[Aramitz_II]

According to this article


http://http://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/anden_sport/tennis/article1781092.ece


She has redused her her string tension from 60 pound to 46.
That is a massive change. It will give her some more power
But the price is less control.

 

[Hashim.]

Well would less control would mean even more comical results form her forehand.

 

[Monica_Rules]

The british eurosport commentators did say during RG that she needs to change racket to get more power as for someone who's 5'10" she should hit the ball harder.

 

[Jimmie48]

Definitely a gutsy change... I like that Johansson seems to have a clear vision where to take her game.

Lets hope it pays off

 

[Ryan]

Should be interesting...maybe just for the grass season? Anyway, I like that she's trying some different things - tweaking racket, service stance etc.

 

[jrm]

for ignorant fools like me, what does that mean to your game?

 

[duhcity]

That's a shockingly drastic drop. I mean..she hasn't had a serious amount of time to practice with it, and even using my shitty strings I hate switching off rackets to ones in different parts of their strung life cycle.

 

[Twerkpova]

OMG. :lol: Curious to see what this does to her game that's based on consistency.

 

[Sam]

46 pounds that seems crazy low. Surely that would give less power and less control?

 

[Aramitz_II]

for ignorant fools like me, what does that mean to your game?

With a lower tension you got more of what is called the Trampolin effect. The balls returns faster.
The price may bee less control. On the other hand if you don't have to wack the ball as hard you also gain control.

This is all pretty standart. The thing is the size of the change is enorm.

60 pound is in the top level of pro tension, and 46 is in the low range.

 

[Aramitz_II]

46 pounds that seems crazy low. Surely that would give less power and less control?

No more power

 

[LoveFifteen]

46 pounds that seems crazy low. Surely that would give less power and less control?

Power and control don't go together. The more power you get, the less control you have, and vice versa.

 

[WowWow]

How is she going to compete now? Lol

 

[Halepsova]

Does it mean she will be a better pusher?

 

[hankqq]

Did she do this before Eastbourne, or only before Wimbledon? It wouldn't make sense to test it out in a major :lol:

 

[A-Bond]

Well her game and all her results till now are based on her consistency, so I'm not sure if this change will have a positive effect. But on the other hand I think it's cool that she's finally willing to change something about her game. The key to a big title is playing offensive and make the result dependant on you and not your opponent. Seems like she really wants to win big now!

 

[n1ko0]

hopefully more power

 

[aloeball]

Wow, 14 pounds is a lot. But what strings are they? Some people use 10-15 pounds less than the recommended and it still seems to work well - Luxilon ALU power is amazing to hit with for example.

 

[zhangxian22]

shocking...I have never tried anything lower than 54...

 

[Aramitz_II]

I found this list if of most off the top pros tension


http://www.colinthestringer.com/pros-strings/

There is a lot of variation