davidahenry
Professional
I know the general rule of thumb among stringers is... If a racquet's pattern has the mains ending at the throat, then either go ATW in order order to string the crosses top to bottom OR string it two piece in order to string the crosses top to bottom.
With that said, I have been stringing a few Wilson racquets lately where the mains end at the throat. I have been ignoring the above mentioned rule of thumb and stringing them one piece with the crosses going from bottom to top. I have done this for several reasons...
1. The USRSA's Stringer's Digest states that it can be strung one piece bottom to top or two piece top to bottom. (It doesn't explicitly state that it can be strung ATW, but that is a given, I guess.)
2. If The Digest lists the one piece bottom to top pattern, then I know it must also be acceptable according to the racquet manufacture's guidelines (or the USRSA would never endorse it).
3. The racquet was previously strung one piece bottom to top by another stringer prior to me, and since the customer was perfectly satisfied with the performance of the string job (switched to me due to geographical proximity), I didn't want to introduce two piece stringing - I wanted to duplicate his previous string job as best I could.
4. I am a little gun-shy about going ATW - since I have never done it previously.
So to wrap up this post... Is stringing one piece bottom to top, in situations where The Digest states it is appropriate, truly appropriate?
Thanks.
DH
With that said, I have been stringing a few Wilson racquets lately where the mains end at the throat. I have been ignoring the above mentioned rule of thumb and stringing them one piece with the crosses going from bottom to top. I have done this for several reasons...
1. The USRSA's Stringer's Digest states that it can be strung one piece bottom to top or two piece top to bottom. (It doesn't explicitly state that it can be strung ATW, but that is a given, I guess.)
2. If The Digest lists the one piece bottom to top pattern, then I know it must also be acceptable according to the racquet manufacture's guidelines (or the USRSA would never endorse it).
3. The racquet was previously strung one piece bottom to top by another stringer prior to me, and since the customer was perfectly satisfied with the performance of the string job (switched to me due to geographical proximity), I didn't want to introduce two piece stringing - I wanted to duplicate his previous string job as best I could.
4. I am a little gun-shy about going ATW - since I have never done it previously.
So to wrap up this post... Is stringing one piece bottom to top, in situations where The Digest states it is appropriate, truly appropriate?
Thanks.
DH