Racquet says"One Piece" but can it be hybriod?

[roperteacher]

I recently ordered the voklyl V1 . It says one piece stringing. Does that mean it HAS to be done 1 piece? Will there be two tie off points for the crosses? I once created a shared hole to tie off cross and it seemed to work fine.. Thanks!

 

[esgee48]

http://www.klipperusa.com/stringing/viewpattern.php?mfg=TVOL

There should be 2 tie offs for the mains and 4 more for the crosses. Crosses tie off at top and bottom. 2 cents.

 

[4-string]

It doesn't have to be 1-piece, 2-piece is OK.

 

[Tennis_dude101]

2 Pieces all the way!

I've been doing all my racquets as 2 piece's, regardless of whether they are hybrid or not. Its the only way I know how to string!

 

[Irvin]

I recently ordered the voklyl V1 . It says one piece stringing. Does that mean it HAS to be done 1 piece? Will there be two tie off points for the crosses? I once created a shared hole to tie off cross and it seemed to work fine.. Thanks!

How did you create an extra tie off? The V1 has four tie offs at the top and two at the bottom.

 

[oble]

I've been doing all my racquets as 2 piece's, regardless of whether they are hybrid or not. Its the only way I know how to string!

Same. Definitely no problem stringing 2-piece even if the racquet says otherwise. Racquet manufacturers advises and recommends a lot of things that we don't necessarily need to follow

 

[cknobman]

Just about any racquet can be a 2 piece string job IME.

You just need to find the larger grommet holes that are suitable for tie offs.

 

[1HBHfanatic]

this is a good question: (came up recenttly in my case)
imagine this is not your racquet, a clients racquet!!, older model, it calls for 1pc stringing, but you want to do a 2pc, for hybrid and/or because you know its better for the overall racquet..
you are gonna have to open up one of the grommets, not intended for 2 strings..

i ended up doing a 1pc, cant mess with a clients racquet like i would my own..

 

[Irvin]

this is a good question: (came up recenttly in my case)
imagine this is not your racquet, a clients racquet!!, older model, it calls for 1pc stringing, but you want to do a 2pc, for hybrid and/or because you know its better for the overall racquet..
you are gonna have to open up one of the grommets, not intended for 2 strings..

i ended up doing a 1pc, cant mess with a clients racquet like i would my own..

I don't agree. The Volkl can be easily strung 2 piece as there are grommet tie off holes for two mains and two crosses and there is no need for opening up a grommet. If someone had a racket (old or new) that was not made to be strung with two pieces of string I would advise the customer not to do a hybrid but if that is what they want I would do it.

I would not string a racket one piece unless the customer specifically asked for it or that is the only option without opening a grommet. When I inspect a racket (when customer hands it to me) I quickly look at the knot and whether it was strung correctly the last time. I know exactly how I want to string the racket immediately. I string it the way I feel it should be strung either two piece, ATW, or bottom up unless I'm instructed not to do it my way.

 

[1HBHfanatic]

IRVIN, the racquet "i had to string", was a Wilson Impact, walmart model, aluminum.. this model has a 1pc pattern in mind, widening a grommet hole is the only way to make this a 2pc

your correct, with more time and more observation/conversation, i would have explained the benefits of 1pc vs 2pc, not always possible

as to the volkl racquets you are referring to, i think you did point out it had 4 tie offs, no issue there for a 2 piece..

my point being, as you have always pointed out, and i agree, "follow the manufacturers recomendations, even if you know a better way",

im a big fan of venturing away from it, but knowing full well the risks, and advising the client of such..

ps. i think the client was happier when i was able to match the string color to the racquet color, red on red, looked pretty hot.. haha

 

[Irvin]

...i think the client was happier when i was able to match the string color to the racquet color, red on red, looked pretty hot.. haha

Most are and don't know the difference between one string and another much less how many pieces of string are in their rackets. Most people hand over their racket to you and trust you know what your doing and will treat it as your own.

 

[frank52]

The specs for my older Volkl Powerbridge V1 say the same thing - one piece. But...the racquet does have tie-off grommets for stringing it two piece. In fact, I only string it two piece. I did not need to widen any grommets.

 

[frank52]

Tie off Main 7 top
Start Cross 8 top
Tie off Cross 6 top, 11 bottom
Skip 8 top, 8 bottom

 

[mad dog1]

Just about any racquet can be a 2 piece string job IME.

You just need to find the larger grommet holes that are suitable for tie offs.

in my experience, alot of the cheap entry level babolats and aluminum racquets sold at sporting goods stores only have 2 grommet holes at the top and 2 grommet holes at the bottom for knots so are not designed to be strung 2 pc. sometimes it's possible to use an awl to widen other grommet holes to allow for 2 pc stringing but other times it's not possible.

 

[Fearsome Forehand]

It can be done. At times, one has to threaten the subject racket into submission. But, I have strung many a one piece frame two piece.

 

[cknobman]

in my experience, alot of the cheap entry level babolats and aluminum racquets sold at sporting goods stores only have 2 grommet holes at the top and 2 grommet holes at the bottom for knots so are not designed to be strung 2 pc. sometimes it's possible to use an awl to widen other grommet holes to allow for 2 pc stringing but other times it's not possible.

Yeah, not familiar with the ultra cheapo racquets so I dont want to say they can be done 2 pc.

Glad I, and my clientele, don't use the cheap stuff!

 

[jim e]

in my experience, alot of the cheap entry level babolats and aluminum racquets sold at sporting goods stores only have 2 grommet holes at the top and 2 grommet holes at the bottom for knots so are not designed to be strung 2 pc. sometimes it's possible to use an awl to widen other grommet holes to allow for 2 pc stringing but other times it's not possible.

You are correct!
I try an just string those as manuf. specs as the grommets are cheap as well, and placing even a lubed awl to widen grommet can effect grommet or crack it, then you have to replace a single grommet, and on a cheap racquet, its not worth the effort. Fortunately many of those do not come my way.

 

[Irvin]

You are correct!
I try an just string those as manuf. specs as the grommets are cheap as well, and placing even a lubed awl to widen grommet can effect grommet or crack it, then you have to replace a single grommet, and on a cheap racquet, its not worth the effort. Fortunately many of those do not come my way.

More often than not you can't find grommets for those rackets.

 

[sovertennis]

in my experience, alot of the cheap entry level babolats and aluminum racquets sold at sporting goods stores only have 2 grommet holes at the top and 2 grommet holes at the bottom for knots so are not designed to be strung 2 pc. sometimes it's possible to use an awl to widen other grommet holes to allow for 2 pc stringing but other times it's not possible.

In this situation, instead of using an awl to widen a grommet in order to string as a two piece, I've done the "knot on a knot" method in the already-widened grommet. I've never had an issue with it, or a complaint.

(Am awaiting excoriation from the stringing purists...)

 

[1HBHfanatic]

sovertennis , ^ yeah, that will fit, but my biggest issue with the knot on knot, was how it looked as soon as i did it on a past racquet.. i dont remeber the racquet, but the whole time i played with it, i kept looking at the messy knot, i redid the racquet with a 1 piece from that point on..

 

[sovertennis]

sovertennis , ^ yeah, that will fit, but my biggest issue with the knot on knot, was how it looked as soon as i did it on a past racquet.. i dont remeber the racquet, but the whole time i played with it, i kept looking at the messy knot, i redid the racquet with a 1 piece from that point on..

I do a single half hitch on the first cross and then a Delaney knot on top of that. If you set them up neatly, it doesn't look bulky at all.

 

[chrisingrassia]

The specs for my older Volkl Powerbridge V1 say the same thing - one piece. But...the racquet does have tie-off grommets for stringing it two piece. In fact, I only string it two piece. I did not need to widen any grommets.

Most racquets should naturally have four tie-off grommets if they're not a short side-specific racquet. It means the mftr gives the stringer freedom to do long side on either side of racquet, hence four holes needed.

 

[struggle]

Yes, most rackets can be "flipped" to perhaps lengthen the life of the grommets, but only really an issue on the cross tie offs.

Not so with the OPorts and similarly ill built frames.

 

[mad dog1]

In this situation, instead of using an awl to widen a grommet in order to string as a two piece, I've done the "knot on a knot" method in the already-widened grommet. I've never had an issue with it, or a complaint.

(Am awaiting excoriation from the stringing purists...)

i've done this before as well however sometimes the grommet hole isn't big enough to accomodate 15g or thicker 16g syn gut or nylon strings.