So I re-strung the racquet on Friday and played Saturday. The ploy main was a new string to me, the cross string something I know very well. This is the 4th poly hybrid with the same racquet, tension and cross string. Here's the situation:
This string bed is non-linear: Touch shots are impossible to control and place, like a very stiff poly would be. But on full strokes, the power is very high and generates above average spin. So it seems that if I swing hard enough to get the string to flex, it responds with a lot of power, but if I don't the bed is just stiff and it's hard to massage the ball. Anything in-between and it's a total crap shoot.
My question is what string characteristic is this related to?
Stiffness?
Guage?
Tension (56 mains, 58 crosses on a 100sq in frame)?
Or is it something like a combination of stiffness and elasticity? That's my guess but the problem is, no one publishes elasticity.
This string bed is non-linear: Touch shots are impossible to control and place, like a very stiff poly would be. But on full strokes, the power is very high and generates above average spin. So it seems that if I swing hard enough to get the string to flex, it responds with a lot of power, but if I don't the bed is just stiff and it's hard to massage the ball. Anything in-between and it's a total crap shoot.
My question is what string characteristic is this related to?
Stiffness?
Guage?
Tension (56 mains, 58 crosses on a 100sq in frame)?
Or is it something like a combination of stiffness and elasticity? That's my guess but the problem is, no one publishes elasticity.