http://davistennis.com/Racquet_Service.html - information below is cut and pasted from this link.
Some Questions and Answers About Racquet Stringing
Q: My racquet string isn't broken, do I need to get it strung?
A:
Stringing isn’t just for racquets with broken strings! While this the
most obvious time that your racquet requires stringing, there are
others. Just as the mattress on your bed loses its “spring” over time
and with use, your racquet strings lose their “spring” (tension) with
time and use. It’s this tension that gives your racquet its power,
control, and feel. The longer it’s been since your racquet was strung or
the more you’'ve played with your racquet, the greater the need for
stringing. You may be surprised how much different and better your
racquet will play after being re-strung.
Q: How often should I have my racquet strung?
A:
If you play occasionally throughout the year, you should have your
racquet strung at the beginning of every season. If you play a moderate
amount, you should have your racquet strung at the beginning and midway
through the season. If you play a lot of tennis, you should have your
racquet strung three or four times during the season. If you play
aggressive, hard hitting tennis or play at a level where you rely on
consistency from your racquet, you should have it strung on a regular
basis. Finally, if you’re a professional on tour, you should have your
racquet strung a few times during each tournament! A good rule of thumb
is to have your racquet strung as many times per year as you play in a
week (e.g.: if you play 3 times per week, string 3 times per year).
Q: At what tension should I get my racquet strung?
A:
Generally speaking, more tension gives you more control and less
tension gives you more power. However, there are many more variables
that factor into this decision such as your type of racquet and your
style and type of play (see racquet and string facts below). Consult
your tennis pro for advice on your best stringing combination. They will
have a good, objective feel for your game and can ask questions to help
lead you to the right decision.
http://www.tennis.com/shop/2010/12/combat-cold-how-to-winterize-your-gear/26355/ - information below is cut and pasted from this link.
Strings - Before your racquet responds to you like a
jackhammer and your strings feel as flexible as frozen rope, change them
to prevent arm pain and add sting to your shots.
“Dead strings are harder on the arm in the wintertime than in the summertime,” says Drew Sunderlin, a USPTA Master Professional and Master Racquet Technician. “People make the mistake of leaving the racquet in the car or garage, which is not good for the strings or the frame because you’ve got expansion and contraction issues. In cold weather, strings will contract more and they’re not going to have the same resiliency as they will in warmer weather.”
“Dead strings are harder on the arm in the wintertime than in the summertime,” says Drew Sunderlin, a USPTA Master Professional and Master Racquet Technician. “People make the mistake of leaving the racquet in the car or garage, which is not good for the strings or the frame because you’ve got expansion and contraction issues. In cold weather, strings will contract more and they’re not going to have the same resiliency as they will in warmer weather.”
To maximize playability, put your strings on the clock.
“People leave strings in their racquets way too long, especially in
the winter when many are not playing as much,” says Sunderlin. “One
reason the pros can rip the ball so well—and this is something sometimes
TV commentators fail to tell the public—is the pros have the strings
cut out every day during a tournament and re-strung. People fail to
understand that and…leave the polyester in too long and hurt their arms
playing with dead strings—a problem that is exacerbated in winter.”
http://highschoolsports.nj.com/game/score/1718874/
http://highschoolsports.nj.com/news/article/304018373078503363/haddon-heights-tops-pitman-for-first-sectional-boys-tennis-championship-in-39-years/
Information below is cut and pasted from this link. I cut the juicy parts and pasted them below. Take this info and put it in the back of your head for a latter date. It states in this article that Pitman will lose two of their starters to graduation, wherein I recently heard they are going to lose one of their singles players now too. Either way, and looking at the game score above(click the link) of our common opponent, Haddon Twp, it is easy to see opportunity and the realistic goal which I've spoke of here in a prior blog post.
Heights dropped down from Group II this year, avoiding neighboring juggernaut Haddonfield in the South Jersey playoffs.
“I was just looking at the banners today and the last sectional championship was 1974,” said Heights second singles Andrew Hicks. “It’s been a long time, so it’s really important.”
James Hicks added the fourth point with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Zac Castagna, who lamented a number of errors on volleys.
“I got in position and I was trying to work the points,” said Castagna. “He gets so many balls back. I was trying to get to the net. It seemed like I was in position, and I would dump it into the net probably because his topspin shot was so hard to control.
"I need to work on my net game over the summer, because that’s what you have to do against guys like this that are so consistent.”
“It’s tough, it kind of stinks,” said Castagna. “When we heard they were Group I, we knew it would be a little tougher to win South Jersey. Obviously, we couldn’t get it done. Hopefully, next year we can get it.”
http://njmonthly.com/articles/lifestyle/people/high-school-tennis-three-aces.html
This article, about three head tennis coaches who have dominated South Jersey boys tennis in Groups II. III and IV for 40 plus years now, was written in 2008, wherein in those groups and still to this day, there is literally zero opportunity for any team other than Moorestown, Haddonfield and Cherry Hill East, to win a sectional title. Haddonfield in Group II and Moorestown in Group III are still coached by the same coaches noted in the article. Moorestown current streak is 21 straight years as South Jersey Group III sectional champs. Haddonfield has beaten Middle Twp, in the sectional finals match, for 6 straight years now. CBA has dominated SJ Non-Public A for and an even longer amount of time than any of the aforementioned schools.
In Group I and Non-Public B, a handful of good teams could start off the season with the realistic goal of winning a sectional title. In four out of the six NJSIAA South Jersey sections, the realistic goal is finishing second and then more than likely losing 5-0 in the sectional title match, but maybe one of your singles or doubles teams win a set in one of those championship matches, but far more often than not, never even a point. These are the cold hard facts, so I am grateful and excited that we are in Group I, with the potential of having a pretty good team, that maybe can accomplish something that so many other teams won't have a chance of doing.
We should all cherish this opportunity, cause, "it's tough, and kinda stinks," is a grave understatement when putting into context what your boys and girls teams (when Haddonfield was in group I & II at the same time) along with our Colonial Conference neighbors at Haddon Heights, Haddon Twp and Gateway have had to deal with on both sides, for four plus decades now. They've all been wrestling a 900 pound bulldog with a tennis racquet, who will probably make it to the half century mark, with the same strength it has now.
I was thrilled that the Haddon Heights boys team won their first sectional title in nearly forty years. Their moment, along with Brad Rose, the Heights boys coach, who had once played at Haddon Twp, had finally arrived. Who's moment might be next? I'll always be a bulldog but for just as long I've always loved the story of the underdog, it is the essence of what makes sports competition so engaging and powerful for the participant and even the observer, and probably growing up as a sports fan here, in Rocky Balboa's Philadelphia, is a large reason why.
It's as simple as someone telling you that you can't do something, and then what you discover about yourself by putting in the effort thus making the attempt at whatever the challenge may be, irrelevant if you win or lose. We've all been the underdog at many moments in our lives, and they weren't always on an athletic field. I think to win as the underdog, is the best way to do such, it is much more satisfying than winning as the favorite.
The description above, encapsulates my central philosophy as a coach, moreover you can never really lose. That what you gain and learn about yourself in such an effort is something that will permeate many parts of you life, in a positive way, from that point forward. Confidence in yourself, the ability to think and act quickly on the multitude of decisions your faced with on a athletic field, are two examples which I know will carry with you well past your time here. All the moments of perceived failure and success you may have on the athletic field hold powerful lessons for the individual to grasp and use from those moments forward, and really forever. This sport is a tool you can have for physical fitness for the rest of your life.
Our tennis court, the track next to it and the baseball and football fields beyond, are the largest classrooms in your school. In these over-sized classrooms lie the tracks, which if you chose to get on them, will point you towards improvement in the traditional classrooms. but just the same as the smaller classroom, they can carry the possibility of enhancing your success in life. The choice is yours, and I feel it is an easy one, to now get on the train, give the effort your know your capable of, all the while growing and learning about yourself, without ever thinking that what the scoreboard says at the end of the match really defines the purpose of your effort as the end all be all. I hope and very much think that there will be a surprise at the end of these tracks, but never lose sight of all the smaller gifts you can get along the way.
Right now we're like the 'Little Engine That Could,' who will put in the necessary effort which will further earn and improve that confidence I speak of . I remind you that we don't have an unmovable team in our way, and as I see it now we're only a slight underdog to one team in group I. That team is Pitman. I hope that I've proven here that this attempt at a sectional title. which as a team we're about to begin, is more than worthy of a solid effort by all.
I see us as that little engine who I am confident can find it's way from, "I think I can, I think I can," to "I know I can, I know I can," If individually and as a team, we do all the little things, every time we go to a tennis court and even in the gym, then this margin I speak of can be overcome. As once the season starts this truth is all we should be worried about, and not who our opponent is per say. I and I know Coach Sylvester and Coach Bay are excited to get started, and do all we can as your coaches, to help get the train up to the top of the hill for the first time ever. GO Wave!
http://highschoolsports.nj.com/game/score/1718874/
http://highschoolsports.nj.com/news/article/304018373078503363/haddon-heights-tops-pitman-for-first-sectional-boys-tennis-championship-in-39-years/
Information below is cut and pasted from this link. I cut the juicy parts and pasted them below. Take this info and put it in the back of your head for a latter date. It states in this article that Pitman will lose two of their starters to graduation, wherein I recently heard they are going to lose one of their singles players now too. Either way, and looking at the game score above(click the link) of our common opponent, Haddon Twp, it is easy to see opportunity and the realistic goal which I've spoke of here in a prior blog post.
Heights dropped down from Group II this year, avoiding neighboring juggernaut Haddonfield in the South Jersey playoffs.
“I was just looking at the banners today and the last sectional championship was 1974,” said Heights second singles Andrew Hicks. “It’s been a long time, so it’s really important.”
James Hicks added the fourth point with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Zac Castagna, who lamented a number of errors on volleys.
“I got in position and I was trying to work the points,” said Castagna. “He gets so many balls back. I was trying to get to the net. It seemed like I was in position, and I would dump it into the net probably because his topspin shot was so hard to control.
"I need to work on my net game over the summer, because that’s what you have to do against guys like this that are so consistent.”
“It’s tough, it kind of stinks,” said Castagna. “When we heard they were Group I, we knew it would be a little tougher to win South Jersey. Obviously, we couldn’t get it done. Hopefully, next year we can get it.”
http://njmonthly.com/articles/lifestyle/people/high-school-tennis-three-aces.html
This article, about three head tennis coaches who have dominated South Jersey boys tennis in Groups II. III and IV for 40 plus years now, was written in 2008, wherein in those groups and still to this day, there is literally zero opportunity for any team other than Moorestown, Haddonfield and Cherry Hill East, to win a sectional title. Haddonfield in Group II and Moorestown in Group III are still coached by the same coaches noted in the article. Moorestown current streak is 21 straight years as South Jersey Group III sectional champs. Haddonfield has beaten Middle Twp, in the sectional finals match, for 6 straight years now. CBA has dominated SJ Non-Public A for and an even longer amount of time than any of the aforementioned schools.
In Group I and Non-Public B, a handful of good teams could start off the season with the realistic goal of winning a sectional title. In four out of the six NJSIAA South Jersey sections, the realistic goal is finishing second and then more than likely losing 5-0 in the sectional title match, but maybe one of your singles or doubles teams win a set in one of those championship matches, but far more often than not, never even a point. These are the cold hard facts, so I am grateful and excited that we are in Group I, with the potential of having a pretty good team, that maybe can accomplish something that so many other teams won't have a chance of doing.
We should all cherish this opportunity, cause, "it's tough, and kinda stinks," is a grave understatement when putting into context what your boys and girls teams (when Haddonfield was in group I & II at the same time) along with our Colonial Conference neighbors at Haddon Heights, Haddon Twp and Gateway have had to deal with on both sides, for four plus decades now. They've all been wrestling a 900 pound bulldog with a tennis racquet, who will probably make it to the half century mark, with the same strength it has now.
I was thrilled that the Haddon Heights boys team won their first sectional title in nearly forty years. Their moment, along with Brad Rose, the Heights boys coach, who had once played at Haddon Twp, had finally arrived. Who's moment might be next? I'll always be a bulldog but for just as long I've always loved the story of the underdog, it is the essence of what makes sports competition so engaging and powerful for the participant and even the observer, and probably growing up as a sports fan here, in Rocky Balboa's Philadelphia, is a large reason why.
The description above, encapsulates my central philosophy as a coach, moreover you can never really lose. That what you gain and learn about yourself in such an effort is something that will permeate many parts of you life, in a positive way, from that point forward. Confidence in yourself, the ability to think and act quickly on the multitude of decisions your faced with on a athletic field, are two examples which I know will carry with you well past your time here. All the moments of perceived failure and success you may have on the athletic field hold powerful lessons for the individual to grasp and use from those moments forward, and really forever. This sport is a tool you can have for physical fitness for the rest of your life.
Our tennis court, the track next to it and the baseball and football fields beyond, are the largest classrooms in your school. In these over-sized classrooms lie the tracks, which if you chose to get on them, will point you towards improvement in the traditional classrooms. but just the same as the smaller classroom, they can carry the possibility of enhancing your success in life. The choice is yours, and I feel it is an easy one, to now get on the train, give the effort your know your capable of, all the while growing and learning about yourself, without ever thinking that what the scoreboard says at the end of the match really defines the purpose of your effort as the end all be all. I hope and very much think that there will be a surprise at the end of these tracks, but never lose sight of all the smaller gifts you can get along the way.
Right now we're like the 'Little Engine That Could,' who will put in the necessary effort which will further earn and improve that confidence I speak of . I remind you that we don't have an unmovable team in our way, and as I see it now we're only a slight underdog to one team in group I. That team is Pitman. I hope that I've proven here that this attempt at a sectional title. which as a team we're about to begin, is more than worthy of a solid effort by all.
I see us as that little engine who I am confident can find it's way from, "I think I can, I think I can," to "I know I can, I know I can," If individually and as a team, we do all the little things, every time we go to a tennis court and even in the gym, then this margin I speak of can be overcome. As once the season starts this truth is all we should be worried about, and not who our opponent is per say. I and I know Coach Sylvester and Coach Bay are excited to get started, and do all we can as your coaches, to help get the train up to the top of the hill for the first time ever. GO Wave!
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