What is a tweener in terms of tennis?

Question

What does a tweener mean in terms of tennis? I have heard it has something to do with the type of racket you have. Can someone explain in more depth?

Answer 1

Tweener literally mean between.

I've seen it used in two different contexts.  Regarding racquets, it is between a beginners racquet and an advanced one.

The term is also used for a between the legs shot

Answer 2

There are basically two types of racquets:

The normal sized player's racquets which are a bit heavy. And the player improvement racquets which have oversized heads with a larger sweet spot and light stiff frames.

A tweener racquet is a compromise between the two racquets. It is an in between (hence the name) racquet that is not as heavy as a player's racquet and not as not as oversized as a player improvement (beginner) racquets.

Here are some examples of tweener racquets: http://www.tennis-warehouse.com/catthumb...

Tweener is also slang for a shot that is hit between the legs after retrieving a lob at the baseline. It was first popularized by Frenchman Yannick Noah: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFrcvKFaG...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhU0BbrL4...