In the past few weeks, I started to feel pain in my right tennis elbow, probably due to playing daily on the AVAC ball machine, using a very stiff racket - a 2015 Babolat Puredrive Play with RPM Blast 16G poly tennis strings. It's a very stiff racket-and-string combination that led to my tennis elbow.
As I researched ways to relieve my tennis elbow, I came across suggestions to use a softer racket with softer strings, such as the Wilson Clash 100. I demoed the Wilson Clash v1 from Tennis Anywhere in Los Gatos ($30 to try various rackets) and liked the combination of a soft racket with soft multifilament strings.
I decided to purchase the beautiful blue version of the racket - the Wilson Clash 100 v2 Roland Garros edition, and have it strung with Wilson Sensation 16 strings. Although multifilament strings are less durable than poly strings like RPM Blast, they will reduce my instances of tennis elbow.
To strengthen some of my arm muscles and reduce the recurrence of tennis elbow, I am doing exercises with the FitBeast Flex Tennis Elbow Bar and 3 set Flexible Resistance Bars.
