How did you first learn to string?
- Thread starter af1falcon
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first, learned from the boards, then to http://www.stringforum.net/index.php
timeisonmyside
Semi-Pro
Practice with a cheap racket and cheap strings.. just in case.
Bottle Rocket
Hall of Fame
I followed the manual that came with my Gamma X-2 as well as a stringing guide that came with it.
I've since seen videos all over the place. There are some posted on this website for a drop weight machine. There are some really good ones up on one of the manufacturers website, probably to promte their machine. Either way, the videos are great for anyone curious or trying to learn.
Go to this page and scroll down until you see the video camera and the links->
http://www.sptennis.com/stringer.asp
I've since seen videos all over the place. There are some posted on this website for a drop weight machine. There are some really good ones up on one of the manufacturers website, probably to promte their machine. Either way, the videos are great for anyone curious or trying to learn.
Go to this page and scroll down until you see the video camera and the links->
http://www.sptennis.com/stringer.asp
kaibaNYC06
Rookie
Our highschool team had a stringing machine (some kinda gamma, 6-point mount), and my coach taught me 
Loco4Tennis
Hall of Fame
while the machine was being shipped i whent online and printed steps and read a couple articles, also found this site and got tips from it,
when the machine got to me, spent like 1 hour just reading the manual before i started
2+ hours latter when all was said and done i was very happy with my first string job
when the machine got to me, spent like 1 hour just reading the manual before i started
2+ hours latter when all was said and done i was very happy with my first string job
Court_Jester
Hall of Fame
I watched a pro stringer do it a couple of times. I didn't ask him anything during the process but talked about tennis and the tour instead. I also watched the SP videos countless times, trying to catch any subtleties.
I learned from the...
...head tennis pro at a club I used to teach at during college. I started off by watching him a couple of times, then I started on all the demo racquets witwe had...easy since you could tell the pattern by the grommets. Next thing I knew, he got me a USRSA membership and manual and I was the club's official stringer. It became my favorite thing to do at the club! Even went on to string on the weekends at the "other" tennis super-store here in Baltimore!
Arvin C
...head tennis pro at a club I used to teach at during college. I started off by watching him a couple of times, then I started on all the demo racquets witwe had...easy since you could tell the pattern by the grommets. Next thing I knew, he got me a USRSA membership and manual and I was the club's official stringer. It became my favorite thing to do at the club! Even went on to string on the weekends at the "other" tennis super-store here in Baltimore!
Arvin C
bigfoot910
Rookie
Former high school coach sold me his old stringer and taught me how to use it.
BounceHitBounceHit
Legend
I watched a couple of good stringers do it a time or two, then one of the local university assistant coaches 'walked me through'. Like riding a bike, once you get it, you'll probably never forget.
CCi bought a cheap stringer, some cheap string, and found a few cheap/old racquets. read the manual and looked up all types of info on the web. started and learned really quickly. the hardest part for me was learning to tie knots. now they are a piece of cake and stringing is getting easier and easier.
I had bought a Stringers Digest off the TW classifieds before I bought my stringer, and it gave me a decent idea of the process. I had also picked up some good information from watching my previous stringer work, online videos and stringing threads here in the Strings & Stringing section.
My father-in-law taught me on an old Serano "No-Awl"
Now I've pretty much taken over all of his stringing and we have a new Prince Neos 1000 and a Wise 2086 tension head.
We still have the old Serano but only the old master can really make it sing. My father-in-law and it developed an understanding over the last 35 years.
Now I've pretty much taken over all of his stringing and we have a new Prince Neos 1000 and a Wise 2086 tension head.
We still have the old Serano but only the old master can really make it sing. My father-in-law and it developed an understanding over the last 35 years.
Kaptain Karl
Hall Of Fame
I watched the three different Stringers work on dozens of frames over about six months. Then the Shop Owner, who was a friend, gave me a key and allowed me to string my own frame after hours.
My first job took about two hours. By the time I was stringing my fourth frame I had it down to about 35 minutes ... and I wasn't interested in being the fastest.
(I haven't strung my own frames for years, but I'd be comfortable doing so again, if needed.)
- KK
My first job took about two hours. By the time I was stringing my fourth frame I had it down to about 35 minutes ... and I wasn't interested in being the fastest.
(I haven't strung my own frames for years, but I'd be comfortable doing so again, if needed.)
- KK
