I'm playing on acrylic and carpet with some sand court. Currently parallel using the Dunlop Fort Court and Head Tour XT. Dunlop Fort Court for half an hour were slightly light and too fast on acrylic court. Next time on carpet they were excellent. Head Tour XT are slightly heavier but not hard (a la Wilson Trinity) and also played excellent. The following days I'll see their durability, but both these 2 balls are great for me so far. * I've tried Dunlop AO, Wilson US Open Heavy Duty, Wilson Trinity, Diadem Premier Extra Duty amongst other. Notice, the Head Tour (regular) playing VERY SOFT and their durability was less than 2 hours (bad patch maybe). The XT are MUCH BETTER.
You seem to have choosen balls on the various surfaces which were designed for a slower , back of the court game . For a traditional seve volley / instinctual game on the various surfaces , would you choose primarily regular duty balls or any other ones that you have , in this video ? Lastly how would Dunlop Fort All Court and the clay version compar in performance to the Wilson U.Scopen and Roland Garros ? Thank You .
Thanks for the question Derek. We used all balls on all the available surfaces, including Slazenger Wimbledon, which given the surface they’re designed for would fit into the idea of a serve & volley style of play. Unfortunately we couldn’t test the Dunlop Fort at the time due to a stocking issue on Dunlop’s end, so unable to comment (with any certainty at least) on that ball.
@@ph-tennis Thank you for your reply . The problem with situation is that 30 years ago the game was drastically altered by tour promoters and the buisness at large . The courts and balls have drastically been slowed down . Therefore the balls and courts that you are using are biased towards that intended slow down , as the new norm . This intentionally helped to destroy the serve volley game and form the back of court game . The Industry became less instinctual and athletic . This served the lower skilled masses and more air time . Those who were born or started to play at that time , know no other style , than the back of the court game . So to properly neutralize this , the balls must be faster and therefore use a regular duty ball or other facets which would , seasonally allow this . All that you consider premium are based on this game style and therefore perhaps why you like what you like more .
Australian Open? Unfortunately we didn't have them in stock at the time of filming. Dunlop ATP would fall into that top-end category alongside our other top rated balls
Good to see the Triniti do well. Has been my go to for durability reasons. Can get 2-3 matches out of them before the bounce becomes significantly lower. Any other ball is really no good for match play beyond 1 and half matches and I just don't want to be popping a new tin every time I play! The Roland Garros was atrocious on astro when you bought it to the group training for the durability portion of your test. No surprise that had to be taken out the coaching bag.
Outside the US, Penn balls are HEAD balls! HEAD owns the brand Penn - only uses it in the US market! So the Head Tour ball we talk about is the Penn Tour too!
What about dunlop balls is it good for hard surface?
Dunlop FORT clay is one of the best for clay...
but last 1 match
Is a clay ball just as good on har-tru?
I'm playing on acrylic and carpet with some sand court. Currently parallel using the Dunlop Fort Court and Head Tour XT.
Dunlop Fort Court for half an hour were slightly light and too fast on acrylic court. Next time on carpet they were excellent.
Head Tour XT are slightly heavier but not hard (a la Wilson Trinity) and also played excellent.
The following days I'll see their durability, but both these 2 balls are great for me so far.
* I've tried Dunlop AO, Wilson US Open Heavy Duty, Wilson Trinity, Diadem Premier Extra Duty amongst other.
Notice, the Head Tour (regular) playing VERY SOFT and their durability was less than 2 hours (bad patch maybe). The XT are MUCH BETTER.
Wow! That’s some insight - thank you!
Dunlop fort
the best
Are prò touch balls any good
Is Penn Tour and Head Tour Same ball ?
It is. Penn in US, HEAD in Europe
I think with the Triniti Pro there is a break-in period, i prefer it over the normal Triniti
The league I play in only uses the Wilson US Open balls. I think they're the best but it's pricey at $6.50/can.
That’s cheap compared to the UK! The Triniti is better value as it’ll last longer but doesn’t have the same feel
You seem to have choosen balls on the various surfaces which were designed for a slower , back of the court game . For a traditional seve volley / instinctual game on the various surfaces , would you choose primarily regular duty balls or any other ones that you have , in this video ?
Lastly how would Dunlop Fort All Court and the clay version compar in performance to the Wilson U.Scopen and Roland Garros ?
Thank You .
Thanks for the question Derek. We used all balls on all the available surfaces, including Slazenger Wimbledon, which given the surface they’re designed for would fit into the idea of a serve & volley style of play.
Unfortunately we couldn’t test the Dunlop Fort at the time due to a stocking issue on Dunlop’s end, so unable to comment (with any certainty at least) on that ball.
@@ph-tennis Thank you for your reply . The problem with situation is that 30 years ago the game was drastically altered by tour promoters and the buisness at large . The courts and balls have drastically been slowed down .
Therefore the balls and courts that you are using are biased towards that intended slow down , as the new norm . This intentionally helped to destroy the serve volley game and form the back of court game . The Industry became less instinctual and athletic . This served the lower skilled masses and more air time .
Those who were born or started to play at that time , know no other style , than the back of the court game . So to properly neutralize this , the balls must be faster and therefore use a regular duty ball or other facets which would , seasonally allow this . All that you consider premium are based on this game style and therefore perhaps why you like what you like more .
What about tretorn serie control?
Haven’t tried them! Tell me more…
where are the dunlops
Australian Open? Unfortunately we didn't have them in stock at the time of filming. Dunlop ATP would fall into that top-end category alongside our other top rated balls
Good to see the Triniti do well. Has been my go to for durability reasons. Can get 2-3 matches out of them before the bounce becomes significantly lower. Any other ball is really no good for match play beyond 1 and half matches and I just don't want to be popping a new tin every time I play!
The Roland Garros was atrocious on astro when you bought it to the group training for the durability portion of your test. No surprise that had to be taken out the coaching bag.
Great review, BUT how come you didn’t include any Penn balls?! The most popular ball in the market?! 🤷🏻♂️
Outside the US, Penn balls are HEAD balls!
HEAD owns the brand Penn - only uses it in the US market!
So the Head Tour ball we talk about is the Penn Tour too!
@@ph-tennis Oh cool. Thanks for clarifying.