January 2008 Monthly Archive
January 2008
VIPs of the Tennis Industry: Our Serve
I just spent a very enjoyable and informative weekend with a group that may well be one of the most important in this industry. No, I wasn't with any of the pro players at season-ending tournaments, nor was I with...
Industry News
Information to help you run your business.
Spreading the Word: Facility Manager's Manual
Communication to both employees and members is the key to a successful business.
Organizational Movement: Industry People
For the last 20 years, Carol Hogan has guided the ASBA to new levels of professionalism and influence.
Bringing In the Dough
For one club in Canada, a simple promotion with a local pizza franchise is putting more kids, and adults, on court.
Inaugural Stringers Symposium Draws Beginners and Veterans
Last April, I participated in one of the best things the stringing business has ever seen — the first Grand Slam Stringers Symposium, which was held at the T-Bar-M Resort in Texas. This event was the brainchild of 2007 RSI...
Tennis goes green
Industry manufacturers and organizations join in the fight to improve the environment.
USRSA Members' Choice Awards
Our exclusive rankings, based on responses by USRSA members, will help you pick the right strings for your shop. What string is best for your customer? It's a tricky question to answer, since there are so many different strings out...
Displays of Fashion
These retailers know how to assemble clothing to appeal to their customers.
Top of the List: RSI/ASBA Distinguished Facility-of-the-Year Awards
When it comes to excellence in court construction, it's hard to find better examples than those entered in the RSI/American Sports Builders Association Facility-of-the-Year Awards contest. Each year, based on entries submitted by an ASBA member — whether a contractor,...
Child's Play: 10 and under tennis
Tennis pros and facilities — and the sport itself — stand to gain with the upcoming launch of the QuickStart Tennis format.
Unique Big Hitter Blue 17
Unique Big Hitter Blue is a monofilament string made with polyether. According to Unique, the use of polyether in this advanced German string formulation allows for a much softer string that absorbs shock and increases comfort, while retaining the...
A New Way to Love Tennis
An Atlanta retailer says her love of the game is complete after establishing a tournament to benefit charity.
Missing String Selector listing?
Q: I was trying to use the String Selector to find strings comparable to a string that was discontinued a couple of years ago. However, when I select the manufacturer of the discontinued string, the String Selector shows only current...
Hybrid theory
Q: I was just wondering, what are the benefits of putting natural gut in the main strings and Luxilon in the cross strings, as Roger Federer does? I would think there is more durability needed in the main strings, thus...
Restringing frequency
Q: What is the recommended stringing frequency for club players?...
Frame stress and tie-off points
Q: Is there a way that the amount of pressure or stress on the frame can be measured? It seems that the stress must increase at the tie-off points. I am curious how much additional load this places on the...
Avoiding coil memory
I'm sure that all stringers become frustrated from time to time with coil memory when measuring out a length of string. I've found that by using a simple countertop paper towel holder, you can eliminate that problem. Simply place the...
Tying off natural gut
I use a dead man's knot whenever the anchor string is natural gut. The version I use is a double half hitch tied around a separate string and the anchor string. I've taken a page from the racquet manufacturers, which...
Investing in Pre-stretching
Investing one minute in pre-stretching could be one of the most profitable and enjoyable investments a stringer can make. Our shop realizes big gains with pre-stretching: 1) It saves us at least 10 percent of the time it takes to...
Wrap it backwards
It seems that I often get caught on court with a student who needs my help replacing her overgrip, but neither the grip tape nor the grip band are anywhere to be found. Rather than go back out to the...
Stronger clamp cleaner
Cleaning clamps and other stringing machine parts with isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol may promote rusting because it contains a percentage of water to begin with, and it's hygroscopic so it absorbs moisture from the air. When the alcohol evaporates, the water...
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