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Wrong side short side revisited

I wanted to expound on the tip offered by Albert Lee in the February 2005 RSI. The tip, titled “Wrong Side Short Side,” can also be used when using the Around-the-World (ATW) technique. When I string one of the Rollers models, I put the longer side of the string on the “short side” of the racquet, where the tie-off hole is. After stringing the seventh main using the short side, I string the top cross and tie off. With the long side, I string the bottom cross, continue up the other side to complete the mains, and start the crosses from the top at the second cross. It works very well.

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Steve Huff, Mechanicsville, VA

Editor’s note: The ATW technique Steve mentions is not the same as the ATW technique shown in our Racquet Service Techniques book. The ATW technique Steve uses (which is also known as the box pattern) is different for each racquet configuration, but one common aspect is that you have to be careful weaving the bottom cross: If the racquet has an even number of crosses, the bottom cross is woven opposite the weave of the top cross. If the racquet has an odd number of crosses, then the bottom weave is the same as that of the top cross.

From the January 2006 issue
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