Private Sales Racket Sports
Private sales of racket sports bring together equipment for tennis, padel, squash, badminton, and table tennis: rackets Head and Tecnifibre, shoes Head and Asics suitable for each surface, balls Head, Dunlop and Prince, strings, overgrips, and vibration dampeners. From the child discovering the court to the ranked player who records every month, everyone finds their gear.
Temporary selections for tennis, padel, and badminton players.
Tennis or padel racket: weight, head size and shape
A tennis racket is chosen based on its unstrung weight, the size of its head, and its balance. The Tecnifibre T-Fit, weighing around two hundred and ninety grams, offers good maneuverability appreciated by developing players; the Head Speed, more demanding, suits those looking for arm speed and control. Howard Head, an aeronautical engineer, founded his brand in 1950 in Baltimore to make skis, before it became a name in tennis. In padel, the solid racket, with holes and no strings, is distinguished by its shape: round for control, teardrop for balance, and diamond for power. The Head Speed Motion takes the name of the leading tennis range for padel.
By article type
The private sale is organised by type:
Tennis, padel or indoor: the sole makes the difference
Each racket sport imposes its sole. On clay, a herringbone sole like that of the Asics Gel-Resolution in the Clay version disperses dirt and slides in a controlled manner; on hard courts, the all-court version features a thick rubber that resists abrasion. Padel is played on sandy synthetic grass: the Head Motion Pro, in both men's and women's versions, adopts a herringbone sole designed to grip without slipping. Indoors, for badminton or squash, the Asics Upcourt offers a non-marking rubber and a low sole, stable in lunges. The Head Endure Pro replaces laces with a BOA dial that tightens the foot evenly.
Other private sales
Private sales are also classified by category: football, lifestyle, basketball, handball and volleyball, combat sports, brands, on the private sales page.
Balls, strings and overgrips: the small equipment that wears out
Balls differ from one sport to another. A padel ball, like the Dunlop Eco, looks like a tennis ball but with lower internal pressure, which softens its bounce off the walls; the Head Pro tube, pressurised, maintains its liveliness only for a few sessions after opening. In squash, the ball is chosen based on its colour dot: the slower it is, the more it caters to an advanced player, with the double yellow dot being the tournament ball. The string Tecnifibre Black Code, a polyester monofilament with a pentagonal cross-section, bites the ball for players who can slice. The overgrip, Head Xtreme Soft or Wilson Pro, should be replaced once it becomes smooth.
Year-round good deals
Good deals can also be found in the good deals, promotions, clearance, sales, Black Friday. The new arrivals showcase the latest collections, and items shipped within 24 hours are prepared and sent out in 24 hours. The key events of the year follow a stable order: Black Friday at the end of autumn, the holiday season, the winter sales, the French Days in spring, followed by the summer sales and back-to-school season.
Frequently asked questions
Which racket sport is the most fast?
Badminton holds the speed records: a shuttlecock hit in a smash can exceed four hundred kilometres per hour at the start, before slowing down significantly. In tennis, the fastest serves exceed two hundred and sixty kilometres per hour.
Which racket sport to choose for beginners?
Padel, played in pairs on a court enclosed by walls, is often the easiest: rallies begin in the very first session. Tennis requires more technique from the start, and squash demands good physical condition.
How often should you restring your tennis racket?
A common guideline suggests restringing as many times a year as you play per week. A polyester string loses its tension faster than a multifilament: even intact, it becomes less precise and more aggressive on the arm.
How to choose the size of a racket handle?
Measure the distance between the central crease of the palm and the tip of the ring finger: this corresponds to a grip size, numbered zero to five in Europe. If between two sizes, choose the smaller one, which the overgrip will thicken.
What is an anti-vibration device for?
Placed between the strings near the frame, it dampens the vibration of the strings and the sharp noise at impact. It doesn't truly protect against tennis elbow, which mainly depends on the racket weight and string tension.
