is lowest at 6.2, and highest at 2.6. Players who are more advancedwould therefore use the racquets which are above 5.0, which include the popular line ofWilson ProStaff racquets.Looking at the big picture of racquet manufacturing today, it is clearly evidentthat tennis players are given a much easier road from being beginners to being moreadvanced players. With so much technology being implemented into tennis racquets, theend is nowhere in sight of how advanced the tennis racquets will become. In 1998,Wilson introduced another breakthrough that again revolutionized the tennis world. Withhyper carbon, another material that is currently used by NASA in their space shuttles,Wilson created a whole new line of tennis racquets for beginners. Aside from beingthree times lighter than titanium and four times lighter than graphite, hyper carbon isalmost five times stiffer than either of the two materials used in the market today. Withsuch a low weight and extreme stiffness, hyper carbon racquets provide enough powerand maneuverability for virtually any type of a beginner.Not all companies prioritize on making loyal consumers in the amateur field oftennis. Companies like Yonex, Fischer, and ProKennex have lines of racquets that areonly intended for advanced players. Staying true to such a high level of play has turnedout to have its advantages even among the less advanced market. Most of theprofessional tours, mens and womens, use Yonex and ProKennex racquets, which arebecoming popular among the amateur ranks despite their desired intent to be used onlyby more skilled players. One suggested reasoning by the study in Stanford states that...many tennis newcomers feel the need to use professional racquets and get use to themright away, (Howards 2). Even though that might be the case, Prince and Wilson, thetwo dominating forces in tennis manufacturing today, still have the edge on all othercompetition when it comes to the annual gross sal...
