WHY WAS THE HEAD PRESTIGE TENNIS RACKET USED BY HALF OF ALL PROFESSIONALS AT ONE TIME?

[@Doty6String]

The ball always goes where you want it to when u play a prestige.

[@buck6068]

Only real players know how to use and game a prestige

[@igorboklah3068]

@@buck6068 💯💯💯🎾

[@slickdaddy12]

I played for years with the i Prestige mid. I liked the precision. I still love it. I played at least 3 sets three times a week for years with this racquet. I was obsessed with tennis. A true classic.

[@WaltKurtz68]

If you have a Prestige Classic 600 lying around and you would like to start using it again my advice is to have it strung with multifilament. I had mine restrung after 28 years sitting in the attic, with Velocity MLT / Technifibre Triax @ 22 kgs (48.5 lbs) and it plays terrific!

[@nocturneastro2539]

I had it on gut/poly when I was returning from my 2nd rotator cuff surgery 😅

[@WaltKurtz68]

@@nocturneastro2539 That's pretty 'gutsy' ... I would probably never allow any poly in any of my racquets after a rotator cuff surgery, let alone after a 2nd one!

[@nocturneastro2539]

@@WaltKurtz68 haha I know, it was a loooooong process. But trust me I am 100%, as you may see in a future video 😉

[@youngsuit]

the prestige classic was actually great for hitting HUGE flat serves

[@benjaminjensen111]

Kevlar is softer than Graphite. So graphite woven with kevlar makes the racket flex more. Kevlar is strong not particularly stiff. You think that kevlar is making the racket stiffer because kevlar strings are stiffer than all other plastic strings.

[@khanstitution]

Those old Prestiges were my favorite racquets of all time.

[@GrungePopRecords]

I’m using the 2001 Head i.prestige mid (the 89.5 sq inch) and it’s pretty much identical to the Classic 600 - or pro stock pt10. Put it full Alu Power at 50 pounds on both mains and crosses and you’ve got the best racket still today IF YOU CAN HIT SUPER HARD AND FLAT AND GENERATE YOUR OWN SPIN. Thanks for your video too 🤗

[@PrecisionPointTennis]

That’s what I use! Now!

[@arupdutta7122]

Playing last 20 years with prestige, using the latest version now,brilliant touch, control and feel.

[@ddreamax]

Sold both my Prestige Classics 20 years ago. Was expecting something like a Graphite edge updated but nope. It will help you by exposing your weaknesses whether fitness or stoke mechanics. Edge will bully opponents, The prestige will bully you.

[@felipebraga9218]

I recently fell in love with my Liquidmetal prestige mp. Beautiful control and a weight that helps with the lack of power. Not very arm friendly though...

[@tegg02]

Liquidmetal Prestige MP, hit in the sweet spot and has a beautiful flexy feel. Control control, smoothness and flow. Swing is very smooth. Problem with this model is hit near the top of the frame and it sends a horrible jarring effect down your arm.

[@amsd1231]

@@tegg02 I got some tape at 12on mine to help me with some out of reach scoopers and it kinda helps. Still a bad spot to hit the ball with.

[@Hurry19671]

Rackets like these have been favored by pros because natural gut was the string to go then. the racket and the natural gut are the perfect match for feel/touch, the racket giving the control and the natural gut enhancing the power. Polys are the topstrings nowadays. they give topspin and control. modern even lighter rackets are a good combo with polystrings. (string enhancing more topspin, the racket easier speed, power) Pros and advanced recreational.players (both older generation?)might still love prestiges. it is all a muscle memory thing too. These type of players are used to heavier frames.and if you can handle weight it IS GREAT!!!

[@amsd1231]

Not an old schooler but I still can't drop the prestige for the modern frames. The Vcore comes close but no other racquet gives you the same feedback that the prestige classic does. When you smack the ball in the sweet spot with this frame, the sensation you get is like crack to me.

[@LarzB]

Head didn't use the measure the inside but the outside of the hoop for the size

[@jasons5916]

600cm2 is from the outside of the hoop, but it is 89.5 in2 on the inside. So in the US, they measure from the inside. I'm guessing it's because it gives them a round number in both systems.

[@LarzB]

@@jasons5916 true, it would be 93 inch² on the outside. But then in inch² there is not a difference between head and other brands. All the other brands measure the inside of the hoop

[@johnmccullough6061]

Really appreciate you guys and the content you create. While it may be similar to the Prestige, I believe that you mean the PT57A as the most common racquet that was on the pro tour. The PT630/280 was the original Prestige that was sold to consumers, but the PT57A is the Engineering code for it by head, that generally has variable customizations for the pros that use it.

[@buck6068]

PT10 was more popular then PT57A

[@nocturneastro2539]

Could be! I'm not well versed in Head racquet code names 😅

[@yangchen7521]

@@nocturneastro2539 Hey Angus, What’s the difference between the cherry Prestige Classic 600 and the cherry Prestige Tour 600? Thanks bud

[@nocturneastro2539]

@@yangchen7521 I "think" the Tour version has the suspension dampener thing in the grip. I could be wrong though as I am referencing the US release. Classic doesn't have it.

[@yangchen7521]

@@nocturneastro2539 Nice thanks dude!

[@classicpicksof80ssticks]

Thanks for covering such a legendary line! Wouldn't the Head TXP be considered the first original Prestige due to it really kind of starting it all with the 89.5 in frame with Twaron, thin beam, 18x20, and full cap grommets?

[@nocturneastro2539]

Based on the spec sheet, it "should" be! Unfortunately, I never had the privilege to play with the TXP so I can't comment on it. Matter of fact, I avoided talking about any of the Prestige Mids after the I.Prestige generation. Because I never used those. 😅 Thanks for watching!

[@tomr6955]

The mask is doing SO MUCH

[@charlieknoch5502]

Nothing like the feel and precision control than a prestige. I use the iPrestige mid+ and also the Prestige Classic 600

[@JacObi-Wan-KenObi]

I had the 102 (660) version of this generation back in the nineties. I have still not found a racket that has the same wonderful swing & whip. It also had a great combo of power & control but man my arm suffered! Can’t imagine how it was like to play with the 600 and 630…

[@khanstitution]

That's my favorite racquet of all time. I've been chasing the feeling of that racquet ever since. I have several of the later Prestiges and bought several of those old 660s.

[@craigleon8323]

Those of us who started on wooden rackets still hanker for the plushness of heavy rackets.

[@benjaminjensen111]

computer assisted, means designed in a cad-programme or they just used a calculator

[@xltian4368]

I have a donnay dual 99, still think it is the best racquet I have ever have.

[@Jvperilo]

I loved your video, I have one. in the past I used the pro staff 90. today the HEAD radical pro has also tuned, you could make a video of the considerable changes of the two pro and Mp. they thinned and gained weight.

[@khoanguyentennis]

I'm using the youtek non IG prestige pro now. I have 6. Great racquet but I'm wondering if I can benefit from something newer/stiffer/lighter

[@movdqa]

Same here though I have four of the IG. Great feel and also a lot of power.

[@sjjapp]

Objectively? Probably, but not necessarily (but probably). Subjectively? That's up to you.

[@goggleboy2464]

There a ton of pros at all levels still using them. Many are paint jobs

[@SaqibSheikh]

i used to use these back in the day. i started using pure aero now. do u think its still worth playing with a prestige in the modern game?

[@GrungePopRecords]

I’m a former professional and I tried for 7 months to play with stiffer and new modern frames…only to play horribly and get tennis elbow. I’ve gone back to my 2001 Head i.prestige mids and my arm healed and I’m hitting like I did in 1985 when I beat Agassi as a junior

[@user-jv9qz2bu1r]

Prestige Mid 93 head size. Microgel.

[@madihismail802]

I started playing with the prestige 600 since I was 14, I am 36 I cannot use it anymore but I am collecting them!

[@nocturneastro2539]

You sure man? You can accomplish a lot of you set your mind to it. There are current trends of course, but what makes you the happiest most on court?

[@Craigknz]

Awesome!! Would love to see a video like this on the 90’s era Dunlops!! Especially the Revalation ❤️

[@nocturneastro2539]

If someone could loan me a Muscle Weave 200g... Let's!

[@yangchen7521]

@@nocturneastro2539 Come down to Australia! Love to show you my collection

[@benjaminjensen111]

They are still popular now its just in some version of Pro Stock where they costumize them to the pros liking and then paint it as some other retail racket they endorse. Djoko dont play with a Speed only the Speed paintjob. Djokos racket is closer/more like the retail Prestige MP 99 extended and weighted up with lead and without the cap-grommets.

[@goggleboy2464]

Exactly. Likel taylor fritz uses one

[@LarzB]

The prestige has a very oval shape and the low hoop width in combination with the dense 18x20 is what it makes so unforgiving to play with

[@nocturneastro2539]

Great point!

[@chuckfriebe843]

Why don't you let the other guy give a brief rundown of the history of the Prestige, since you , Harry, always seem to get the facts wrong? You have it backwards. Head measured the outside of the frame, not the inside. So, when they measured 98 sq inches, it was really a 95 sq inch racquet. That, of course, has recently changed. See Harry, I knew you'd fuck it up.

[@jerome_morrow]

Evidently Harry has never subscribed to the wisdom of “Better to Remain Silent and Be Thought a Fool than to Speak and Remove All Doubt”!

[@ttacka]

which feels better prestige or ultra tour/pro?

[@nocturneastro2539]

Depends on which prestige you are comparing to, if you are comparing the Prestige Classic 600, then nothing feels better than it. 🙂

[@user-jv9qz2bu1r]

127 - right on!

[@nicolasbourbaki3481]

If you've strung Kevlar strings, you'll know they bend easily but practically don't stretch. So maybe that helps make the racquet firm but not harsh?

[@benjaminjensen111]

Tennis Spin . Please make an episode about the different technologies in the HEAD rackets. I am interested in knowing if some of the old tech is still in the newer ones or they scratch 1 tech and put in a 1 one..... or they build up from the past (evolve) and they just do not promote the old tech but only the new one. example: do they still use IG frames but do not advertise it.... and just advertise the new Auxetic.

[@evanbechtel5902]

I personally think more pros should still use it-I think the blade is just popular because it’s easy to play with as a junior, then pros don’t want to change feel as they get older. (Basically, the dominance IMO has been taken over by the blade)

[@experiencebaja3800]

It just feels weird to see people still wearing masks like this. Maybe in California it's still a thing?

[@michalchlebiej1905]

I have two of them (made in Austria PC600) :) I played them for 20 years as an amateur. I had to switch them to modern prestige mid - because of the lack of any vibration damping - it caused so many injuries .... Now I use Head Prestige Mid 360 which apart from different string pattern (16x19) has in my opinion the closest feel to the original PC600. It's sad that this Head prestige mid won't have a continuation ... only bigger frames ... I hope that Head will change their mind ...

[@eddiechen2128]

The PRESTIGE looks similar to the FISCHER Pro 90MS. that came out in the late 80's It's 16X20 - 340g. I play with it because I have problem transition to widebody racquets with larger head size.

[@gretchenlittle6817]

I have a "Prestige Tour" mid racquet -- bought it around 94? Played with it for a couple of years, and dusted it off maybe three years ago , after not playing at all for quite some time. Maybe I got oversold by the pro I bought it from, but I certainly never considered myself a top level player -- don't use the Prestige now. I think I'll hit a few with it this afternoon -- I always liked the racquet, never really thought of it as difficult to hit (started with wood back in the late 60s/early 70s).

[@balls1741]

This thing killed my arm no matter what string, tension, or lead changes I made oh my god. Serve like a monster with it, but it punished my ground strokes with arm pain. Wish I was good enough to play with the scalpel properly lol

[@kevinkchew]

3RD

[@muku1350]

2ND

[@eloneatmyshorts]

Muster killed it with the Prestige Pro!

[@camlendrim7609]

Muster was a topspin machine.

[@Raidersscm]

Guga Kurten used the Prestige winning the French 3 times. So did Goran in winning Wimbledon.

[@danoliver8804]

@@Raidersscm Wasn't Safin using a Prestige?

[@WaltKurtz68]

Didn't Muster use the Pro Tour 280/630 (officially) ?

[@b.lakeberg7456]

​@@danoliver8804Yes Safin used a Prestige 600 and later switched to the "newer" Mid mold later in his career. I have not owned any of his frames and have only read about the details in blogs.

[@benjaminjensen111]

I have strung a few Prestiges and find them fine to string.

[@chuckfriebe843]

Jesus! Twaron dampens vibration and adds feel to the frame.

[@josep9599]

4RD

[@Kevmc1023]

600 cm^2 it´s in fact 93 in^2

[@nocturneastro2539]

Measured from the outside is indeed 600cm^2. But not the actual string bed surface area.

[@roypeterka]

It’s the new conversion that is precisely 89.5 square inches. In California we make up our own math and science.

[@Molloy1951]

Why was this guy wearing a mask in June 2022?

[@charlieknoch5502]

Legend racquet

[@TheGajoloco]

Why is he wearing a mask?

[@lakshagrawal811]

1st

[@aj4256]

this racket hurt my arm

[@franksunchina]

Because too heavy?

[@goldencalf5144]

Wilson Pro Staff beats Prestige everytime.

[@hxhky]

There's no such thing as ANY manufacture measures head size from outside the frame.

[@chuckfriebe843]

Head did until just a couple of years ago. You're wrong.

[@hxhky]

@@chuckfriebe843 they never did. their 98 used to be 95 for marketing reasons. but not becuase they 'measured from inside'

[@chuckfriebe843]

@@hxhky not because they measured from the inside. They measured the outside of the racquet when other manufacturers were measuring the inside of the frame. Head even admitted to it. They changed with the “Graphene Touch” series.

[@hxhky]

@@chuckfriebe843 Please show me where Head admitted it. One day I will get tired of this theory and make a thread on tennis ware house forum and let simple math disprove this once and for all.

[@chuckfriebe843]

@@hxhky go on KZbin and look up @tennisnerd. He gets racquets directly from Head for his reviews. When they released the Touch Graphene 360 line, they explained to him that they are now releasing certain frames that were previously 95 sq inches and actually measuring them on the inside of the hoop instead of the outside of the hoop. You were correct about them marketing them as 98 sq inch frames. However, now they are actually releasing them as either a true 95(Prestige Pro 16x19) and true 98 sq inch frames(Prestige MP). They have now changed the Pro, MP, and Tour names of these frames. They switched them all around. I’m not gonna into that here. Tennis Warehouse also mention this on their racquet reviews of those same frames. I know you insist on being right about this, but everyone that plays with these racquets knows this already and have know it for a long time. I’m sort of done with this topic, really. Cheers!

[@chuckfriebe843]

Btw, wtf with the mask? Seriously?

[@tennismoos6448]

Maybe a dusty room?

[@chuckfriebe843]

@@tennismoos6448 😂😂😂

[@lorenzozadro2892]

Thoughts on the new MP L ?