Power your racquet: stringing made simple

13 May 2011

Let’s start with a clear analogy. The strings in your racquet are like the engine in your car and without the right service, efficiency will drop leading to poor performance.

You’ve invested time and money choosing your racquet. To maintain it at peak performance the strings are the secret to unlocking your racquet’s potential.

Our expert staff can help guide you through the differences and benefits of string types. We’ll share our practical knowledge, based on years of experience stringing for tournament professionals at the very highest levels.

String Tension

Lower tensions offer slightly more power and significantly less stress on the arm, and higher tensions offer significantly more control and slightly better spin.

String Types

The options available can appear confusing, there are polyesters, multi filaments, mono core with double wraps, hybrids, synthetic gut, natural gut and many other types.

Thousands of different strings are available today, with many manufactures proclaiming ‘more power and greater durability’.

So let’s clear things up

Beginners and recreational players should ideally use a multi filament string. These are more shock absorbent, protecting the arm, and they hold their tension longer for better value.

Club and improver players will often choose strings to enhance grip on the ball and increase spin. Polyesters and hybrids are often a good choice, however consider the increased vibration that occurs, which can lead to arm or shoulder injury.

Performance and tournament players trust Wigmore the Racquets Specialists to string their racquets on top of the range Pacific electronic stringing machines, as used on the ATP tour. These machines are absolutely precise in their calibration, for guaranteed consistency.

Don’t wait until it’s too late

Over time any string will lose its elasticity and performance will drop. Our service order form indicates when you should next consider a restring, based on when you purchased your racquet or had it restrung, and how often you play.

A useful guide to how often you should restring is as many times as you play per week you should restring per year. So if you play twice a week, you should restring twice a year.

For a free racquet stringing consultation, visit Wigmore the Racquets Specialists.