August 2009 Monthly Archive

Industry News

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Stringing Service Article Wins Praise When I received my June RSI, I read it from cover to cover immediately. Though I always enjoy reading and learning something from your publication, this one had some of the best articles I’ve seen.... (Click here to read more...)

Indoor Activities

New $60 million indoor tennis facility at NTC sets an ‘industry standard’ (Click here to read more...)

New Stringing Machines for 2009

Anyone who’s been thinking about buying a stringing machine will be excited to hear that the USRSA has updated it Stringing Machine Selection Guide for 2009. This is the only source that allows string machine buyers to compare the... (Click here to read more...)

Private Practice

These exclusive residential tennis hideaways show court construction at its best. (Click here to read more...)

What Technologies are you selling? (Part 3 of 3)

Have you and your staff ever wished you had a list of all the major racquet technologies, all in one place? Well, with the help of material from the U.S. Racquet Stringers Association, here it is. This is the... (Click here to read more...)

Playtest: HEAD Sonic Pro 17/Natural Gut 16

Head Sonic Pro 17/Natural Gut 16 is a “do it yourself” hybrid with a twist: It is one of several hybrids pre-matched by the Head Perfect Match Hybrid program. What Head has done is create a matrix showing the... (Click here to read more...)

A Suitable Tennis Partner?

A longtime player, fan and volunteer says when it comes to tennis sponsors and advertisers, we need to aim higher. (Click here to read more...)

Tennis Elbow Revisited

Q: I’m looking for articles you’ve published in the past dealing with how stringers can help customers who have tennis elbow.... (Click here to read more...)

Deciphering the Racquet Selection Map

Q: I was looking at the Racquet Selection Map in RSI magazine, and was wondering what certain terms mean. For example, what are the differences between “Quick Power,” and “Stable Power,” and “Quick Control,” and “Stable Control?”... (Click here to read more...)

String Life

Q: In general, how many hours does a string last?... (Click here to read more...)

Pallets

Q: In the May 2009 RSI magazine, talking about the pro racquets, it says: “Some players have custom-molded pallets from racquet customizers …” What’s the difference between the “pallet” and the racquet?... (Click here to read more...)

Non-Scratch Starting Clamp

In the old days, and even recently, we would use a business card in a string clamp that wouldn’t hold properly. It had enough grip to make it useable again. I have always had an issue with starting clamps, because... (Click here to read more...)

E-Force Stringing

I string quite a few of the E-Force racquets that feature the integral color-coded tubing in the racquet handle. When I first started stringing those racquets, I found that in some cases, the tubing tends to float around to the... (Click here to read more...)

Racquet Touch-Up

We get a lot of questions about touching up chips to make racquets look new again. We found a company called Marking Pen Depot (markingpendepot.com) that sells the Artline 400XF enamel paint markers in loads of colors. The marker features... (Click here to read more...)

Measuring In Round Numbers

When my brother and I first got our stringer, to measure out the length of string from a reel he would use my mother’s yardstick. This seemed to take forever. I looked for an easier way and I found that... (Click here to read more...)