| Tennis is a wonderful sport and knowing a little bit | | | | presently the standard head size is around 90 square |
| about the equipment it requires makes it even more | | | | inches. |
| rewarding. It would be great if most people who took | | | | History has left quite a unique imprint on the aspect |
| up a sport would first read about it and the necessary | | | | and build of the tennis racquets. Initially the heads had |
| gear before actually proceeding with buying what they | | | | about 65 square inches and wood was the favorite |
| think is needed and suitable for them. For the sheer | | | | material used in the manufacturing. Later another |
| technicality of the game, the tennis racquets are the | | | | model appeared which had its wooden frame reeled |
| most important. Today's racquets diversity in terms of | | | | with wire and carried the name of steel racquet. The |
| length, size, materials and weight is incredible. In fact | | | | wire was necessary to make string loops and helped |
| only a strong player can rely on a long racquet for | | | | in the process of building the racquets. In the last |
| instance. Hence, kid's models should have a length | | | | quarter of the 20th century aluminum became the |
| range of around 21 inches. The longest racquets are | | | | most reliable material for the design of tennis gear |
| twenty-five inches in size but they are designed for | | | | particularly since it allowed for serious racquet head |
| very strong and tall players. | | | | size variations. This aspect made possible the |
| The weight is also important. Usually the weight is | | | | introduction of non-standard size tennis racquets. |
| determined without taking into accounts the strings, this | | | | Customizing has lately become a very important |
| means that the weighing takes place before the | | | | aspect in the manufacture of tennis racquets |
| stringing process. The regular weight varies between 8 | | | | especially for professional players. For the masses, |
| and 12.5 ounces. Another element that allows for the | | | | more and more advanced technologies are available |
| classification of tennis racquets is the head size. A | | | | so that the newer tennis racquets would satisfy and |
| racquet with a large head requires more power in | | | | make tennis a better appreciated and enjoyable sport. |
| execution on the part of the player. Then, the smaller | | | | Yet, the more advanced the technology, the higher the |
| the head, the higher the precision of the hit. The largest | | | | cost of producing these tennis racquets, and as a |
| tennis racquets produced for average use were 137 | | | | result, the bigger the price. |
| square inches but the model is no longer produced; | | | | |