If you happen to’re a fan of head-heavy rackets and also you just like the Yonex model however are slightly confused about which one is best for you, it is a video that may make it easier to.
All we’ll do at this time is take a look at the Astrox racket sequence, the head-heavy variations of the rackets of their vary.
And from this we aren’t going to speak in regards to the various variations of every of those rackets, specifically the Tour, the Sport and the Play. We’ll solely deal with the professional variations and what they provide by way of playability. And hopefully this helps you slightly.
So first we have now the gorgeous Astrox 100ZZ.
That is extraordinarily fashionable amongst skilled gamers, each singles and doubles.
It is a sensible all-round racket. It has energy. It has nice defensive capabilities. It goes over the web rapidly, so there are large benefits to utilizing this racket. It’s certainly very, very stiff, and as you possibly can see, there’s racket, little or no bend, and it bends slightly in another way. It is because this racket has a stable core shaft, the one one in your entire vary of rackets.
So it bends slightly in another way than you get from overrackets. As well as, the burden is within the head. Extraordinarily steady, as you’ll anticipate from all Yonex rackets. Tremendous playable racket.
One in every of my favourite rackets. I additionally love the form of the pinnacle right here. Nice for stress if you happen to wish to have yours strung at excessive stress.
So total a very good all-round racket. It’ll present the ability. It delivers every part you want.
Subsequent in line is the Astrox 99 professional.
A few of it’s possible you’ll keep in mind that when this was launched, it was the racket of former world primary Kento Momota and designed for him. So there are a couple of variations with this racket.
It changed the unique 99. To begin with, you possibly can see that the form of the membership head is barely rounder than earlier than. Once more, prime finish stiff, however a bit extra flex than we obtained from the 100ZZ, and it is a totally different sort of flex than the place it flexes.
This additionally had a model new string sample for Yonex, which introduced collectively a really previous conventional string sample with the 5 double grommets on the highest, plus an additional, simply one other crossed string beneath. So a very totally different feeling by way of hitting.
That is very heavy and really stiff, and as such is taken into account rather more useful in singles gamers than in doubles gamers. Once more, just like the 100ZZ it was accessible in a 3u G4 and 4u G5 within the UK. And I believe that many extra gamers would have opted for the 4u G5, the place the G5 refers back to the grip dimension which is barely smaller and the u refers back to the precise weight of the racket.
Nonetheless fashionable racket accessible in two shade choices. It had the white and black model known as the White Tiger, after which this cherry purple and black model. A very nice racket. Whereas I am with reference to colorways, I ought to really point out right here, considerably remissly of me, that the 100ZZ comes on this good navy blue shade with decals they usually even have what they name the Kurenai model, which just about seems to be like a wine purple model of this additionally.
Each variations are nonetheless accessible as I report this video.
Let’s transfer on and discuss in regards to the Astrox88DPro.
You will in all probability end up liking this design once more with a a lot rounder head in comparison with the unique 88D Professional. For me it is a little much less head-heavy than the unique, it is very playable.
I believe they’ve improved the maneuverability of this body considerably over the unique, maybe slightly little bit of the pinnacle weight has been misplaced right here, so not as heavy on the prime finish, however nonetheless a terrific attacking racket. However they’ve made him extra agile, so he’s additionally rather a lot higher defensively. Nice all-rounder, tremendous highly effective,
very, highly regarded racket amongst skilled gamers.
One of many notable gamers to make use of this was Gideon from Indonesia, former world primary, and his associate funnily sufficient used the older model, the 88S. As you possibly can see, totally different shade combos of the rackets.
So what is the distinction between the 2?
To begin with, the 99 string sample can also be used on the 99 Astrox88SPro.
Initially the S Professional or the previous 88S or talent because it was recognized, the membership head weight was slightly extra down right here so the racket was slightly sooner however nonetheless had loads of weight the place the 88D tended to have the burden slightly bit extra the highest. And I suppose that is nonetheless true at this time, that they’re fairly comparable in weight, however with this racket there’s noticeably slightly extra primary weight on the prime of the racket in comparison with the 88S Professional.
Once more, each are highly regarded amongst skilled gamers, in addition to league and membership gamers. So each once more, stiff as you possibly can see, in all probability not as stiff because the 99, however very, superb by way of a stiff body with a headset weight to match.
Final, however not least, is the up to date Astrox 77 Professional.
The unique 77, the primary of the Astrox sequence
I did not actually get on with it, I did not really feel like there was sufficient in that exact racket to face out.
And I choose the previous Voltric sequence. Nonetheless, now they’ve taken the know-how they realized and used within the different rackets, and introduced it like a model new 77 professional, and extra to maintain the form, not fairly with the 100ZZ.
It is a a lot, a lot better racket than the unique. I believe that is in all probability one of many jewels within the Yonex crown of the Astrox sequence.
And once more, this discovered a lot favor with the skilled gamers.
This one has slightly extra flex as you possibly can see, so slightly extra medium flex, not fairly the pinnacle weight that you’d have discovered on a few of the others. So it is much more forgiving for a racket, much more agile, some would say. And positively the flex has additionally helped for the league and county gamers who wished one thing that wasn’t as stiff as a few of the others I’ve already talked about within the vary.
The 77 Professional has due to this fact turn into a highly regarded racket. I did say that there are different variations of the racket, specifically the Tour, the Sport and the Play. Not all of them have all variations within the UK. I lately noticed a Tour model of the 77 and it was a distinct string sample than this one.
That is what I name the three loop sample and on the Tour model it was two loops which suggests the precise really feel will likely be very totally different. Though the specs of the racket can be the identical. That is all I’ll say in regards to the totally different variations on this video. however I believe this is without doubt one of the rackets that’s rather more user-friendly for gamers of all ranges.
The additional flex right here brings much more overhead to the participant. That barely much less weight within the head means the body is much more agile defensively and for some it means they’ll get extra energy as a result of it may well additionally get the pinnacle via faster. So there you might have it.
We went via the Astrox 77 Professional, the 88S Professional, the 88D Professional, the 99 Professional and the 100ZZ.
Hopefully you discovered this video helpful.
There will likely be rather more sooner or later by way of rackets and in addition by way of ways.