Best strings for junior players under 10

[Tennis_Bum]

Would someone please recommend the best string for a young player to prevent elbow injury?

Thank you.

 

[struggle]

Nylon/synthetic gut should be just fine.

 

[Irvin]

Any soft string should be fine. I'd go with an 18 gauge until they start breaking them.

 

[Tennis_Bum]

Any soft string should be fine. I'd go with an 18 gauge until they start breaking them.

My player breaks string every two weeks and it's getting expensive. So will a Gamma Synthetic Gut 16 be reasonable or 17? 18 may be a lot of stringing on my part. What do the experts think? I have not freaking ideas about stringing but I know I need to cut down on paying for stringing job since I have an unused Gamma X-ST just collecting dust.

Thanks

 

[V1_Classic]

What's your player using now that he/she breaking strings every two weeks?

 

[chrisingrassia]

Any soft string should be fine. I'd go with an 18 gauge until they start breaking them.

My player breaks string every two weeks and it's getting expensive. So will a Gamma Synthetic Gut 16 be reasonable or 17? 18 may be a lot of stringing on my part. What do the experts think? I have not freaking ideas about stringing but I know I need to cut down on paying for stringing job since I have an unused Gamma X-ST just collecting dust.

Thanks

That is what the expert thinks. =)

At 10yo, the kid isn't going to need something like a top-tier string. I'd say something with a thicker gauge that will compensate for the lack of power and provide some softness. A cheap string will do just fine IMO.

 

[am1899]

Try Gamma syn gut with wear guard.

 

[esgee48]

Anything but poly in 16 ga or thicker at lower tensions. SG is cheapest and they won't notice the difference between that and multis. If the 10 YO is using a junior sized racquet, and it is not graphite, then definitely in the lower tension range of less than 45 #.

 

[tennis_ocd]

My player breaks string every two weeks and it's getting expensive.

<10 and breaking every two weeks?!

 

[Tennis_Bum]

<10 and breaking every two weeks?!

Obviously I don't keep track of how long but it seems to me very often, close to every two weeks. He plays a lot of tennis because he enjoys it. I use various string promos that I got when I bought the X-ST. Mostly cheap strings, nylon, synthetic gut, etc. I don't use Poly because it's very hard. I have poly strung for me at 45 lbs. and I have been using it for over two years now. Of course I don't play as often but those strings last a long time.

So I am going to try the Gamma Synthetic Gut at 16 gauge. I would know more about the different strings if I play them myself but I don't use the same racket so I obviously can't tell. But the Gamma Synthetic Gut 16 probably a starter.

I have been asking the stringer to string his racket at 35 lbs. for his elbow. So I will be doing that for a while until he gets much older.

 

[Irvin]

Some Soft poly strings at very low tensions should not be bad for some better juniors. I would give it a try starting in the low 30s.