Do you string your own Racquets?
do you string your racquets because you dont trust anybody else or is it just cheeper to do yourself????
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Permalink Reply by Decker on
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Great, Thanks for the tips Tim...One more question... Do you have a recommendation where to buy reels...I can save more $$$ on reels rather than packets....
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Permalink Reply by Tim Prapong on
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You can go to Atwater Village to the Racquet Doctor, not far from those courts we played at. Their number is (323) 663-6601. I'm not sure they have Hollowcore by the reel though but they have plenty of others.
I've gotten reels from "thetennisdepot.com" or tenniswarehouse.com, and some legitimate ebay sellers. I got a whole reel of Red Code for $49 dollars from ebay! Be careful of the Chinese ebayers though. They are selling fakes.
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I looked online for the racquet doctor and found that they are having a half-off sale in February. I'm all over it...Thanks for the help..... the rain is making it hard to play, huh?
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Permalink Reply by Kelvinator on
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ahhh the racket doctor...awesome shop...
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Yeah, as soon as I walk in, they say, "String?"
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Yeah, they have those sales, but they don't usually put their string on sale. It's more for the clothing, some of the shoes are slapped a little discount, and some manufacturer promotion sale on the racquets.
If it rains anymore, I might hit some racquetballs around at the L.A. Fitness. Are you game for that?
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Permalink Reply by Myiesha Simmons on
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Tennisopolis member Roddy @ ProAm Tennis has a shop and would probably give you a deal
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You are absolutely correct... It is a NO No to pull on two rows..... I mentioned it because there was a time in college when I was forced to do it. One day, I was practicing before a match. I broke my string. When I went to my bag, I realized all my other racquets had broken strings. I had 1 hour till the match started. I had to be quick. I pulled every three rows that day. I strung 2 racquets in 40 minutes. Not the best string job, but it worked...
What I do now (if I have the time) is double pull the string at each row. It takes longer, but the tension is more consistent. What I mean is pull the string (one row) until the machine locks. This is the first pull. Then I release the tension and do it again. The concept is like a rubber band. The elasticity in the string stretches and is more reliable.
2 tips:
1. Put a little strip of duck tape on the inside of the top and bottom of the racquet. When you clamp your racquet into the machine, it won't scratch your racquet.
2. Add a pound when you tie off the string. Remember to go down a pound when you continue stringing the rest of your racquet.
Comment: I was told to never cross my strings on the outside of the racquet. The reason? The friction will cut the string. Fact: I have never broken a string on the outside of a racquet. Only the mains.....
Fact: It looks nicer!!!!!!!
Rick Lee said:Lets clarify this Tim you can string multiple crosses at the same time, just leave a loop at the end to pull each cross with the tension head. What Tim is originally implying is that some places pull tension on one 2 crosses at the same time which is a no-no. You can however preweave crosses leave a loop at the end pull the tension and turn the racquet around and pull the rest of the next cross through and then pull tension on it.
You can use this fancy technique to speed up your weaving: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM_SuQgirr8
or you can Preweave like in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_IEP7reQaQ
btw there is only one approved racquet that allows a double pull on a cross according to prince the Exo's can be double cross pulled on the last cross but a skip has to be done. ie. you would skip the 2nd to last cross go to the last one weave it then weave thru the 2nd to last one and double pull them this is directly from prince.
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DID YOU WIN
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Just like Russ says, I do recommend to double tension, or prestretch any natural gut or multis, because there is a big tension loss after the first hour of play if you don't. After the first pull, the amount of spring twirls my crank several times, especially gut. On the second pull, the crank arm will twirl only a quarter turn.
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I also need to mention that you do not prestretch polys. There is very little resiliency to begin with, so you don't want to damage the string by stretching it twice. Only multifilaments and natural gut.
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I don't remember.... But to make the story even better????? YES, 0-0..... hahaha
Myiesha Simmons said:
DID YOU WIN
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