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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 problem, I put a sticker on the floor 10 feet from the head (or throat) of the racquet mounted in the machine. This has to be done only one time.

Now to measure the short side, I start the long side first “backwards” (so that the end of the string is coming out the end of the racquet where the mains start), grab the end of the string, and walk to the sticker on the floor. I stand on the sticker and hold the short side end to my chest. Now I have ten feet for the short side, which works for most racquets.

5 packs of Unique Tourna Grip (3 overgrips per pack) to:

Ted Geary, MRT, Bloomington, IN

From the June 2004 issue
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