How often should you have your tennis racquet restrung?

Answer 1

The general rule of thumb is to first determine how many times per week you play tennis. The number of times you play per week should equal the number of times you have your racquet restrung each year. For example, if you generally play 3 times a week then you should have your racquet restrung 3 times per year.

Answer 2

When your hand starts aching for no real reason. The less grip there is on your tennis racket, the harder you have to grip it, which makes your hand ache after a while. It is important to always have a "grippy" grip on because you need to loosen your hand grip on the racket to generate spin. If you do not have any grip on your racket it makes it much harder to do so.

Answer 3

Knowing when to change your strings can pertain to two meanings of 'changing your strings'.

Knowing When To Restring Your Racquet

Knowing when to restring your racquet can sometimes be tough, as strings can become very expensive very quickly.

If you have noticed the ball behaving in unusual ways than what normally happens when you hit the ball, it could be a sign that your strings are weakening, your form is incorrect, or you are just having a bad day.

To know if your strings are weakening, you have to check the other two problem areas: your form and if you are just having a bad day. Having a bad day (or few days) means that you are just out of your groove, and need to keep practicing to get back into it. You can check your form by looking up tennis videos (YouTube has plenty of them). If you know how you swing or what grip you normally use, you can look up tennis videos or websites that show the motions or positions that you should have.

This solves the problem for many players who follow the specific motions or grip styles, and have not tweaked them in any way. Also, if you see a professional tennis player who has the same style you do (or vice versa, or if you copied his or her style), you can probably look up videos or websites of him or her, depending on his or her popularity, to check if you are doing it correctly.

Basically, knowing when to change the strings to just get new ones is focused on the assumption that you are not having a bad day, and problems have continued with hitting the ball in or hitting certain shots and you have checked your form.

Changing The Type Of Strings You HaveChanging the strings you have to an entirely new set of strings is very tricky business. Many times you will be in a slump if you change to strings that do not fit your style of play.

If you notice that your game performance is waning, and the ball is dropping short of the net, going too far, or just not working on the shot you choose, then it is time to change strings.

SummaryBasically, it's a feel thing. If you have been playing tennis long enough, you can tell when things are not working out for you.

If you have not been playing tennis very long, then you may need to consult a professional or the person at your tennis specialty shop before spending (the average of) $30 to restring your racquet.

If the strings are broken, then it is definitely time to restring.

Answer 4

When your current racquet gets too light/heavy, you are having an upgrade, it breaks or has a fracture. If you break the strings, just get them replaced, not the whole racquet.

Answer 5

Until it breaks, if the string breaks just restring it, if the grip is worn out get a new one!