The perfect racket

Matt Beer, SFGate

Published 4:00 am PDT, Wednesday, September 9, 1998

On Wilmot McCutchen’s Web site, he contends that a nearly perfect racket can be created by adding a five-ounce counterweight to the butt end of a tennis racket.

On a sunny Sunday afternoon, I traded ground strokes with McCutchen, using a dirt-cheap Wilson Kannon racket. The vibration and instability of the racquet made it almost unusable.

Then I hit with a Kannon modified with five ounces of lead shot, contained in a hollow plastic cap nailed to the end of the racquet. No vibration. Smooth, powerful strokes. I wonder if my Saturday morning tennis partner would notice.

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