Wilson Sporting Goods has introduced Countervail technology in its line of Blade tennis rackets, integrating tech from the aerospace industry into rackets that help professionals and amateur players alike.
Countervail is a one-of-a-kind, layered carbon fiber from Materials Sciences Corportation originally designed to dissipate vibrational energy in airplanes and space vehicles. In tennis rackets, it becomes tennis elbow’s worse nightmare. Wilson LABS strategically placed precise amounts of Countervail into specific areas of each frame to minimize vibration, giving players maximum energy in late sets or long matches and less fatigue.
Wilson collaborated with the University of Minnesota’s School of Kinesiology on a study this year with competitive collegiate players, men and women, that found playing with a Wilson racket with Countervail compared to a standard racket experienced up to 30 percent less vibrational energy in the racket, leading to 10 percent less fatigue when playing.