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Tecnifibre has a very cool feature at their website that will recommend you a racquet, based on your answers to a series of questions about your game. Their site is Flash-based, so you’ll have to go to their home page and then click the “Find the racket which suits you!” link near the top of...

The “Pure Strom Tour”--all Strom, all the time, and coming soon to a city near you! :shock:

Ten degrees, even.

Interesting, how do you figure? How much tension would it achieve if it continued all the way down to vertical and was just hanging there?

No, that’s not a let, it’s just grounds for a let--it’s not “a let” until someone calls it a let (aloud, not just in their head). Yes, and there are also “lots of times” when a player deliberately waits to see the result of the next shot before making a call of “out” or “let.” Clearly it...

There’s some disagreement in the industry over the exact values/ranges on the scale, thus most manufacturers now indicate the actual diameter of their strings right on the package, to avoid/minimize any confusion. It’s best/safest to just go by that (the mm diameter).

17L = 17½ = Thinner than 17 and thicker than 18.

The “L” means “Light” which is a ½ step.

Do those t92 clamps lock exactly simultaneously at both ends (string and bar), goakka, or do they first grab the string at the beginning of the travel of the grip/handle and then subsequently grab the bar before the grip/handle is all the way closed, such that you can still preload the clamp a...

Well done, although I have to disagree with your last point. There is no “error” introduced into any of this by the bar. The total clockwise (in your drawing) torque applied to the drum is equal to the sum of two torques, the weight of the bar times the horizontal distance of the C/G of the...

LOL... Bud has it correct! ;)

They did change it, but it depends on age now. If you haven’t played since 2004, you can re-self-rate for 2008 regardless of age.

What, exactly, do you “disagree” with? Greg’s point was that you have to measure the initial specs, not just assume that the racquet has the same specs as the published specs (like the OP was obviously doing), since there’s such a large range/tolerance. That’s exactly what you said to do as...

Well, no offense intended, but FYI, a “9” is defined as “Opened/Used, Excellent condition. Used, but otherwise in near perfect condition. This is for an item that has been opened, plastic taken off the handle, used once or twice, etc.” Perhaps yours really was used “less than once,” such that...

They have specific condition rating guidelines posted here. From the little you mentioned, it sounds like you might be in the 8 to 9 range. You’ll probably want to rate conservatively (on the low side) here, and then describe it well and have pictures available so someone can draw their own...

Well, they do know your age... Maybe they figure that, in your case, five years is a lifetime membership? :shock: Bummer, dude. :(

According to “The Code” (Part 2 of the USTA’s Friend at Court), “The player loses the right to call a let if the player unreasonably delays in making the call.” So, that would say that the receiving team would win the point, although it’s unclear why neither of them called a let, since both of...

Here’s a recent reply from TW on that question... You can use Google to do what you want.

That gets asked a lot... Here are some threads on that, including at least one poll.

Apparently, by “no one” you mean “you,” since several other people have already posted in this thread that they indeed know of such examples. :? What was the name of your finger dude?

Vantage allows you to build a “custom” racquet with any of several different grip shapes, and has an interesting graphic that illustrates the differences (with the differences exaggerated).

The United States Racquet Stringers Association, USRSA, has a search function for locating a stringer in your area, in this case, near Watsonville, CA.

I would agree that it’s unlikely that you’ll be DQed if you play both levels next year. Having said that, you just need to understand two things: (1) it’s more likely that you’ll be DQed at 3.0 if you play 3.5 too, and even more likely if you play singles; and (2) the downside risk is far...

“Random” in the sense that it had absolutely nothing to do with the previous post to which it was ostensibly replying, since it pertained to a completely new and different subject. You have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about--the disqualification thresholds are completely different...

My comment that "the strike thresholds are different" pertained to the different strike thresholds for self-rated and computer-rated players at the same level, which was the topic of conversation, and had nothing to do with different thresholds at different levels, but thanks for popping in with...

Yes, the strike thresholds are different.

I have, though yes, it’s far more likely for self-rated and appealed-down players.

No, you will have won that individual match by default, since the pair they fielded was ineligible to play. I can’t say I’ve ever tried it, but I don’t believe TennisLink would allow you to enter it. As others have said, the correct ratings that would apply are what they were when they...

Each league/area can have its own rules, but typically, if you are computer-rated and disqualified at a given level, your previous matches will stand if you are only playing at that level, but are all reversed at that level if you are also playing at a higher level (as in your example).

The other issue with appeals-down is that you’ll then be playing at a half-point below-level, which makes it far more likely that you’ll then receive three strikes and be disqualified during the next season. Remember that it’s the same computer that already says you’re a 3.5 that will be...