Tennis Strings - - - Which play the best? - - - Which last the longest? - - - What's the best tension?
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The best tension is 1 or 2 above the max. lbs given to have the racquet strung.\nThe strings that do good for me are Ballistic Polymomo from Babolot. I break normal strings once a week, but with these it's about once a month.\nAll of this does the best for me.
389237
Racquets are all different.  Even the same company makes a line of different racquets.  Your best bet is to go to a club and ask to demo a few.  Ask a local club pro to help you determine the best one for you.  See if they will go out and hit with you.  Just because I use a racquet does NOT mean it will do well for you.  The differing stiffnesses, weights and where the weight is located all effect how well a racquet plays.  If you get a head light racquet and you are a baseline player (seldom comes to the net) then you won't like the racquet.  If you are a net player then you don't want a racquet that is head heavy.  Take your time, demo a few and talk to a local pro about the specifics of your game before spending $100+ on a racquet you may not like.
314108
I used Wilson racquet, it get the job done just like any racquet, and a lot cheaper than other brands.
1024166
The best place to buy a tennis racket is on www.tenniswarehouse.com....the best kind of racket in my opinion is the head lexpoint radical or prestige...i am ranked # 1 in central indiana's 14s boys
639806
Prince O3 Silver Oversize tennis racquet packs plenty of power, dampened and comfortable feel at impact and with generous sweetspot is forgiving from all areas of the court. \nThe open string pattern makes it spin friendly and at net this racquet offers a nice blend of power, stability and forgiveness. \nIt is suited for players who wants power.... I prefer this racquet
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I couldn't find any explanation for your question but I found an interesting article about tennis balls:\n\nIn theory, there could be 24 different kinds of balls. Tennis balls come in four speeds, three types of felt, and two basic means for producing bounce, but some of these combinations are illogical or simply not produced, leaving 16 that you might find if you looked hard enough and only four that you'd find in most pro shops:\n\n    * pressureless, medium speed, extra duty felt\n    * pressurized, medium speed, regular felt\n    * pressurized, medium speed, extra duty felt\n    * pressurized, slow speed, extra duty felt \n\nThe numbers on the balls are only there to help people distinguish their balls from another can of the same brand on an adjacent court.
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tenniswarehouse.com is where I used to buy my strings. I'm not sure if it's good holesale prices, because I just bought for myself and some friends. \nBut it's a good site. You should check it out.
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Here ya go!!!\nhttp://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=48141&page=1
98042
maybe you could go to a sports doctor they are usualy helpfull and can give good advice ,you could go to a regular shop specialize in sports (better if specialize in tennis but those one are hard to find in the USA).\nMake sure the racket you have is not too long,that might sound silly but try to put the bottom of the racket under your armpit and make sure your fingers can reach the very end of the top of the racket.you said your racket has a oversized handle can your grabb the handle goes all the way around? i mean like if there is a big space between your thumb and the other finger you might have a harder time for a good grip.\nabout brand there almost all the same now days just,if you wanna good quality you have to put the price and anything under 75 dollars is not going to be that good.
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Stratman: \n\nThese answers are partially correct. As a general rule, the faster you swing the stiffer shaft you should use. But there is another important factor: The amount of 'load' you place on the shaft. This is hard to explain but let me take a stab at it, I'll try to put it in layman terms. \n\nWe'll take two professional golfers. \n\n1) Nick Price\n2) Fred Couples\n\nBoth generate swing speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour. However Price has a much shorter, faster swing. He 'loads' the shaft much more dramatically than Freddy who has a kind of slow tempo which 'loads' the shaft much slower. Fred probably does not need as stiff a shaft as Price does. Keep in mind I'm just generalizing, I don't know what stiffness Fred and Nick actually use.\n\nYou can look at it this way: take a 12 inch piece of twine in your hand, hold it straight down, now rock it back and forth slowly, like a pendulum....see how the string stays fairly straight when you swing it slowly....the 'load' on the swing is not great when the rythm is slow.....now speed it up and you'll see the twine is much more volatile....there is a much greater 'load' on the string when the rythm is increased.\n\nI hope this helps....if you hit it 275 with a driver, in general you should probably use a stiff shaft, but if you have a real long, tempo oriented swing, you might enjoy more 'feel' with a regular shaft. My advice would be to try a couple on the range and see how you hit them. \n\nGood luck!
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guitar center....get some extra light strings....and keeping playing.............like dont stop...everyday...they wont hurt anymore.......GOOD LUCK WITH THAT :)
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Most racquets will have a recommended string listed on the frame, generally on the inside of the throat....the recommended tension should be listed as well.  If there's not one listed there, you could start with Wilson sensation or Gamma zo life. These are both good, all around strings.  For more control, string with a little more tension.  For more power, string with a little less tension.  Experiment until you find the combination you like best!
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As I write this, the question has been posted for 3 hours without an answer, so I'll give it a try.  When you suspend a slack (not taut) string between two points, the string, having weight, will naturally form a parabolic shape between the points.\n\nEarlier I did the math, figuring out how long the string would be if strung across the 8-inch diameter and falling parabolically to a depth of 10 inches in the center.  This is a "length of curve" problem that involves some very messy calculus.\n\nThat's not the only problem.  Having done the math for the longest string -- the one that crosses the diameter -- I realized that the same problem would have to be repeated for each of the chords that will have shorter distances between the endpoints and shorter depths.\n\nAs a result, after reading your question again, I decided to take a new tack, focusing on the "how do you make" part of your question.  There's still some math, but not nearly as much as there would've been otherwise.\n\nTo begin, think of a circular tennis racket with loose strings sinking in the center.  That's the kind of net we're going to design.  For orientation, think of the 8-inch circular rim as the face of a clock. with 12:00, 1:00, ... 11:00 positions.\n\nFor the general shape, long strings will connect the 12:00 and 6:00 positions, falling parabolically to a central depth of 10 inches, and also connect the 3:00 and 9:00 positions, falling to the same depth.\n\nThere can be shorter strings connecting 1:00 and 5:00, 11:00 and 7:00, 10:00 and 2:00, and 8:00 and 4:00, and falling to a shallower depth (less than 10 inches).  These four strings will all be the same length.  Another set of four still-shorter strings will connect 2 and 4, 10 and 8, 11 and 1, and 7 and 5, again all of equal length and falling to a still-shorter depth.\n\nAll strings will be parabolic.  The longer and deeper strings will be in the center, and the shorter and shallower strings (the chords) will be toward the sides.  There will be an odd number of both vertical (e.g., 12-6) and horizontal (e.g., 9-3) strings because there's one central string in each direction and an even number of strings on the sides due to symmetry.\n\nTo form the net, the strings will all be woven as they interlace with each other.  I imagine that your net may be constructed with fishing line.\n\nHaving described the general structure of the net, we now have to do some math to figure out the spacing of the strings.  Going back to the tennis racquet idea, let's suppose we want the strings to be equally spaced <when viewed from above.>\n\nFor an example, suppose the strings are a half-inch apart.  Let the 12-6 line be the y-axis and the 9-3 line be the x-axis.  We want vertical strings at x-values of 0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, ... 3.5 (plus and minus) for a total of 15 strings.  There'll also be 15 horizontal strings for a total of 30.\n\nWe've already said that the central strings will attach across diameters (plus and minus 4) and descend to a depth of 10.  In three dimensions, suppose the bottom of the net is at (0,0,0), and the top circle is in the plane z = 10.  The equation of the parabola for the center strings is z = ax^2, passing through (4,10), so 10 = 16a, or a = 5/8, and the final equation in the x-z plane is\n\nz = (5/8) x^2  (Equation 1)\n\nLet's look at the placement of the string at x=3.  In the x-y plane, the circle has radius 4, and by the Pythagorean Theorem, the y-value is sqrt(4^2 - 3^2) = sqrt 7.  This string will be attached at (3, sqrt 7, 10) in 3 dimensions, with the other end at negative sqrt 7 in the y-dimension.  The distance between the attachment points is 2 sqrt 7.\n\nHow far down will this string go?  To get that, we evaluate Equation 1 at x=3:\n\nz = (5/8)(3^2) = 45/8 = 5 5/8 = 5.625\n\nThis means the <height of the netting> at x=3 is z= 5.625 inches.  But the top of the netting is at z=10, so the <drop> is 10 -
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How long is a piece of string?\n\nYour question is far too general to be answered.
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do you mean brand/type of strings.  I would say Elixir Strings Acoustic Guitar Strings with POLYWEB Coating.  These retail around $12-28.\n\nYou could buy them online here - http://www.music123.com/Epiphone-EJ200CE-i27902.music
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Get a Racket bag. Io got one when I got a deal through my tennis club. It was only 20 dollars. If you get a bag that can hold 4 rackets that will be fine. One side can hole the 2 rackets and the other side can hold everything else. I have a Prince bag. It is a green and I think that it is the best color bag  that you can get.
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I suggest PRINCE.\n\nI suggest you purchase a racquet from the PRINCE O3 Series. The Prince O3 Series is huge and shall nearly definitely have the right racquet for you. The series contains not only original racquets, but also combinations with older racquets to perfect the collection.