I could not agree less. Why spend 40 dollars when you can spend less than 4, and she'll play exactly the same? She doesn't know what tension maintenance even is, much less playability. When you're just worried about getting the ball over the net, spend money on lessons instead of string.
If you are rich and price is no object, then VS Team 17 gut. If you think she needs to learn the value of money, Gosen OG Micro Sheep 17. If she is a bratty step-daughter you can't stand, Kevlar at 90lbs FULL BED.
No, just......no.Agreed. To a starter, a natural gut will hardly make a difference. Especially on an all-power beginner or tweener frame. Get a nice and soft poly. Nothing too hard on her arm, but usable.
Agreed. To a starter, a natural gut will hardly make a difference. Especially on an all-power beginner or tweener frame. Get a nice and soft poly. Nothing too hard on her arm, but usable.
If you are rich and price is no object, then VS Team 17 gut. If you think she needs to learn the value of money, Gosen OG Micro Sheep 17. If she is a bratty step-daughter you can't stand, Kevlar at 90lbs FULL BED.
Um no, you're the one overanalyzing everything. This is incredibly simple, but yet you're making it incredibly complicated to justify the expense. You keep touting the benefits of natural gut, which NO ONE has denied, except for the fact that the player in question will not benefit from a single one of them. She doesn't need the power, she doesn't need lots of feel, she doesn't need lots of spin, she doesn't need great playability, she doesn't need ultimate tension maintenance and definitely won't be breaking strings for probably at least a year. For someone just picking up a racquet, that should be the least important thing that you do. Put in simple as chips synthetic gut, and put her on the court. He already agreed and said natural gut is out of the question, so I'm not sure why you keep defending which is quite honestly a ridiculous suggestion.There's way too much overanalyzing going on now. People will be asking for personality profiling next.
My vote goes to freedom of choice, and the fact that its not really THAT big a deal what string she chooses.
(Natural gut is better though!)
I know two D1 players at my school who still use syn gut while everyone else is using poly. One's not even American as he was recruited from Poland, IIRC. My coach, who was a former pro player and has coached top 10 pro players, still uses full synthetic gut. He can hit shots that just defy belief and still hits with the team players here half his age as well as the current coaches. People think synthetic gut is "bad" because it's what they started with (imagine that!) and "moved on" from. Not true. It's just an all around string that works for people who either don't need anything over the top, or who are so intent on just playing that it doesn't matter. If the thread title was "String suggestion for a top 5 under 14s girl", then yeah, natural gut would likely be appropriate to consider.The best string for any beginning regardless of age is a 16 guage synthetic gut. Prince Orginal Syn Gut, or Prince Syn Gut with Duraflex, or Gosen Sheep, or Klip Kicker, or Gamma Syn Gut with wear guard, or many others. The ones listed are all solid strings and one can play quite well with any of them. There is a former div 1 all conference player on my team and he plays syn gut strings that cost in the $2-$4 range per set. He beats the heck out of everyone on the team.
Your daughter doesn't need gut - waste of money and you can string many sets of syn gut for price of 1 gut strings. No beginner can appreciate the advantages of gut nor will they have the skill to reap the benefits. This would be like buying your daughter a Ferrari sports car to learn to drive.
Your daughter doesn't need poly or co-poly. There is no such thing as a soft poly. String stiffness ratings with higher numbers being stiffer usually have gut in the 90-130 range, syn gut/multifilaments in the 150-185 range and polys in the 225-275 range. Co-poly is designed to reduce power and increase spin and control and it is specifically targeted to intermediate++++ players who have higher swing speeds. It is stiff and harder on the body. It would be child abuse to get a beginning kid a poly string job and DFACS will lock you up.
Gosen or Prince will sponsor you for several months while you get better. After that, get a mid (plus) frame and have fun with more choices (Topspin Cyber Flash!!).
LOL. Who spills drinks all over their tennis racquet?
And how many typical 13 year old girl beginner tennis players do you know that are going to want to play in the rain?