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Tips, guides, and insights for tennis players and stringers
Tennis Strings·
Is a Tennis Stringing Machine Worth It? Run the Break-Even Numbers
Machine price, labor charge, and reel cost decide when a stringing machine pays for itself. Work out how many jobs a year you need, and when not to buy one at all.
Tennis Strings·
The Complete Guide to Hybrid Tennis Strings — How to Combine Mains and Crosses
Mains and crosses do different jobs. Gut+poly, poly+multi, and Kevlar hybrids: three combinations that hold up in play, and how to set tension for each.
Tennis Strings·
Best Strings and Tension for Tennis Elbow — What a 2016 Study Actually Found
What you can try with your equipment before giving up your racket — tension, materials, and dampener myths fact-checked against a 2016 biomechanics study.
Tennis Strings·
Why Replace Poly Strings That Haven't Broken? The Science of Dead Strings
Poly strings don't break, they die. But the hour figures you see almost never have a source behind them. What was actually measured, and the 5 signs you can check yourself.