auxetic 1 ) is the same size head as the PT57A ( 95 ) but with a 16x19 pattern. It is a much less demanding every day racket. Even Nicki said that it was the easier alternative in your Prestige recent video. Strung with Velocity it has an amazing feel and great control but is much easier to use that the PT57A.

[@CacheCropp]

You should do a video review comparing some older legendary rackets to current rackets. How much improvement is there, if any? K-Factor vs Blade V9.

[@Tennisnerd]

Solid idea, I will look into it.

[@shanecairney489]

Great interview Jonas.

[@EGchristian]

Great episode, great topics! Thank you both! Absolutely agree with you regarding the paint - more glossy paint please! The new speeds are awful... I'd love a 18*19 TF40 or a TFight with lower SW. Haven't found a Yonex racquet that I can gel with yet... Don't like overly dampened feel either!

[@Redrover53]

Hope your uncle is feeling better I use a blade v8 18x20 right now and I am looking for a more powerful racquet right now as I feel that I am hitting spots well but I don’t get enough pace with my shots. What would be a racquet you would recommend for me to try out? I hit with a flatter ball usually but I love to slice if that would help?

[@ER_aka_RAM]

I’m more grateful being from Florida > California > Hawaii 😎 …but what’s the best mains you can think of to pair with Alu Power Rough?! I still have my nTour 95 as well… I just recently modernized as I couldn’t pull away from the nTour. Justine Henin 💪🏽

[@1504Blue]

I prefer low swing weight racquets bc I can customize. If something is outside of my range than there is nothing I can do to play with that racquet.

[@lucamolenhof3747]

Currently playing with a dunlop cx200. Its not bad but its pretty difficult to play with because im not at that level yet. Im looking to switch to the blade v9 or a yonex ezone since it has extra pop. I would like some recommendations since I am looking for my racquet to give me something back and I am willing to lose some control from it.

[@trishaleaver3581]

Canada is huge. On the other side of the country in New Brunswick tennis is only now coming back. Basketball is way more popular.

[@servingaces]

Yeah it is interesting how you can not review a racket really objectively. You can talk about specs and stuff but other than that it is really subjective. And for me it is also pretty hard as I have hard switch from clay to a fast indoor carpet court. Which makes the review even harder to make kind of objective. Great podcast guys.

[@musarra195]

Really enjoyable podcast. Ty

[@Tennisnerd]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@andrewparker1698]

What's the racket at 34:59?

[@experientialtennispickleball]

Head Radical Liquidemetal.

[@hybrid11theory75]

The brand loyalty to Yonex is prob. bc of the fact that their Isometric design has a distinctive feel and switching back to a classic rounder shape is more challenging... For me it's the other way around, I can't get into Yonex frames bc of the head shape, it doesn't feel right/natural to me... I tried several times but couldn't switch due to the isometric shape and muted Yonex feel...

[@flodar1548]

Nice jacket TennCom :D

[@joeeagle9531]

Great Video ! Please test/review the new KIRSCHBAUM FLASH 👍❗❗⚠ I can tell you ...best feeling , power and Spin together in one string you would be surprised!! on a 16/19 Raquet with 23/24 kg Best regards from Vienna / Austria

[@dj1901jeff]

Very nice talk.

[@Tennisnerd]

Thanks

[@wiggi9339]

Great confab. Now i see why my CX200s are making me a sitting duck.

[@kevinle5460]

Legends

[@bigdaddy812]

I disagree about Head having too many raquet lines. Options are always good for the consumer. A good nerd is able to pick on the differences between 2 similar raquets (eg Boom Pro, Radical Pro, Speed Pro) and these matter. I additionally, having fewer paint options also matters. I’d hate to be cornered into a single line which happens to have a color I don’t like. But to each his own.

[@experientialtennispickleball]

Tecnifibre will offer a TF-X1 98 sq inch

[@Tennisnerd]

Oh, that is great

[@bojack3827]

262 and 268SW is just shocking. Dunlop need to sort out their QC quick.

[@HonkyMonky]

7:39 it sounds like drug addicts talking about there sobriety 🤣

[@biglenny8258]

Showed up in his pimp outfit

[@sovalente]

Which model did Jonas choose to play for his life? Couldn't identify by the numbers/letters he said, sorry.

[@Tennisnerd]

PT57A, pro stock based on Head Pro Tour 630 from mid 90s. I am currently using the Dunlop CX 400 Tour, though

[@sovalente]

@@Tennisnerd thx!

[@bencarpenter3785]

Oz..15 bucks social..5/8 bucks for afew hrs when ya a member..Always play an extra hr if ya want 🤣🤣🤣🇦🇺

[@damon123jones]

the swede and the canuck

[@jorgeandrescoppiano]

Peccator knows the Auxetic Speed looks better!

[@theAlexsia]

Jonas you have wife and a kid?? Never knew that

[@Tennisnerd]

Divorced now but yes 🤓

[@curttheboywonder]

Great listen. But what’s this about a girlfriend? Totally misread his affection for his other “hitting” partner😅😅

[@randymorehouse3756]

TThat Ash was awful.