Prince 03 Speedport Silver

This racquet has something Prince call Speedports. It's along the same lines as the previous model with the O ports, except, these are square which, according to Prince make the racquet swing speed even quicker than before. There is little doubt that there are some fantastic benefits to this great pace, depth and spin on shots to name a few. We would recommend this to players with a small swing – beginner to intermediate level. This racquet has a solid feel to it – the fairly high swing weight is what creates this feel. It had a lot of power from all areas of the court. All in all, an impressive update to the O3 Silver with improved maneuverability resulting in easier access to pace and spin. What we did like was the dampener. The feel of the racquet at contact can be customized thanks to a string dampener that can be slid up to the lowest cross string or positioned down inside the throat bridge. Slide the dampener up and the feel becomes much more muted and dampened. Slide the dampener down into the frame and more feedback and feel makes its way to the player's hand. Position the dampener half way between the lowest cross string and the throat bridge and the racquet provides an interesting combination of dampening with feel. Nice work from Prince on that feature.