June 2004 Monthly Archive
June 1, 2004
Ball Machine Selector
For your business, nothing beats a ball machine.
Don't let closeouts close you down
Worried about inventory that you can't get rid of? Here are some strategies to help you cut your losses.
Fair Representation
Your vendors' customer service and sales reps should be helping you do business.
Industry News
Information to help you run your business.
Turn your ball machine into a money machine
When it comes to generating revenue for your business, your ball machine should be throwing money at you like an ATM. If it's not, then you may need some help turning your ball machine into a money machine. Chances...
Use All Your Tools of the Trade
It doesn't matter what profession you're in -- carpenter, sales executive, tennis teaching pro, lawyer, retail shop owner -- you need to have the right tools for the job you do. The bottom line, naturally, is the bottom line:...
Share your knowledge
You can help this industry by telling us what has worked successfully for your business.
You Can Run Tennis Camps That Make a Difference
Just like any other business, some tennis camps succeed and some fail. But there are some ingredients that you can add to your camp recipe that can ensure success. These are features of any program that can get your...
How to Find the Right Web Host for your Business
Most business owners know very little about how to choose the internet hosting provider that's best for their website and for their business. What makes a good web-hoster, or a bad one? How can this important decision help, or...
You Gotta Have Heart!
The key to growing tennis, says one of the world's greatest tennis teachers, is to have a passion for the game.
Prince AirLaunch
Q: I have Prince AirLaunch B850 MP, but in my Digest it lists only the Airlaunch B875 MP. Do you have the stringing instructions for the AirLaunch B850 MP?...
First moment
Q: On page 53 of Racquet Service Techniques, it states, “first moment (or static moment) is the weight of the racquet multiplied by the distance of the balance point from your hand.” Aren’t you supposed to multiply by the distance...
Tennis ball shelf life
Q: What is the shelf life of a container of tennis balls? One of our school systems has four cases of ball that are more than four years old....
High-altitude tennis
Q: Does altitude (I'm at 3,000 feet) have any effect on string tensions or does the different high altitude ball compensate for the difference in altitude?...
Digest listings
Q: Maybe it’s just because I deal with a lot of older, eclectic racquets, but it seems to me that a lot of them aren’t in the Stringer’s Digest. I’ve been calling tech support and they often can find the...
Hard weave
Q: I am a new member trying to learn as I go. I have been asked to string an Ektelon racquet with a "hard weave" technique for the crosses. I have been unable to find a definition or description of...
Swingweight sensitivity
Q: How much difference in swingweight does it take for a 3.5 to 4.0 player to notice?...
Trap doors on butt caps
Q: Is there an easy way to determine if a racquet has a removable "trap door" in the butt cap and if the handle is hollow or foam filled? By easy, I mean without removing the grip and the butt...
Pick a Tool
I have discovered a great addition to any stringer’s toolkit. It’s a curved pick from Snap-On ($10) that I use to snag a string when a hole is blocked. I haven’t tried other similar tools sold at normal auto parts...
Avoiding Poly Folly
We are all well aware of the difficulty of stringing with polyester strings especially when we have to weave the crosses. I've found that when you start the crosses always pull all of the string through the grommet before you...
Shared holes
It is said that a string will go into a shared hole if you keep trying. This is probably true, but it has its disadvantages. It takes up time, and the more difficult the process, the more friction there is...
Carpet Protector
Stenciling racquets over a large trash can works great as long as everything is handled perfectly, but if you drop a wet stencil onto the floor or the top pops off of the tube of stencil ink, your carpeting will...
Babolat Pad Modification
For years I've extended the pads at 6 and 12 o'clock on my Babolat machines, because there are so many frames where the normal pads are just ever-so-slightly too short. Using the smallest "slide-over" adaptor can create some issues with...
Short Side Marker
With one-piece stringing I tried several ways to mark the short side, include a black marker, bending the string, etc. When installing the string, though, I always struggled to find the mark, which ate up valuable time. To solve this...
Personal Touch
Over the years, I've found that the personal touch is the key to customer satisfaction. Providing the personal touch doesn't have to be costly. One of the ways I achieve this is by inking the customer's initials on the strings....
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