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Bumperguard Savers

For years I’ve recommended to my customers that they use head tape on their racquets, as it would save them a lot of bumperguard replacements. Typically, however, they never get around to buying the head tape, let alone putting it on their racquets.

Then I found a local sporting goods store that sells hockey stick tape in a variety of colors, usually at about $1.75 per roll (each roll contains 30 yards or more of tape). After I finish re-stringing a racquet, I apply the head tape for them as part of the racquet tune-up.

My customers get the head tape they need, I haven’t had to repair or replace any bumperguards, and I haven’t had any complaints. In fact, they enjoy the color the tape adds to their racquets.

5 sets of Ashaway Composite XT Pro to:

Bob Langevin, Great Falls, MT

From the November 2005 issue
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