Impact Force - Impulse Reaction 2002

Impact Force is the force acting at the racquet's mass center (balance point) due to impact.  It should be low.  Impact Force is the Impact Impulse, divided by the dwell time, so increasing the dwell time by looser strings or other means will be good for reducing this force.  Torque is the Impact Force times the lever arm, so a shorter lever arm (head-light balance) will be good for reducing Torque for two racquets having the same Impact Force.  Impulse Reaction ranks are the same as ranks under Impact Force, so the higher the sweet spot (i.e. the more positive the Impulse Reaction), the better for reducing Impact Force.  The Impact Force rankings under the five benchmark conditions were weighted, then these weighted ranks were summed to produce the weighted sum that determined the overall rank.  To see the range of Impulse Reaction and Impact Force values under each of the Benchmark Conditions, click here.  The ranking is from best (Prince Graphite Classic OS) to worst (Wilson Triad Hammer 2.0 w/Rollers).

Rank Impact Force - Impulse Reaction 2002

1

Prince

Graphite Classic OS

2

Prince

Triple Threat Bandit MP

3

Prince

Triple Threat Hornet MP

4

Prince

Triple Threat Warrior MP

5

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 6.3 MP

6

Babolat

VS Drive

7

Head

I.Prestige Mid

8

Weed

T-Zone

9

Prince

Triple Threat Rebel MP

10

Prince

Triple Threat Vendetta MP

11

Blackburne

DS-107

12

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 5.3 Stretch OS

13

Blackburne

Excalibur Ti 97

14

Babolat

VS Control

15

Prince

Triple Threat Graphite OS

16

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 5.3 Stretch MP

17

Prince

Triple Threat Graphite MP

18

Prince

Triple Threat Attitude MP

19

Blackburne

Excalibur Ti 107

20

Babolat

VS Power

21

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 6.3 Light MP

22

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 6.3 OS

23

Head

Classic MP

24

Cayman

Excel Comp II

25

Head

i.S2 MP

26

Prince

Triple Threat Scream OS

27

Babolat

Pure Control

28

Cayman

Strike X

29

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 6.3 Light OS

30

Prince

Triple Threat Bandit OS

31

Pro Kennex

Ti Intensity PBT Reach

32

Prince

Triple Threat Attitude OS

33

Yonex

Muscle Power 3i

34

Prince

Triple Threat Vendetta OS

35

Gosen

Carbon Plus I

36

Volkl

V1 Classic

37

Prince

More Game OS

38

Prince

Triple Threat Sovereign OS

39

Gosen

Carbon 15

40

Dunlop

300G 98

41

Yonex

RD Ti-70 88

42

Volkl

Quantum Force

43

Wilson

Hyper Pro Staff 6.5 MP

44

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 2.7

45

Yonex

Ultimum RQ Ti-2000 Long 120

46

Prince

Triple Threat Warrior OS

47

Babolat

Soft Drive

48

Babolat

Soft Power

49

Wilson

Hyper Pro Staff Extreme 6.7

50

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 4.0 OS

51

Pro Kennex

Core 1 No. 24

52

Babolat

Pure Power Zylon 360

53

Weed

3/4 Weed XL

54

Pro Kennex

Core 1 No. 20

55

Babolat

VS Nanotube Drive

56

Prince

More Game MP

57

Wilson

Hyper Pro Staff Zone 7.1

58

Volkl

Quantum V1 MP

59

Volkl

Quantum V1 OS

60

Pro Kennex

Kinetic Pro 15g

61

Slazenger

Pro Braided

62

Pro Kennex

Kinetic Pro 5g

63

Pro Kennex

Core 1 No. 22

64

Yonex

Ultimum RQ Ti-2000 Long 110

65

Prince

Triple Threat Graphite Mid

66

Head

i.S2 OS

67

Head

i.Speed MP

68

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 6.2 MP

69

Volkl

Quantum 10 RAP

70

Head

I.S6 OS

71

Cayman

Pro Smash II

72

Prince

More Thunder OS

73

Head

i.S4 MP

74

Babolat

Pure Drive

75

Babolat

Pure Drive Zylon 360

76

Babolat

VS Nanotube Power

77

Cayman

Catalyst II

78

Head

I.S10

79

Wilson

Hyper Pro Staff Surge 5.1

80

Dunlop

Vision 110

81

Volkl

Catapult 1

82

Head

i.S9 OS

83

Cayman

Airlite

84

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 5.2 MP

85

Prince

More Dominant OS

86

Yonex

MP Tour-1 Mid

87

Pro Kennex

Type S

88

Dunlop

Vision 102

89

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 5.2 OS

90

Prince

Triple Threat Scream MP

91

Cayman

Energizer II

92

Volkl

C10 Pro

93

Head

I.S18

94

Wilson

Hyper Pro Staff 6.1 MP

95

Topspin

CL 628

96

Head

I.S12

97

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 6.2 OS

98

Pro Kennex

Kinetic Pro 7g

99

Yonex

Muscle Power 5i OS

100

Dunlop

Spirit 100

101

Cayman

Pro Heat II

102

Volkl

Quantum 8 RAP

103

Yonex

MP Tour-1 MP

104

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 4.0 MP

105

Wilson

Hyper Pro Staff 6.1 MP Stretch

106

Prince

Triple Threat Hornet OS

107

Dunlop

Inferno 118

108

Yonex

Muscle Power 5i MP

109

Gosen

Tri Tube 400C

110

Volkl

Quantum 10 Tour

111

Yonex

RD Ti-70 Long 98

112

Cayman

Energizer Ti

113

Dunlop

Inferno 104

114

Babolat

Pure Control +

115

Volkl

Catapult 3

116

Head

Classic Mid

117

Yonex

Ultimum RQ Ti-1500 Long 105

118

Yonex

Ultimum RQ Ti-1700 Long 110

119

Volkl

Catapult 2

120

Cayman

Sidewinder Ti

121

Head

i.Prestige MP

122

Volkl

Tour 10 Mid

123

Babolat

Pure Control Zylon 360

124

Weed

T-Zone Plus

125

Head

I.Prestige MP XL

126

Yonex

V-Con 20

127

Fischer

GDS Spice

128

Cayman

Pro Talis II Long

129

Head

I.S6 MP

130

Topspin

CL 633

131

Fischer

Pro No. One

132

Head

i.extreme MP

133

Fischer

GDS Take Off 1210

134

Yonex

V-Con 20

135

Volkl

Quantum 5

136

Yonex

Ultimum RD Ti-50

137

Wilson

Pro Staff Original 6.0 85

138

Cayman

Energizer II Pro

139

Dunlop

Inferno 110

140

Yonex

Ultimum RD Ti-80

141

Yonex

Ultimum RQ Ti-1700 Long 98

142

Fischer

GDS Spirit

143

Fischer

GDS Rally FT Titanium

144

Fischer

GDS Take Off 910

145

Fischer

GDS Take Off 710

146

Cayman

Pro Talis II

147

Topspin

TPC1000

148

Prince

Graphite Classic MP

149

Topspin

CL 603

150

Dunlop

Spirit 110

151

Head

i.S4 OS

152

Cayman

Catalyst II Pro

153

Dunlop

200G 95

154

Wilson

Triad Hammer 5.0 OS

155

Head

I.Radical OS

156

Wilson

Triad Hammer 4.0 OS

157

Wilson

Triad Hammer 4.0 MP

158

Wilson

Triad Pro Staff 6.0 MP

159

Volkl

Tour 8

160

Wilson

Triad Hammer 5.0 MP

161

Yonex

Ultimum RD Ti-50 Long

162

Volkl

C-10 Pro OS

163

Head

I.Radical MP

164

Fischer

Pro Tour FT Air Carbon Ti

165

Wilson

Triad Hammer 3.0

166

Fischer

Pro Extreme

167

Wilson

Triad Hammer 2.0 w/Rollers