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Rob Leahy

Tennis Elbow and Strings

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Just so we're clear, if you have tennis elbow, changing your strings won't get rid of it. It will help to reduce the vibration that you experience which can in turn reduce the pain. At this point if you have tennis elbow, you have a few options, the two I recommend are rest or visiting a physio/physical therapist. (In my other blog called Cork Tenn...
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Hi Luca. It is related to all poly strings if used by the wrong person, in the wrong racket at the wrong tension. But, yes cheap... Read More
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EDDY ABRIL
The tennis elbow is because of the grip? I take the racket with the semi-western grip to put topspin on the ball BUT, I have some ... Read More
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Understanding Polyester Tennis Strings

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The arrival of polyester strings has been one of the major developments in tennis in recent years. It took a while for all professionals to change over from natural gut, but now nearly every professional player uses polyester in their string setup.  This may be as a full bed of polyester or in hybrid with natural gut. To a professional player,...
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