Murray's 124 mph forehand.

[julian1]

Tradeoff between performance und expense

Thanks, Geoff. This gives a different perspective to trying to understand what the top players are doing; but it also gives some insight into how I recommend my players get their rackets set up. Unfortunately, I am still going to have to study this whole thing a lot more before I can get my head around what the kids need to do. They simply can't afford the daily or maybe even weekly string jobs and certainly not the every 9 game changes the pros are making.

don

Don,
there is a belief that for high performance a given racket has to be
restrung after 25 hours of usage or earlier.
You may try to talk about 4 different classes of set ups:
1.poly or copoly (full bed)
2.multifilament (full bed)
3.natural gut (full bed)
4.hybrids being combos of #1 and #2 and #3

As a subject of a post indicates one will have a tradeoff between performance and expense.
Please provide some questions and I may try to help,if needed
Regards,
Julian

[julian1]

Meaning of abbreviations

Then have them try bhbr/bbo, which is soft and long lasting, with good spin and power. Bhbr is $80/reel, and bbo is $215/reel for about $10 set per string job.

Dear Mr Williams,
Does bhbr/bbo stand for a Babolat string? Babolat Hurricane?
It is possible that it is explained above but I have started reading from a middle
of a post.
Thank you
julian

[GeoffWilliams]

/Tourna makes big hitter blue rough, and bbo is big banger original by luxilon. The stiffness of bhbr is 233 and bbo is 266 compared to vs teams 102 and ashaway kevlar: 764.

[tennis_chiro]

Please chime in

Don,
there is a belief that for high performance a given racket has to be
restrung after 25 hours of usage or earlier.
You may try to talk about 4 different classes of set ups:
1.poly or copoly (full bed)
2.multifilament (full bed)
3.natural gut (full bed)
4.hybrids being combos of #1 and #2 and #3

As a subject of a post indicates one will have a tradeoff between performance and expense.
Please provide some questions and I may try to help,if needed
Regards,
Julian

Julian, please chime in on the new thread Geoff started with his breakdown on the racket setups of the big 3.

http://www.tennisplayer.net/bulletin/showthread.php?p=15418#post15418

don

[julian1]

You are too demanding

Julian, please chime in on the new thread Geoff started with his breakdown on the racket setups of the big 3.

http://www.tennisplayer.net/bulletin/showthread.php?p=15418#post15418

don

It is NOT easy

[tennis_chiro]

Sorry about that

It is NOT easy

Don't mean to be difficult. Stringing is just a little bit of a black box for me and I suspect for a lot of other people too. Probably because I don't actually string.

I appreciate all the help.
don

[julian1]

A study guide for stringers

Don't mean to be difficult. Stringing is just a little bit of a black box for me and I suspect for a lot of other people too. Probably because I don't actually string.

I appreciate all the help.
don

Don,
the following material should help

http://www.racquettech.com/certification/studyguide.html

http://www.tennis-warehouse.com/LC/StringReference.html

PS
"It takes time"
Michelangelo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelangelo#Sistine_Chapel_ceiling

[GeoffWilliams]

Stringing is an art, and only can be done well if you care and have a lot of experience. Many people only know what they are used to and have no idea of what fits their style.

Power players: stiffer frame, power string, more mass and sw.

Spin players: open patterns, spin string, lighter frame lower sw.

Lowering cross string tension will increase snap back, but only a couple of pounds.