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About Strings
- Lower string tensions generate more power (providing string movement does not occur).
- Higher string tensions generate more ball control (for experienced players).
- A longer string (or string plane area) produces more power.
- Decreased string density (fewer strings) generates more power.
- Thinner string generates more power.*
- More elastic strings generate more power. (Generally, what will produce more power will also absorb more shock load at impact.)
- Softer strings, or strings with a softer coating, tend to vibrate less.
- Thinner strings tend to produce more spin.
- Increased string density (more strings) generates more control.
- The more elastic the string, the more tension loss in the racquet after the string job.**
* Although Wilson's research for their Sweetspot string disputes this statement.
**Pre-stretching aligns (stretches) the polymer chains in the string and "sets" the string, which reduces tension loss, albeit slightly. Generally, the more pre-stretching (prior to stringing) the less tension loss after stringing.
Reference from Tennis Warehouse Learning Center
Tennis Services
Racquet Stringing and Racquet services:
Labor $20 + Cost of string (only labor if you provide string)
Full consultation for choosing racquets, strings, string tension, use of string dampeners, and types of racquet grips/overgrips. Considerations and options discussed will include what you like/dislike in feel and weight, how you play, results of your play, and string options/possibilities. If you have more than one racquet, string both racquets at same time! Also, replace strings no longer than every 6 months.
- United States Racquet Stringers Association (USRSA) Member: 15 years.
- Stringing Labor: $20 per racquet
- Stringing machine: Gamma, electronic constant parallel pull.
- On hand - Various brand Synthetic Gut, Multi-filament, and Poly strings.
- Can order specific stings.
- Cost of strings:
- Depends upon string chosen. I do not ‘mark up’ strings. I only pass through actual cost from provider (Tennis Warehouse, Midwest Sports, ATS, Tennis Express, PTR, etc).
- If you provide your own strings: Only Stinging labor charged.
- Depends upon string chosen. I do not ‘mark up’ strings. I only pass through actual cost from provider (Tennis Warehouse, Midwest Sports, ATS, Tennis Express, PTR, etc).
- Hybrid stringing: Some sets are automatically hybrids, other string combinations may entail using half sets. If I break full sets and use half, there is an additional charge of $10.00 (unless I am stringing two racquets at the same time).
- Balancing and weighting of racquets: $25.
- Grip Replacement: $10 (includes taking off old grip, reapply double sided tape, new Head grip).
- Overgrip Replacement: $5 (includes cost of overgrip: Choice of Yonex or Tourna grip).
- Bumper Guard Replacement: $25 labor plus cost of new Guard.
About Racquets/Frames
- A heavier frame generates more power.
- A heavier frame vibrates less.
- A heavier frame has a larger sweetspot.
- A stiffer frame generates more power.
- A stiffer frame has a larger sweetspot.
- A stiffer frame transmits more of the shock load to the arm than a more flexible frame.
- A stiffer frame provides a more uniform ball response across the entire string plane.
- A larger frame generates more power.
- A larger frame is more resistant to twisting.
- A larger frame has a larger sweetspot.
- A longer frame generates more velocity and therefore more power.
- The string bed in a longer frame generates more spin due to increased velocity.
Reference from Tennis Warehouse Learning Center
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Strings and string comparisons
Racquets: comparisons, sweet spots, power grids
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