Tennis Strings Update

I promised you some details about the strings I was talking you about HERE and so you got it!!!.

Watch the video below!!

The colours available are below as well.

I-POWER CO-POLY

White, Orange, Red, Black, Sky Blue, Lime, Fluorescent Yellow & Aluminium Silver

I-TOUCH SYNTHETIC

White, Gold, Neon Yellow & Pink

I-ULTRA PENTAGONAL TWIST

Midnight Blue, Aluminium Silver & Black

I-ULTRA MAX OCTAGONAL TWIST

Orange

If you are interested just email me at paulgoldtennisstrings@gmail.com and we can sort out the best way to get the stuff to you!!

Tennis Strings – Advice

Tennis Strings eh?

Just thought I would start replying directly to some of the questions you sent in regarding all things tennis strings – good rhyme eh??

There were lots of questions and feedback on lots of stuff from my original post HERE so check it out, add your own comment/question and then go HERE to make sure you keep up to date with everything.

Anyway, here was the question…

Q. my son is a tournament jr player who has trmendous topspin. He pops strings daily and it is so expenisve to restring.

A. What gauge of string is he using and where on the string bed are the strings breaking ?? This would help enormously to try and determine what’s happening here!!

Q. In the past year he was using pro hurricane tour in the mains and excel in crosses and sometimes Tecnifibre pro mix in crosses set at 63.

A. If he hits with top spin  the tension should be a lot lower. Our suggestions are 58lbs mains and 56lbs in the crosses. As you probably know, the higher the tension the more control you get and less topspin. Some of the top 10 players have their rackets strung at between 45 and 48lbs. Interesting eh !!!

Q. He uses Babolat aeropro drive GT.

A, What grip size does he use? An extremely stiff racket that is used more for power than anything else, used with a ‘stiff’ unforgiving string will almost certainly cause wrist, arm and elbow problems.

Q. Now he is trying genesis in the mains and Tecnifibre in crosses attempting to improve the length of use, same tension. He has also tried rpm and Tecnifibre and straight rpm (at lower tension). Now he is having elbow issues but i am not sure which combination is the culprit. He switched strings in aug. He is a big kid and muscular, 6ft 190 at 16yrs. What do you recommend for him to give him optimum spin, string longevity but kind to his arm?

A. You could try stringing at our suggested tensions above and at the same time use a hybrid combination but put the co-poly in the crosses and the softer Synthetic guy in the mains. You might also want consider a string I use after coming across it.  It’s an  8 sided twisted Octagonal softer co-poly.  Doesn’t lose tension, wicked spin and is extremely easy on the arm. I can get all the details if you/people are interested.

I will post some more answers but don’t forget if you want info on all this string stuff and on some of the string I am suggesting go HERE

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Tennis Strings – The Guide

I received a question the other day regarding a player and his tennis strings.

Paul, a string question. I use Luxilon Alu Power Rough at 58 lbs in Babolat Pure Drive GT and 1st Edition Pure Drive. I like the Spin and control but it kills my arm. So I started using NXT 17 tour and Wilson KGut which do not hurt, but I think the performance is reduced.
What would you recommend, use the Lux Alu Power Rough at a lower tension (How much lower?) or try Hybriding or stay with a non poly string?  Bill

Now, I’ve consulted with my “strings guy” and here is the answer…….

Luxilon in all its formats is an extremely non-forgiving string.  It should always be strung around 10% less tension than ‘normal’ co-poly’s.  Reading Bill’s e-mail, I see he is also using a Babolat Pure Drive racket.  To be honest, it does not surprise me at all that he is getting arm problems. using one of the most non forgiving strings on the market and probably the stiffest racket on the market with an RA of over 70, is a lethal combination for a club player the two just don’t go together, hence the problem.

Luxilon string is great for the pro’s who are in the gym every day and have muscles like rocks, but to the ordinary player these strings offer little or no shock absorbing properties and will eventually effect the wrist, elbow and sometimes the shoulder.  They also lose tension quicker than most other co-poly strings, and that’s why the ATP guys who use Luxilon keep changing their rackets every 8 to 10 games, and to cap it all the string costs a small fortune – I suppose someone has to pay for the all the royalties, so why not pass the cost onto the public. !!!!!!!!

I can never understand why a player would pay so much for a string, that the pro use supposedly use, when the only reason that everyone thinks they are the best is because they cost the most…………Wrong I’m afraid.

Note, there is a conscious effort being made to ‘wean’ the better junior players off these strings, they are dragged in by all the advertising and hype around which top player is using these strings on the ‘Tour’, and its dong them no good whatsoever.

Anyway, my recommendation would be to find a string that feels good to play with, holds tension longer, and with more shock absorbing properties – definitely using a hybrid combination is going to help.  The softer string in the crosses will help with feel and comfort and take more of the vibrations coming through the handle, whilst the mains of a co-poly will definitely generate the power the player is looking for.

Now having chatted to “my guy” we recommend the following options.

We have in our range our NEW ‘softer’ Alu Silver Pentagonal string (Alu Power equivalent) and of course our NEW Alu Sliver Pentagonal Twist (Alu Power Rough equivalent).

I am going to try to send Bill a set of each to test, along with a set of our i-touch, top synthetic gut to put in his crosses and see what he thinks (kind of a play-test).

He should immediately find less vibration and certainly less damage to his arm if he uses this combination and maybe he should also consider stringing the mains at 56lbs and the crosses of synthetic at 58lbs.

QUESTIONS FOR YOU ALL!!

1 would you like more info on tennis strings?

Like I said, they are by far the most mis-understood factor in most peoples games – think about it, all the top players have their own tour stringer (it must be pretty important to pay for someone to follow you around the World just to string your rackets!!)

2. Would you like access to top quality tennis strings and great prices?

If people are interested I will see if I can hook you up with the same company & strings I use.  They are great and cost a load less than the bigger named brands, even though they are all made in the same factory and come off the same machines!!

Leave me a comment below and let’s see what we can do!!