February 9, 2005

Prince Tennis Hosts Nationwide Consumer Tour to Launch the New O3 Engineered Racquets

Prince has announced that they are launching their Tennis’ O3 Play in the Zone Tour this month. Its a consumer focused, hands-on event where tennis players can experience Prince’s new O3 engineered racquets. We at WhatsAllTheRacquet think this is a great mix of racquet technology and spreading the good word on tennis through teaching. Grassroots tennis is the future of the sport.

“At our O3 Play in the Zone Tour, consumers will experience first hand the breakthrough engineering that makes the new O3 racquets easier to maneuver and quicker through the air.”

Acccording to Prince, the O3 models improve two critical elements of racquet performance: sweet spot and speed. Instead of adding length, size or weight to the racquet, they use giant O-ports that replace traditional pin-sized string holes, which create a more responsive stringbed, increasing the sweet spot by 54%, turning it into a Sweet Zone.

O-Ports also act as ‘wind tunnels’ to reduce aerodynamic drag, creating a fast and maneuverable frame which produces a faster swing speed for more aggressive play, generating faster more accurate serves, more controlled volleys, and more penetrating ground strokes. Two models will be offered: O3 Silver (for power), O3 Red (for a blend of power and control). We're looking forward to getting our hands on these and taking them for a test drive. We'll let you know what we think when we do. They sure look cool from the pics.

From Prince Tennis, News & Events, February 4, 2005