Stringing a racquet for fun with no weaving...issues?

[mtommer]

Has anyone ever just strung mains and then crosses without weaving the crosses through the mains? How was it hitting balls? I wanted to try this out on a cheap stick just for kicks but I am wondering if it's worth it and I'm wondering if there are any drawbacks to doing so.

[SOY78]

it will be interesting how different the ball will fly when hit with different sides of the racquet hmm....

[YULitle]

Do you mean all crosses on top or bottom? Or alternating them?

I've done neither... just curious.

The former will be much more difficult to play with than the latter...

I would tune the cross tension down a bit. Stringing regularly, you are pulling the cross at a specific tension with the other side of the frame bearing the load. The load on the frame is lower than the tension you are pulling at because of friction. Without the friction, from weaving, you MIGHT be pulling harder than the frame can take...

Then again, you might not... just a thought.

[Irvin]

Has anyone ever just strung mains and then crosses without weaving the crosses through the mains? How was it hitting balls? I wanted to try this out on a cheap stick just for kicks but I am wondering if it's worth it and I'm wondering if there are any drawbacks to doing so.

Yes I believe someone did try this. But they did not weave every cross. They got a lot of spin out of this method. But the strings kept breaking so they soon found they had to put plastic tubing on the strings to protect them. Then they had to tie the tubing in place. Long story short is is called spaghetti stringing. I heard tell the guy played so good at the open with this method the USTA made the pattern illegal.

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There isn't anything that has not been tried before.

Irvin

[TenniseaWilliams]

The stringbed will be too soft, the ball will push the strings apart on impacts of any significance. You could hit those foam balls with it, although it would still sound like a full dishwasher closing.

[Brned]

Yes I believe someone did try this. But they did not weave every cross. They got a lot of spin out of this method. But the strings kept breaking so they soon found they had to put plastic tubing on the strings to protect them. Then they had to tie the tubing in place. Long story short is is called spaghetti stringing. I heard tell the guy played so good at the open with this method the USTA made the pattern illegal.

http://www.itftennis.com/shared/medialibrary/image/staticarticle/IO_2784_staticarticle.JPG

There isn't anything that has not been tried before.

Irvin

That would be Nastase against Vilas. In fact Vilas was so pissed about the massive spin and weird bounces that refused to play anymore ending his winning streak of 46 matches (still unmatched I think).

Funny thing is that Nastase got that racquet from another player during the tourney.

[mtommer]

Do you mean all crosses on top or bottom? Or alternating them?

I've done neither... just curious.

Hmmm.....I had not thought that in-depth. I guess both. Me thinks I'm going to have a little fun pretty soon. :D


I would tune the cross tension down a bit. Stringing regularly, you are pulling the cross at a specific tension with the other side of the frame bearing the load. The load on the frame is lower than the tension you are pulling at because of friction. Without the friction, from weaving, you MIGHT be pulling harder than the frame can take...

Then again, you might not... just a thought.

Good point. I'll keep that in mind.

[mtommer]

....the ball will push the strings apart on impacts of any significance.

I'm wondering about that. With every cross strung?....we'll see. :D

[precision2b]

Yes I read about this. It might be fun trying it out with on friends.........