adjust with what? adding lead tape? the overgrip already thinnest one and the string already applied.. even without string and overgrip, the BP of my at-700 still around 290mm. other at-700 in the shop may have BP around 310-320mm, so my at-700 is headlight among any other at-700 generally.
Woven 10 - 305mm (Factory replaced with karakal super pu, 1x layer prince duratac) PW12 - 295mm (Factory replaced with karakal super pu, 1x layer prince duratac)
Try to get its b/p in the range of 29.4cm to 30.4cm, that is when fully loaded with strings and grips.
Pls note that the AT-700 is designed for power from a light weight, head-heavy racquet. That means a racquet of 4U and at most 3U, an extraordinarily long shaft with a shorter handle, plus a playing b/p of not less than 31.0cm. Just weigh your racquet and if it exceeds 89g + 3.2g (string) = 91.2g, then you are not getting the best out of what an AT-700 is designed for. Adding lead tape, even one that weighs 1g and placed at the raquet top extremity, will only give you an extra 0.4cm b/p reach. Try to take away the equivalent weight of the old grip before you add any grip, whether overgrip or replacement. There are other ways to allow you to add an overgrip over your existing grip without changing the designed b/p. But this requires anything from dismantling the butt cap and taking out the hard rubber ballast (about 4g) to replacing the wooden handle (beyond the DIY). Take care when extracting the rubber ballast to avoid damage to the wooden handle or pushing it too far in beyond recovery. Special care must be taken to carefully extract the staple that is stapled through the handle and into the ballast.
the only way to make BP at 31.5cm is by adding some lead tape on the head. Taneepak way is far like surgeon for me, and it's too difficult as we are not the manufacturer. as i told before, BP without string and overgrip is 29cm, adding overgrip make it toward less than 29cm/// put off the original grip? i dont think that such a good idea..
All with 1 overgrip NS 9000X (x2) ~~> 282mm, 285mm AT 700 (x2)~~> 310 mm, 313mm Ti-5 light (x2)~~> 277mm & 285mm
NS9000X (2UG5, NBG98, 2 overgrips) - ~282mm MP100 (3UG4, NBG95, 1 overgrip) - ~289mm AT150 (3UG3, NBG95, 1 overgrip) - ~308mm
One quick question. In a short racket i mean standard racket (664 - 665mm), is the balance point of 275mm considered balance or light headed?
NS9000Type S 3UG4 1 overgrip ~ 305mm Sotx Woven 10 1 overgrip ~ 300mm Victor PW 12 1 overgrip ~ 295mm
YY AT700 3UG4, 1 overgrip, taped head, ballast taken out ~ 321mm YY MP40 4UG5, 1overgrip, taped head, ballast taken out ~ 291mm YY CAB8SP 2UG4, 1 replacementgrip ~ 289mm. Note: I put the overgrips ( prince microtac ) directly over the wooden handle. If it's any thicker, I can't play at all.. I lose all the power.
SOTX Woven 7 - strung and gripped (Oliver XP-65 @ 27/30, RAB double action over-grip on a G3) balances EXACTLY on the "o" of "Woven", which is 295mm. EVERY one of my previous rackets has been balanced at 295 precisely, with varying amounts of lead (a little bit for Armortecs and a LOT for Nanospeeds). If I ever get an Arc 10, it'll be the same story. mel_baddie, if you want to add weight to the handle without increasing grip size you can always take the butt cap off and add lead inside the handle, but lead tape directly on the wood of the handle won't increase the grip size very much at all - it's thinner than most over-grips, actually. (There is a fantastic program on the USRSA website that takes a racket's existing specs and your desired specs and comes up with how much and where to put lead on the racket to achieve them... but it's only for tennis rackets.)
W16, one layer Yonex super grap to the bottom of the cone, original bottom grip is replaced with yonex muscle grip. both 68ti at 26lbs #1 95.9g 290mm #2 94.7g 291mm w11a one layer Yonex super grap to the bottom of the cone, 68ti at 28lbs 97.3g 297mm Diamond X2 FP one layer Yonex super grap to the bottom of the cone, 68ti at 24lbs 88.3g 290mm heat 6900 one layer Yonex super grap to the bottom of the cone, 68ti at 24lbs 96.2g 292mm
I wonder what's the extremity of balance points? what's the bp of Lin dan's at700 with tape on the frame and a stripped handle?
>330mm probably. With a normal on spec AT700 being ~310 with strings and 1 layer grip, cutting the grip in half will at most make it 315mm, and some strips of athletic tape at the top probably push it to like 330.
BP is measured from the bottom of the handle to the top of the frame. Adding weight to the frame or reducing the weight of teh handle will push the BP towards the frame, while adding weight to the handle or somehow removing weight from the frame will push the BP towards the handle.
my AT900P 4UG4 bp = 337mm with just Super grap on wood ^^ I have extremely sweaty hands with just overgrips its already comfortable At700 3UG3 bp=321mm same with just super grap smaller grips suits me, me got more power with 4U~
