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First racket checklist

What to buy before a first class, what to borrow from us instead, and the two things worth spending money on.

From Juan Carlos Maldonado
First racket checklist

A first racket should be light, and it should be the size that lets a child swing it without dragging the tip along the ground. Everything else about it is marketing.

Borrow before you buy

We keep rackets to borrow at every centre we teach in. A child who has used ours for two or three weeks knows what size they actually want, which is information no shop assistant has.

The sheet

  • First racket checklist (one page)

    PDF · 3 KB · Print it and take it to the shop.

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