Head
i.S12 Tennis Racquet Review
Tennis Magazine Jan 2001
First things first: The Head i.S10 and
i.S12 play a lot alike, although the i.S12
is longer and has a slightly thicker beam.
Like the i.S10, the i.S12 has
piezoelectric fibers in the throat to give
the stick more pop than a champagne
bottle, so players with long strokes
should look elsewhere, unless they like
hitting the backstop on the fly. Beginner
testers loved the giddy-up they got on
their volleys and ground strokes courtesy
of the super-stiff frame. 'I’d just
block the ball and it would go nice and
deep, and the control wasn’t bad
either,' said one 3.0 NTRP player. Another
source of the i.S10’s and i.S12’s
power is the open 14 by 17 string pattern,
which, it should be noted, may also cause
the strings to prematurely snap (there’s
more string movement and thus more
friction). This racquet plays best with a
vibration dampener; without one, it makes
a loud 'ping.' The same goes for the
i.S10.
Bottom
line:
This big guy has a comfortable feel and
bazooka-like power.
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- MSRP
$249.95
- Our
Price: $89.95
Purchase two or more $84.95/ea
- Length:
28"
- Head
Size: 115"
- Weight:
8.1 oz.
- Balance:
1pt HL
- Cross
Sect1on: 28.50mm
- Type
of Swing: Compact strokes
- String
Tension:5766 lbs
- Ra:
- Flex:
Stiff
- Features:
Pre-Strung with IntelliString string
at mid tension
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I.S12