About the service
I string tennis and badminton rackets by hand, and every job starts with a short conversation rather than a price list. How often do you play, how does your elbow feel the morning after a long match, are you losing control on flat drives or losing depth on your slice? The answers decide the string far more than the frame does. A shaped co-polyester bites the ball and gives a confident swinger a controlled, heavy shot; a multifilament or a soft synthetic gut is kinder to the arm and gives back the free power a slower swing needs; a thin gauge grips and spins but wears out sooner, a thicker gauge feels blunter and lasts. On badminton frames the logic is the same in miniature, only the margins are finer, because half a kilo of tension changes the very sound of the shuttle leaving the bed.
Tension is the other half of the answer. Lower tension gives a trampoline effect, more depth and a softer impact, which is what most players with a sore elbow or shoulder should be playing; higher tension flattens the string bed and adds precision for someone who already generates their own pace. I keep a written record of what went into your frame, so next time we move half a kilo up or down on purpose instead of guessing. Hybrids are welcome: a textured, durable string in the mains for bite and spin, a softer string in the crosses for comfort, which is the usual compromise for players who break strings but do not want to pay for it with their arm.
Strings begin to lose tension the moment they leave the machine, fastest in the first day and then steadily with every session, so a frame with no broken string can still be completely dead. The old rule of thumb holds: restring as many times a year as you play per week. I tie clean, seated knots, check every grommet before the frame goes on the machine, and replace the ones that have gone brittle, because a sharp grommet cuts a fresh string in a week. I also fit grips and overgrips, build the handle up with heat shrink or an underlay to match your hand and the shape you like, repair small cracks and chips in the hoop and refresh the head protection tape. Most rackets are ready the same day.
What is included:
— advice on string type, gauge and tension for your style and your arm;
— stringing on a calibrated machine, proper knots, full grommet check;
— hybrid setups with mains and crosses chosen separately;
— grip or overgrip replacement and handle build-up to your grip size;
— minor hoop repair, grommet replacement and head protection tape;
— a written record of the setup for your next restring.
Tension is the other half of the answer. Lower tension gives a trampoline effect, more depth and a softer impact, which is what most players with a sore elbow or shoulder should be playing; higher tension flattens the string bed and adds precision for someone who already generates their own pace. I keep a written record of what went into your frame, so next time we move half a kilo up or down on purpose instead of guessing. Hybrids are welcome: a textured, durable string in the mains for bite and spin, a softer string in the crosses for comfort, which is the usual compromise for players who break strings but do not want to pay for it with their arm.
Strings begin to lose tension the moment they leave the machine, fastest in the first day and then steadily with every session, so a frame with no broken string can still be completely dead. The old rule of thumb holds: restring as many times a year as you play per week. I tie clean, seated knots, check every grommet before the frame goes on the machine, and replace the ones that have gone brittle, because a sharp grommet cuts a fresh string in a week. I also fit grips and overgrips, build the handle up with heat shrink or an underlay to match your hand and the shape you like, repair small cracks and chips in the hoop and refresh the head protection tape. Most rackets are ready the same day.
What is included:
— advice on string type, gauge and tension for your style and your arm;
— stringing on a calibrated machine, proper knots, full grommet check;
— hybrid setups with mains and crosses chosen separately;
— grip or overgrip replacement and handle build-up to your grip size;
— minor hoop repair, grommet replacement and head protection tape;
— a written record of the setup for your next restring.
