Where Do You Break Your Strings on the String Bed? - Page 2

Winners or Errors · 11-12-2012, 04:41 PM

Center cross +/- a string.

Mighty Matteo · 11-12-2012, 04:42 PM

Yeah i generally break mine 2 or 3 strings higher

pvaudio · 11-12-2012, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by J011yroger

RIP Control?

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Originally Posted by db10s

I think so... I can't remember if RIP frays like that though...

Bab Xcel French Open.

J011yroger · 11-12-2012, 04:42 PM

This week's.

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J011yroger · 11-12-2012, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by pvaudio

Bab Xcel French Open.

I'd never have guessed that lol.

J

pvaudio · 11-12-2012, 05:17 PM

It's my second favorite cross string next to natural gut. Unfortunately it still costs about the same.

crazygamer2091 · 11-12-2012, 05:26 PM

I always manage to break my crosses for some reason. I've never broken a main... probably because I use a hybrid and my crosses are 17 gauge.

SoBad · 11-12-2012, 05:27 PM

I break them where I shank them - right by the hoop.

db10s · 11-12-2012, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by crazygamer2091

I always manage to break my crosses for some reason. I've never broken a main... probably because I use a hybrid and my crosses are 17 gauge.

Funny, I'd never broken a cross string until I played with NRG.

pvaudio · 11-12-2012, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by db10s

Funny, I'd never broken a cross string until I played with NRG.

I have never broken a NRG2 cross. Always a main and always in this pattern:

sansaephanh · 11-13-2012, 11:32 PM

Always the center main. Sometimes I shank a frame snapper, but most of the time its 1 or two strings. My friend breaks an average of 3. which i always found odd since he isnt a big hitter, but he is one of those guys who always find the sweet spot.

J011yroger · 11-14-2012, 02:32 AM

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Originally Posted by sansaephanh

Always the center main. Sometimes I shank a frame snapper, but most of the time its 1 or two strings. My friend breaks an average of 3. which i always found odd since he isnt a big hitter, but he is one of those guys who always find the sweet spot.

Actually multiple string breaks are more common for players that take longer to break strings.

The strings are in the frame longer to suffer the effects of the sun and dry out, get notched in, etc. So the stringbed as a whole has deteriorated over time and becomes more brittle, where the big hitters will just wear them out where they hit the ball.

Esp true with syn gut. If you have a guy who takes a long time to break syn, a whole bunch of strings will let go at once because it becomes so much more brittle and dried out.

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texacali · 11-14-2012, 02:07 PM

The mains, typically in the wedge between 10 and 11 o'clock towards the center of the face.

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sansaephanh Professional Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Oakland Posts: 1,120	Always the center main. Sometimes I shank a frame snapper, but most of the time its 1 or two strings. My friend breaks an average of 3. which i always found odd since he isnt a big hitter, but he is one of those guys who always find the sweet spot. __________________ Newest entry into the Racketholic Anonymous. July 11th, 2012 :) Classified: We can't list the names of all the rackets we own in our signature. Lol

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texacali Rookie Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 174	The mains, typically in the wedge between 10 and 11 o'clock towards the center of the face. __________________ Discounted Prince rackets, cheapest string I can get, strung at 60+ pounds, clothed in any name brand under $10.00 mixed with Target.