"As Don said in his post above, that's wrong. You can NEVER lower the swingweight by ADDING weight ANYWHERE on the frame. To lower the swingweight, you would have to REMOVE weight from somewhere on the frame. The more weight that you remove closer to the hoop will lower the swingweight more than if you removed the weight from closer to the handle, i.e., adding or removing weight from the hoop will impact the swingweight much, much more than adding or removing weight from the handle. Adding weight to the handle will change the balance of the racquet and make it more headlight, but it will not lower the swingweight. Remember that balance does not equal swingweight.
If you had two identical racquets with the same static weight and length, yes, the one that is balanced more headlight will have a lower swingweight than the one that is balanced less headlight. However, you cannot lower the swingweight of the one that is balanced less headlight by ADDING weight anywhere to the frame because by doing that, you've just INCREASED its static weight, which in turn, could INCREASE its swingweight depending on where you've added that weight. The only way to LOWER the swingweight is to make that racquet more headlight WITHOUT adding any static weight, and the most effective way of doing that is to remove weight from the hoop, e.g., removing the bumper guard.
The OP's idea of replacing the synthetic stock grip with a leather grip and overgrip will actually INCREASE and not decrease the swingweight."
@ gd
... dann lese und übersetze bitte mal den ganzen Artikel. Kann dem nicht entnehmen, daß zusätzliches Gewicht (am Griffende) das Swingweight erhöht,(could increase = könnte erhöhen, da steht nicht: erhöht oder erhöht zwangsweise) sondern lediglich, daß ein Verringerung des Swingweights ausschließlich durch Wegnahme von Gewicht möglich ist, je weiter weg vom Griff (Rotationspunkt), desto besser
P.S. es darf aber jeder diesen Artikel für sich übersetzen und sich seine eigene Meinung bilden. Ich denke, wer das Prinzip verstanden hat, kommt auch ohne Übersetzung aus - mir reicht diese fruchtlose gd-Diskussion wieder einmal
If you had two identical racquets with the same static weight and length, yes, the one that is balanced more headlight will have a lower swingweight than the one that is balanced less headlight. However, you cannot lower the swingweight of the one that is balanced less headlight by ADDING weight anywhere to the frame because by doing that, you've just INCREASED its static weight, which in turn, could INCREASE its swingweight depending on where you've added that weight. The only way to LOWER the swingweight is to make that racquet more headlight WITHOUT adding any static weight, and the most effective way of doing that is to remove weight from the hoop, e.g., removing the bumper guard.
The OP's idea of replacing the synthetic stock grip with a leather grip and overgrip will actually INCREASE and not decrease the swingweight."
@ gd
... dann lese und übersetze bitte mal den ganzen Artikel. Kann dem nicht entnehmen, daß zusätzliches Gewicht (am Griffende) das Swingweight erhöht,(could increase = könnte erhöhen, da steht nicht: erhöht oder erhöht zwangsweise) sondern lediglich, daß ein Verringerung des Swingweights ausschließlich durch Wegnahme von Gewicht möglich ist, je weiter weg vom Griff (Rotationspunkt), desto besser
P.S. es darf aber jeder diesen Artikel für sich übersetzen und sich seine eigene Meinung bilden. Ich denke, wer das Prinzip verstanden hat, kommt auch ohne Übersetzung aus - mir reicht diese fruchtlose gd-Diskussion wieder einmal
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