CHOOSING A STRING IS AS IMPORTANT AS CHOOSING A RACQUET!

Focusing on the choice of the racquet is a pretty common habit for tennis players. In doing this, they often forget about choosing the right string for their game… Huge mistake! Your stringsg will have an enormous impact on your game. Select the right one can increase your performance. There are no good or bad strings! You have to find the one that is best for your game.

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Things to consider...

The stringing job is $15. You can use your own strings or choose any of these...

Confidential

  • $13
  • Solinco
  • Co-Poly
  • 16L

Comfortable Polyester

  1. Designed for players hitting with full swings expecting accuracy.
  2. Very comfortable for a Co-Poly
  3. Good tension maintenance
  4. Not too stiff, if you want to do a full bed of this co-poly
  5. Easy on the arm for a non-multifilament
  6. Dark Silver

HDMX

  • $17
  • Technifibre
  • Fusion
  • 16/17

Poly control
Multi feel

  1. Fusion: Polyester, Elastyl, and Thermostabyl
  2. Firm and grippy feel but powerful.
  3. Fusion strings weaves polyester and polyamide (regular multifilament) fibers together to create a unique string. They are injected with polyurethane resin to absorb shock and surround and protect the fibers.
  4. Floro

Baseline Spin

  • $5
  • Isospeed
  • Polyester
  • 17 or 16

The RPM Alternative

  1. This string plays very close to RPM (except is not promoted by Nadal
  2. The Baseline Speed model is a very smooth, monofilament polyester string that simultaneously offers outstanding ball acceleration and a long service life.
  3. Black

reXXXer

  • $14
  • Isospeed
  • Co-Poly
  • 16L

Sound like a pro

  1. Designed for the big hitter who wants a high degree of control on full swings.
  2. Very comfortable for a Co-Poly
  3. Beginners, keep away!
  4. The oval shape makes it one of the loudest string out there
  5. Liquid wax technology
  6. Lime

Synthetic Gut

  • $8
  • Prince
  • SG Duraflex
  • 17

The eye-catching All-around

  1. It delivers an impressive combination of comfort and controllable power. Not only is this a great option for any player in search of value and performance, it will also add some comfort and feel to your favorite poly hybrid.
  2. Prizm color

Triax

  • $21
  • Technifibre
  • Fusion
  • 15L / 17

The perfect blend

  1. Fusion: Multifilament with co-polyester fibers
  2. It offers the player a unique playing feel combining firmness, control and comfort
  3. Natural

NTX Comfort

  • $21
  • Wilson
  • Multifilament
  • 16

The gut-like feeling

  1. This is a great string to try for anyone with tennis elbow, as well as anyone seeking natural gut like performance from a synthetic construction.
  2. Natural color

Revolve Spin

  • $13
  • Wilson
  • Co-Poly
  • 16

The power of spin

  1. Co-polyester with Low Friction Coating
  2. Using an innovative 3-bump twist construction, the string digs into the ball more, resulting in outstanding bite and snap-back.
  3. Shaped string, perfect players looking to attack the ball
  4. Green

Alpha - TSB05

  • $4
  • Alpha
  • Multifilament
  • 16

The affordable comfort

  1. It offers control and topspin for such a comfortable multifilament string.
  2. Yellow and black strands

Hyper-G

  • $13
  • Hyper-G
  • Solinco
  • 16 / 18

Comfortable Spin

  1. Developed for a top ATP 50 player, this medium firm string will allow big hitters to take massive cuts at the ball without having to worry about overhitting
  2. Green

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TYPES OF STRINGS

Nylon

Tournament Nylon. Respect your racquet and don’t use this string for it.

Multifilament

Multifilament string is composed of hundreds (sometimes thousands) weaved fibers combined with polyurethane. This production method brings lot more power and comfort to the string.
These strings bring excellent feel that you can’t find anywhere else and could be durable if you don’t play constantly.

Polyester

Polyesters have become more common after the expansion of powerful racquets. Players are hitting harder, therefore a solution has to be found to control their shots, but above all avoid breaking strings too quickly. That is what polyesters have brought to the game.
In play, the advantage is its durability and stiffness. Using polyester makes sense for the player who is breaking their strings often. For most of the people, though, it will create arm fatigue due to its stiffness, and your shots could get shorter.

A lot of people think that since polyester is played by the pros, it is the better string. What people don’t realize is that pro players have different needs than most others. Indeed, professionals are playing with heavier racquets and are physically more prepared. They change their strings around every seven games.

Co-poly

Co-polyester monofilaments are made with additives to increase elasticity and comfort, though they are still firmer than most nylon based strings. Many of today’s co-polyesters are constructed with low friction coatings to enhance “snapback” which increases spin.

Natural Gut

Like the name implies, natural gut strings are usually made from cow intestines. Before you skip ahead in disgust, know that there’s a reason this seemingly unorthodox material is still in use — it’s simply the best string for playability and feel. While more fragile and prone to breakage and moisture damage, natural gut has long been the first choice for advanced players and professionals due to its excellent feel and unsurpassed resiliency. Before hybrid strings became popular, natural gut was widely used by ATP and WTA players. Downside? Natural gut strings are expensive and far from durable. We would only recommend them for advanced players who don’t mind dropping extra dough for the competitive edge of bringing the best tennis strings to the court.

Kevlar

The most durable string available. Kevlar is very stiff and strings up very tight. Therefore, it is usually combined with a soft nylon cross to reduce stringbed stiffness. Ultimately, Kevlar hybrids are the least powerful and least comfortable strings currently available. Players trying kevlar hybrids for the first time (from nylon strings) are recommended to reduce tension by 10% to compensate for the added stiffness. Not recommended for beginners or players with arm injuries.

TENSION

The application of force to the strings by a machine to achieve the desired playability of the string bed. Most modern racquets will be strung somewhere between 40-70 pounds (18-32 kilograms) of tension. Typically a racquet will feature a recommended tension range somewhere near the throat of the racquet.

The closer to the top of the range, the more control and less pop a player will experience. A lower tension will provide more power, but also less feel and control. The middle of the recommendedtension range is a good place to start on the quest for the perfect racquet tension. From the time the string is installed, it will begin to lose tension, often 10% or more within the first 24 hours before stabilizing for a time. As the tension continues to drop, elasticity also decreases, forcing the player to provide more of their own power for the same results as a freshly strung racquet.

If you want to maximize your performance, be sure to regularly restring your racquet. The general rule for restringing is at least every 6 months, or as many times in a year as you play in a week. So if you play 4 days a week, you should be restringing at a minimum of four times a year.

GAUGE

Generally speaking, thinner strings offer improved playability while thicker strings offer enhanced durability. Tennis string gauges range from 15 (thickest) to 19 (thinnest), with half-gauges identified with an L (15L, 16L, etc), which is short for “light”. A 15L string is thinner than a 15 gauge but thicker than a 16 gauge string. Thinner strings also provide more spin potential by allowing the strings to embed into the ball more.

HYBRIDS

combines the benefits of two different types of tennis strings by using them both within a racquet – one set for the mains and another for the crosses.
As an example, a chronic string breaker might use durable strings as the mains (the strings that run from the bottom of the racquet head to the top) and then incorporate a softer, more playable string as the crosses, which experience significantly less friction and movement.
The result is a combination that seeks to find a balance between a comfortable feel and control while providing players with the durability that would be hard to come by through the use of a softer string type throughout the entire racquet.

LIGHTER THAN 300G, MULTIFILAMENT WILL BE PERFECT FOR YOUR RACQUET

Below 300 grams your racquet is very maneuverable but has less power. These light racquets will generate 18% more shock on your arm than heavier ones. In this case, you’ll need power and better absorption to offset the additional stress on your arm. And that’s exactly what a multifilament will bring you!

HEAVIER THAN 300G, YOU CAN CHOOSE FROM DIFFERENT OPTIONS!

In this kind of situation, it’s the opposite from what we have seen before. Your racquet will be less maneuverable but more powerful. It will absorb 18% more shock than a lighter frame. Therefore, the needs are completely different. For players with good groundstrokes, polyester will bring you more control and longevity. But for players who are looking for feel and power, multifilament is the best choice!

This combination will give you enough pop without putting too much stress on your arm.

If you’re suffering from tennis elbow, using this string along with a little technique change will do wonders for you.

This configuration is for the advanced player looking for spin but less stiffness