The Stringing Room

Sunday’s stringing. Four lovely badminton racquets restrung with Yonex BG65 Titanium and Ashaway Zymax 66 Fire Power.

Yonex Badminton
Babolat
Ashaway Badminton

Three Head Speed Pro Legend tennis racquets arrived for me today thanks to Tennis Point.
The first thing to do was to string them in Head RIP Control at 53lbs using the Wilson Baiardo stringing machine.
Next, the grips needed building up two sizes using full size grip builders, followed by a full regrip and overgrip using Head grips.
Racquets are now court ready in time for their first hit.

Tonight was badminton night!

Three pairs of racquets, all restrung and regripped, and are now fully court ready.

Apacs Stardom 202 II strung with Ashaway Zymax 66 Fire Power and regripped with a Yonex Super Grap replacement grip.

Yonex Badminton
Apacs

Yonex Arc Sabre Lite badminton racquet strung with Ashaway ZyMax 66 Fire Power.

Ashaway ZyMax 66 Fire Power is a 0.66mm string, tailored specifically for players at the high performance end of the spectrum. ZyMax 66 Fire Power is designed for optimum repulsion, power and shot making. It is also beneficial for minimum tension loss and maximum strength and durability. ZyMax 66 Fire Power has superior toughness, tension stability and durability at all tensions when compared to all existing micro gauge badminton strings on the market.

The Arc Sabre Lite was finished off with a Head Dual Absorbing replacement grip.

Yonex Badminton
Ashaway Badminton
HEAD Tennis

Yonex E Zone 100 Grommet Strip Replacement:

Remove strings from racquet.
Remove old grommet strip.
Replace with new strip.
Restring.
Result!

Yonex Tennis
Apollo Leisure Sports Supplies

Tecnifibre Razor Code out, Tecnifibre Razor Code in!

I last restrung this racquet in October 2023, so this Babolat Pure Drive was due a restring, though the tension hold was excellent for a polyester string over this timeframe.

Thermocore technology aids in softening the structure of this monofilament poly which is designed for spin and durability, but is softer on the arm than traditional polyester strings.

A change in colour from the usual blue was requested, so the white option was taken and the racquet was also regripped with a Head Dual Absorbing replacement grip.

Immediate feedback was that the racquet played great!

Babolat
Tecnifibre
HEAD Tennis

A Dunlop G-Force 50 squash racquet restrung with Ashaway UltraNick 17 and regripped with a Head Dual Absorbing grip, replacing an old set of pink synthetic gut and tired grip.

Ashaway UltraNick strings are constructed from a Zyex Multifilament core.

It is a fine, powerful, lightweight and durable string, just like PowerNick, but it also offers a soft feel.

Ashaway Ultranick 17 is 1.25mm in diameter for superior durability and string life. The textured surface increases ability to spin and cut the ball.

Ashaway Squash
Dunlop Squash
HEAD Tennis

A couple of brand new Prince tennis racquets, purchased unstrung and handed to me for stringing.

Completed with the customer’s choice of Prince Synthetic Gut with Duraflex at 45lbs which will give a nice playable and comfortable game of tennis.

Duraflex is a heat resistant fibre that provides a wear barrier for 50% improved durability and allround performance from a mid-range string.
The outer wrap provides more feel while the centre core adds strength & tension retention.

Prince Tennis
Framework Sports