Fellow tennis nerds, I hope you're well. Let's talk about spin rackets, the best spin rackets on the market. Well, I'll talk about all that are available right now and talk about some pros and cons with them and my preferences and so on. I hope you get something from the video and if you do, please subscribe and like. That helps a lot. So, spin rackets have grown in popularity over the years. You're seeing arrows everywhere pretty much these days. And that's happened since Rafa was on the scene with his bubble arrow pro driver around 2004. That was kind of the first spin racket as far as I am aware and that flat throat that made it uh easier to swing the racket on a vertical path. So they travel with better speed on the vertical swing path. Now it's kind of mainstream. These days every brand has a spin oriented racket. The idea to increase the vertical swing path but also to increase the string movement usually thanks to kind of slightly more open grommets, those plastic pieces that allows the string to move a bit more of the main strings. and increase spin potential. You want the strings to move for the ball to go in and out and give you that lift on the ball. So, usually they have a higher launch angle and they should help get a little bit more rotations if you hit the ball with a vertical path. You will also be able to swing it faster. So, these rackets are generally for fast swingers, not swingers like that, but you know, people that swing their rackets fast. So, that's about the spin rackets. Overall there are two different categories or subcategories of spin rackets. So the 100 square inch one which gives you more forgiveness and usually a little bit more spin and then the 98 square inch one which has taken the ATP tour by storm like the pure arrow 98 used by players like Alcaras Roa Fields Jacob Fernley Oar Alasim Leila Fernandez and many more and that racket has become quite quite popular like now Bublick and Nina tried it for a while. If you're a player that likes to hit with spin and these rackets can accentuate how much action you can get on the ball and with the 98 obviously you can swing even faster. You kind of have to and they offer a bit more control thanks to a denser string pattern than the 100 range. So if you're into getting a little bit more lift over the net and you're hitting bigger targets and maybe playing a little bit more from the baseline, I think spin rackets will help you. some more traditional players that hit the ball flatter and want to get to the net. I think it will be a tougher transition from prestigious pro staffs and so on. There are other rackets that might make you make that volley uh more precise and so on, then the spin rackets might not be for you. Some, however, might benefit from getting that extra help with lift. Uh so it could be worth a try, but I've seen a lot of balls sail slightly long for traditional players going to spin rackets. If we get into the more spin and forgiveness category, the 100 square inch ones, pure arrow 100, more dense pattern this time around the 2023. However, when I'm talking to you next year, 2026, there will be a new arrow. So maybe you want to wait for that unless you're in a hurry to buy a new spin racket. The arrows I think were the best ones so far. 2023 Pure 98, which I will get to. It's a huge bestseller and for good reason. Yonx that was a little bit softer, a bit more trampolini. The Vcore 100 that is called. So their Vcore is a little bit softer in feel overall. While the Head Extreme MP extreme is their spin line that is um a little bit more dampened thanks to Oxetic 2. Still packs a bit of a punch but not quite as much as the Vcore and the Arrow. It's more on the control spectrum. Dynamax is the most muted spin racket I've tried. It's well dampened, so good for comfort. you don't feel the ball 100%. So that was my issue there. It's quite open as well, so the ball might launch a bit more than you want. Wilson, they have a shift spin racket, like a shift 99, so it's not 100 square inches, but it still is supposed to help with vertical bending they call it. It's a pretty solid spin racket, 1620 pattern, kind of in between the Aero and the A98. So they made a racket in between there. Interested to see what they come up with as the Shift V2 is released, but I don't know when that will be. So, uh, the Shift 999 is a is a solid choice. Dunlopsics 300 reviewed also on the channel. You should be able to find all these racket reviews on the channel and tenniser.net. So, if you want more like in-depth information, Dunlops 300 had a bit of a lower launch angle. Uh, then the Arrow and the Vcore pretty decent racket, not nothing standout. Technafiber TFX1, which is their spin and power line, had a lot of everything. So, it's maybe too much of everything. That would personal opinion. Some might love that. None of these rackets are bad. It's about preferences. You want loads of power, maybe the TFX1 from Technifiber is the choice to go. If you want a little bit more comfort, a softer feel, I think VCores are pretty good or the Axis from Diadem. So, that's the way you can try to figure out what brand can work for you. And then you have the 98s, which each of these brands offer except Wilson with the Shift. They have a Shift Pro, which has a denser pattern, but it's still a 99. So that is a spin oriented racket because even an 1820 can be quite lively as a racket and if you try the shift pro uh you you know that uh you because you probably experienced it. The most famous one here is the Air98. I talked about it before. It's becoming a modern classic. I'm quite curious how they have managed to update this one. Some players I know and talked to, they said that they struggle a little bit with the arm still from the Air98. Uh so it's not the most arm friendly racket. you might need to think about how you string it and so on. You have the Axis 98 and even the Extreme Pro and so on that are a bit more comfortable than the Aeron 98, but the explosivity that the A98 brings, that kick uh in the last second and that kick up to your opponent, it's hard to beat. I don't think any other racket, I don't think any brand beats it in this lineup. H I think it's the most addictive spin racket to use, but it's not the softest on the arm. While like the Head Extreme Pro, the Dunlop SX300 Tour are more like control rackets with some extra spin and a slightly higher launch, but they're definitely less powerful than the TFX198 from Technifiber and the Aero98, which are the wildest one. VCore 98 pretty controlled, pretty soft. I think it could be an easy like. It's a bit muted and dampened, but a lot of players like it. They also have a tour model that some of my friends use, which gives you a little bit of a beefier response, a bit more stability and plow through, but obviously you're not going to be able to whip it as fast unless you're a very, very good player. But it's a matter of feel, it's a matter of preference. Grip shape is very important. You can adjust grip shape if you go to a customizer. You need to find something that like resonates with you. So demoing is very important. I hope I gave you some ideas of the different feels and so on, but demo is is your best friend here. If you want a power racket or a control racket or a comfort racket, there are other videos on the channel or other posts on tennis.net. So, check those out. Thanks for watching. Have a nice day and don't forget to play some tense.