TennisKEgg
New User
How do you know when your strings are dead and you need to change it? (I never broke my strings Before)
How do you know when your strings are dead?
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Doc Hollidae
Hall of Fame
With poly, in my experience, the string bed starts to feel "mushy" and more "trampoliny". Also the strings tend to not snap back like when freshly string or doesn't bite into the ball as well.
esgee48
G.O.A.T.
If you have a smart phone like Android or iPhone, get the $3.00 app Racquettune and track the tension loss. IME, anything more than 15#, it's toast. YMMV. Mains not coming back to position are also an indication, though not as accurate. If you have good hearing and memory, listening to the sound of the string bed without dampener is also good.
kramer woodie
Professional
TennisEgg
If you are not breaking strings I suggest going to thinner gauges like 18 or 19 gauge. If you don't break the thinner gauges then you are not hitting enough topspin. Improve
your brushing up on the ball for more spin. Otherwise, I would not recommend playing full poly or copoly string for longer than 3 months. Just plan on replacing string 4 times
per year.
Aloha
You really need to resting your racquet more than 4 times a year if you are using polys. The polys manufacturers actually recommend every 6-8 hours per the Racquet Stringers magazine article about a year or so ago.
USAxSMITTY
New User
Haha for me the 2nd serve barely hits the back fence. But with fresh strings they are zipping through.
I guess one tell for me is also the snap back. Obviously a fresh string job snaps back fast. But it gets worse and worse until at some point it moves and doesn't go anymore.
If only their was a way to make them last longer ;P
I guess one tell for me is also the snap back. Obviously a fresh string job snaps back fast. But it gets worse and worse until at some point it moves and doesn't go anymore.
If only their was a way to make them last longer ;P
Franklin_B
Semi-Pro
I thought that's why people bought new racquets
USAxSMITTY
New User
Its now 2016 and we've finally discovered TW's business conceptI thought that's why people bought new racquets
SpinToWin
Talk Tennis Guru
Unfortunately I know folks who do it like that! LolI thought that's why people bought new racquets
Franklin_B
Semi-Pro
I'll throw out one for the gut/poly group. If you notice the ball comes off the strings at a higher angle, but is getting less spin friendly. I notice this sometimes with poly crosses; when the gut mains are still playing well but the poly has dropped tension the ball starts to sail more.
Yeah man. That's like you know, how they stay in business.
People need to realize that non-of you are pros on the tour. And even if you are, it doesn't mean you get free strings until you have some success of which goes back to how string companies stay in business (hint; you're all paying for the pros).
Best post I've read on this forum for a while.
About 10 to12 + or - two hours actual playing hours. Depends on what the co-poly is.
Say Chi Sin Lo
G.O.A.T.
Actual normal tennis players not living on the forums - Play until they snap and know that the act of missing shots has more to do than dead strings
People on the forums - When they attempt an ill-advised drop shot despite not having the skills to pull it off, and the supposed drop shot lands beyond the service line... "strings are dead"
People on the forums - When they attempt an ill-advised drop shot despite not having the skills to pull it off, and the supposed drop shot lands beyond the service line... "strings are dead"
princemidplus
Semi-Pro
Your strings are dead when they no longer actively control your shots as strings that are alive do.
Conversely, dead strings appear to move more than alive strings as they always need adjustment between shots
Conversely, dead strings appear to move more than alive strings as they always need adjustment between shots
