Hey guys, this is Alex from Top Tennis Training and today I've got an exciting
video for you. Babolat has sent me a new tennis racket,
the pure drive. It's one of my favorite rackets of all
time, it's a racket I used to play with I'm so excited to have a look
let's unpack this racket and have a look exactly what it looks like
so excited it's like christmas come early
opening presents
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so let's discuss the way the racket looks
a great color the electric blue really stands out and pops out at you
it does go well with the black although there's not a huge contrast there blue
and black perhaps a different color would work too
i know that this color pattern is very similar
to the racket that uh pablo have released earlier the pure drive vs
which kind of looks a little bit similar to this so in that case i would say
it doesn't look as new and innovative as you would have thought but i do love
this color and i do love the combination it's good to see that
babylon kept their tubiness hand throat the elliptical shape here on
the main frame all in all it does look like the fuel
drive that we're used to i can see there's a slightly busier
design here on the main throat where usually babel at right the pure
drive the drive logo here it has been put into a bit of a pattern
it's not as obvious as on the other rackets that they've done
but that does make the frame look a little bit thinner
because it looks like it's kind of popping out at you almost looks similar
to the arrow in that respect because of the way that the lines go
it makes the beam feel a little bit thinner
so now let's talk about the features of the racket
well in true babel style have come up with new technologies to improve the
racket we have the fsi technology which is
their new system of the grommets the grommets are in a hexagon shape
which supposedly allow the strings to move a lot more giving it a bigger
trampoline effect increasing power and increasing spin
this is a racket that's already quite powerful
and for those power players if you increase even more power i'm really
excited to see what it does for me personally i used to play with
this racket simply because i loved the amount of power generated on my serve
and if you can find a way to control it with your spin if you can counter that
power and control that power it can be a great
racket for you another new technology that babylock
have introduced is the htr system which is the higher torsion rigidity and
it's the way that they mold the rackets making them a little bit more stiff a
little bit more rigid and hopefully giving you a little bit more power
again on the ball the next system is their swx system
well the swx is the shock absorbing system which has been put inside the
racket they've always used the cortex system i
don't know if you've if you're familiar with the previous rackets of the
wheel drive they used to have one of these torsion systems in the throat
they've got rid of that on their previous design and this follows suit
so there's no cortex visible cortex in the racket but it's been put inside it
and that will help you reduce those vibrations going through the arm
and for those of you that suffer with wrist issues elbow issues like
tennis elbow or shoulder problems it's a great way to reduce
stress on those joints simply because that
vibration that was going through your arm at contact will be taken away
this however does mean that sometimes that reduces power
because the racket can start feeling a little bit dead those of you that wear
that vibration damn if you get used to playing with it for
too long when you take it off it feels too much vibration but you do get a lot
more power so let's see if babel managed to
reduce their vibration but still maintain that power aspect of the racket
that we love so much with the pure drive so now let's discuss the specs of the
racket well just like with the previous pure
drives the head size has remained at 100 square inches
which is considered quite big amongst the pro range rackets
it gives you more power remember the bigger the head size the more power
you'll get simply because you're going to get more of that
trampoline effect on the racket the strings get to move a lot more
the weight is 300 grams you will have the 315 gram tall version coming out
later in january 2021 the balance is at
320 millimeters now it has gone down slightly as it was at 330 millimeters
in the previous version therefore it's gone a little bit more headlight
however the flexibility rating has gone up so
72 instead of 71. therefore it has become
a little bit more stiff maybe that's due to the new technology the htr system
that they've introduced the molding process making
the racket a little bit more rigid we don't know the swing weight i expect
it to be around the 320 330 range all in all it looks like a
great racket with great specs and it will be interesting to see how it
performs on the court i'm really excited to try this racket
put some strings in it and see how it feels
i used to use it when i played tournaments now i switch to the arrow to
try it out i'm ready to get back to the pure drive
and just get that power back in my game look out for the next video where we
play test the racket and let you know exactly how it feels
and how do all those new technologies perform so thank you guys for watching i
hope you enjoyed the unpacking of my new pure drive
let me know what you think of the design let me know if you're excited to use it
let me know which racket you use already and perhaps we can review it in the near
future and also let me know any other comments
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