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issue 2 - 2017
ISSUE 5 1- -2015
ISSUE 2014

RACQUETTECH
contents
04 My Serve
Contents
Features
4 My Serve
6 New Products
05 New CS, MRT, 11 Industry News
04 My
PTS, MRS Serve 17 Symposium
05 New MRTs 18 Serve
06 New Products 23 ERSA ATW
06 New Products
19 Industry News 24 Squash News
18 String Intros
24 Tips 26 Tips

26 0420 Industry News

ERSAMyATWServe
30 ERSA ATW
06 New ProductsIndustry News

13 Industry NewsTecnifibre - ATP Stringing

Business of Tennis Forum

24 Tips
Ashaway USR Players
REBO Backboards

26 ERSA ATW
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My Serve
RACQUETTECH EUROPE
European Racquet Stringers Association

ERSA Australia
Anthony Aley - Noel Dodds
My Serve
ERSA Benelux
Timo van Driel, Rob Maessen

ERSA Czech Republic & Slovakia

Vaclav Smat
ERSA Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Mike Emenako, Mark Maslowski
We have had a busy month setting
up the 2017 AGM & Symposium.
With a total of 60 people attending over the four days and
over 40 each of the days.

ERSA Greece Manager A lot of changes were voted on at the AGM the first day of the
George Pahiakos
Symposium.
ERSA Italy Manager - Marco Rossani 1. We decided to launch ERSA Chiina and ERSA North
America this month. Plans are now being drawn up.
ERSA Ireland - Roger Henry
2. We will change the name of the Magazine in the next
ERSA Korea - Taikki Lee printed issue, along with the Stringers Digest next winter.
This, along with the certification names we have already
ERSA Latin America
Ricardo Dipold
changed was done to take any confusion out of our
organzation and names and that of other stringing
ERSA Serbia - Dr. Alexander Ducic organizations.
ERSA Spain - France
3. The website is almost finished with it being totally
Richard Parnell compatable with all mobile phones and tablets. We are just
waiting on the Online Digest to be set up correctly. There is
ERSA Taiwan - Bernie Chen
already a translator built into the site which can translate the
ERSA UK text into any language. We realize these are not perfect, but
Paul Skipp, Huw Phillips, Dr. Jamie Pethick will enable everyone to navigate around the site.
ERSA UKAINE - Sergey Konovolenko
4. Nick Down and Mark Goodman have made the certification
in badminton and squash parallel to that of tennis with the
FOUNDING MEMBERS same levels.
Ashaway Babolat
Head Isospeed
Kirschbaum Luxilon The next Symposium will be in Milano, Italy and we are ex-
Pacific Wilson pecting 100 people because of the interest of the Italian
CORPORATE MEMBERS
shops and stringers. We have hired someone to
Ashaway Head Babolat professionally organize everything, from meeting rooms,
Prince Isospeed Yonex courts, hotel rooms, extra activities.
GOSEN Tecnifibre
We are also hiring an extra
STRING SUPPLIER MEMBERS person here to mange the
Apollo Leisure MSV ERSA Office.
Kirschbaum Signum Pro
Last, thanks to Huw Phillips
ASSOCIATION MEMBERS for offering to take over the
PTR Europe TIA UK Forum, and Social Media sites
TENNIS EUROPE
of the ERSA. This will be a
TECHNICAL CONSULTANTS great help to us. Please send
Rod Cross - Australia - Physics Huw any news you have that
Gabe Jarmillo - Pro Tennis
is interesting for our members.
European Racquet Stringers Association Have a great summer season!
Lenaustr. 38 40470 Düsseldorf
DE Germany
Phone / Fax +49(0)211-68814151
Mark Maslowski
www.ersa-stringers.com
 New ERSA Stringers, EPS, EMPS,PTS
ERSA now offers certification for different levels of stringers, from

beginners
to the top professional stringers in the world. The first level is
ERSA Stringer is for new stringers to show they have completed a string-
ing course and learned to string correctly. ERSA Professional Stringer


is for stringing services, such as coaches, club stringers, shop stringers,
after passing a day of practical and written tests. ERSA Master Profes-
sional Stringer Level 1 and Level 2 is for shop stringers and owners
who can tune racquets, string at a high level and have a broad knowledge
of products for their customers. Pro Tour Stringer certification is for
those who are stringing at ATP and WTA tournaments. There are 3 levels
for this certification, Level 1, Level 2 and Master Pro Tour Stringer. ERSA PROFESSIONAL STRINGER

We now offer certification for Tennis, Badminton and Squash.

ERSA Master Profesional Stringer 1 - Leonidas Chronas, Greece
Pro Tour Stringer Level 1 Tennis - Priscilla Mendes, Brazil -
Kai Plitt, Germany -
Pro Tour Stringer Level 2 Tennis - Giancarlo Sparla, Italy
Pro Tour Stringer Level 1 Squash - ERSA MASTER PROFESSIONAL STRINGER

Steve Pilmeyer, Netherlands - Wouter Pels, Netherlands,

Pro Tour Stinger Level 2 Squash - Dimitri Kaijser , Netherlands

STRINGS
MADE IN GERMANY
SINCE 1985
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New Products
RPM BLAST ROUGH: SPIN, POWER, AND COMFORT
Babolat introduces it’s new RPM Blast
Rough.The string has a totally new unique
structure, offering more spin with incompa-
rable comfort.

“We immediately looked at our options for maximizing the snap back,” explains François-Xavier
Quesse, Babolat Global Product Manager.
We analyzed the string properties and especially its structure. Then we started the industrial man-
ufacturing process with the appropriate tests. We unanimously agreed on its name: RPM BLAST
ROUGH.

Rough, because the first step was to create a “depression” in the string – not to grip the ball as
explained earlier, but to allow maximum slide and minimum friction between the strings at the time
of ball impact. In addition to the material (co-polyester) created in our laboratory, the design of the
string has been meticulously studied to favor slide thanks to an aerodynamic phenomenon. “Some
won’t believe us, but the brand logo is carved on the string. In fact, after thorough studies, it was
found that this design really favored the movement, that it was perfectly adapted to our approach.”

The RPM BLAST ROUGH makes it possible to create a lot of spin while having power, comfort
and a safe ball trajectory. Along with this tint, which is the well-preserved RPM BLAST trademark,
we have launched two flashy colors, red and yellow. Red goes perfectly with the Pure Strike, while
the yellow forms a shocking duo on a Pure Aero,” continues François-Xavier.

www.babolat.com
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New Products
Adidas has been named the Official Padel Racket for the
World Padel Tour.
The World Padel Tour and All for Padel, world licensee holder for
Adidas have reached an agreement by which this firm becomes
the technical sponsor on the Professional circuit for the next 2
seasons. Adidas joins a circle of prestigeous companies commit-
ted to WPT.

WPT have reached an agreement with Adidas (All for Padel)

to manufacture various products related to padel throughout
the world. The agreement appoints All for Padel as the techni-
cal sponsor and the Official Padel Racket for the years 2017
and 2018 held onthe National WPT Circuie (Open and Masters
Categories).
The new official padel racket, ADIPOWER WPT, belongs to the
top range of Addas products.

On his part, Mario Hernando, CEO of World Padel

Tour, highlights to associate the World Padel Tour
with companies of huge prestige and influence such
as Adidas is the key to its expansion.

“Adidas will provide a high quality padel at a competi-

tive price that will fulfill the expectations of consum-
ers. I want to thank Adidas for its trust, commiment
and support and hope this partnership will soar the
growth of this wonderful sport.”
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New Products
HESACORE PALLET SYSTEM
The HESACORE Pallet System was designed to offer more friction with your hand on the grip.
This gives you more spin and power. It is very comfortable as with more surface contact on the
grip, the grip cannot slip and allows you to relax you muscles.
With the relaxed muscles you get more racket head speed giving you more power and spin.

Basically, the idea is that the joints of your fingers fit into the indentations on the grip. With a nor-
mal grip your joints push against the flat bevels. We have had senior players who had pain in their
joints from playing many years with all the pressure on a few points. We had to cut holes in the
polyurethane to relieve the pressure.

Gianluca Geremia gave a presentation at the 2017 ERSA Symposium and our members were able
to test the grips during the last 2 days of the Symposium oncourt. The grips are not for everyone. A
couple of members found their grip did not fit on the handle. When it does fit, it is very comfortable
giving you a relaxed swing. There are already some international players from Italy using this pal-
let system.

The pallets need to be applied to the handle by a highly qualified racket technician. Head and
Volkl rackets can be easily changed as they have a pallet system. Others need the polyurethane
foam handle to be removed. The pallets can be adjusted slightly depending on the player and their
grip.

thermoplastic
pallet

thermoplastic
pallet

aluminium

www.hesacore.com
badge
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combined with high ball speed. Now released!

Diese Monofile Polyestersaite wurde speziell für die Anforderungen auf der Profitour entwickelt. Volle Kontrolle bei
hoher Beschleunigung. Jetzt released nach erfolgreichem Einsatz auf der Tour!

www.isospeed.com
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New Products
RS Tennis by Robin Soderling
Robin Soderling, former number 4 tennis player on the ATP Tour, has started a new business, RS
Tennis. The product includes balls, strings and grips so far, along with a new coaching bag. His
philosophy is to slowly add only products he believes are the best on the market.

www.rs-tennis.com

GAMMA has introduced a new Carbon 15 Tour

Bag Lady.
The large Racquetbag is carbon and pink -
A large middle pocket
- A handle
- 2 large outside pockets
- 2 small side pockets
- 2 padded and adjustable shoulder straps with
backpack function
Made in Italy
www.gamma-europe.com
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Industry News
Ashaway Adds Four Professional
Racquetball Players To Its 2017
Sponsorship Team
Ashaway has added four new players to its 2017 Pro-
fessional Sponsorship Team for racquetball. They
include Felipe Camacho, Alejandro Herrera, Daniel Ro-
jas, and Gabriela Martinez. The Ashaway Sponsorship
Team is designed to support rising professional play-
ers in the sport of racquetball. The member package
includes the player's choice of Ashaway Racquetball
String, as well as significant performance incentives.
Ashaway has also been the "Official String of USA
Racquetball" for over 15 years and supports more than
100 top amateur players nationwide with string spon-
sorships.

Currently #10 in singles on the IRT Tour, Felipe Camacho, lives in Pueblo, CO, but is originally
from San Jose, Costa Rica, where he began playing in 1998 at the age of 10. Since then, he has
risen steadily, like the sport has all over Latin America. Of his success, Camacho says, "I don’t
think about success when I go to tournaments. I am not thinking about winning the match, just
each point at a time. More than numbers I have goals mentally." Felipe uses Ashaway UltraKill®
17 in his E-Force Dark Star 170 at 33 lbs. tension.

Alejandro Herrera ranks #34 on the IRT Tour in singles. He lives in Miami but hails from Cali, Co-
lombia. He recently won the Sioux Falls Open Doubles tournament and plays with a Head Radical
170 frame, strung with Ashaway PowerKill® 17 at 31 lbs. for the mains and 29 lbs. for crosses. He
says he's, "proud and very happy" to be part of the Ashaway Sponsorship Team.

Gabriela "Gaby" Martinez, is currently ranked #16 in singles on the LPRT Tour, and plays out of
Guatemala City, Guatemala. Her goal is to move into the LPRT top 12 by the end of 2017. Gaby
strings Ashaway PowerKill 17 in her E-Force Dark Star 160 frame at 35 lbs.

Daniel Rojas is from Stockton, CA, and is a cousin of Jose and Marco Rojas, both ranked in the
IRT top 10 in singles. Daniel is currently ranked at #25 and uses SuperKill® 17 at 38 lbs. in his
Head Radical 170 XT frame. He hopes to break into the IRT top 20 next season.

For more information visit www.ashawayusa.com.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Ashaway/
Twitter: @Ashaway1824
Email: sales@ashawayusa.com
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Industry News

Tecnifibre Stringing Services have been busy this winter. stringing at the Open 13 Provence in
France, the ABM AMRO Rotterdam and at the Delray Beach Open in Florida.

The four stringers strung a record 404 rackets at the ABM AMRO Rotterdam this year, beating
the record of 403 last year. Tecnifibre french team member joined 3 ERSA Netherlands stringers,
Timo, Richard and Dimitrij. 4650 Tecnifibre X-One balls were used at the tournament with special
branding for the tournament. Tecnifibre also ran an 80 square meter booth where they sold Tecnifi-
bre and ATP branded Tecnifibre products. The tounament was won by Jo Wilfried Tsonga.

This was the ninth year Tecnifbre has run the stringing service at the Open 13 tournament. Four
French stringers strung 217 rackets. Tecnifibre was also the Official Ball with 5040 balls branded
with the “13” on them. The tounament was won by Jo Wilfried Tsonga.

This was Tecnifibre’s first year running the stringing service at Delray Beach. The tournament is 27
years old and won by Jack Sock this year. Three stringers, one French and two Americans ran the
service stringing 394 rackets. Milos Raonic strung the most rackets, with 30 at 23/24 Kilos.
Tecnifibre had a booth and show window to promote products.

www.tecnifibre.com
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Industry News

The fourth Business of Tennis Forum held on April 4th at The Queen’s Club was hailed a great success by
delegates and organisers. The wide-ranging theme of ‘Tennis Economics’ reflected the variety of speakers
and subjects relevant to the diverse audience attending the event.
The line-up of speakers was the strongest ever for the annual event organised by the Tennis Industry As-
sociation UK, that brings together companies, clubs and individuals with business interests in tennis.
The 2017 event was sponsored by the LTA and its support and endorsement was further strengthened
by presentations from Paul Burditt, LTA Head of Insight and Strategy and James Mercer LTA Commercial
Director.

Paul Burditt spoke about the work undertaken by the LTA to address the decline in tennis participation in
certain age groups and the creation of a solid platform to move forward. He identified specific challenges
for tennis with women and girls and that the sport needs to be relevant, visible and provide inspiration.

James Mercer highlighted the issues facing the governing body to attract commercial sponsorship to re-
place Aegon at the end of the year. He stated that it was a very commercially challenging landscape with
many well-known sports organisations, events and programmes also seeking long-term sponsors within a
similar timeframe. James stated that the LTA is principally seeking two separate sponsors; one for the Pre-
Wimbledon event held at The Queen’s Club and another for all other LTA activities.

Barry Cawte, National Tennis Manager of Greenwich Leisure Limited, gave a detailed breakdown of the
GLL involvement in tennis with an emphasis on the financial and tennis development success achieved at
the indoor community tennis centres now managed by GLL. Of particular note is the fact that revenue per
indoor court has increased from an average of £40,000 to £100,000, providing a strong financial sustain-
ability for tennis in the nine tennis centres that are operated by GLL.

Robert Bray, the Chief Executive Officer of the Edgbaston Priory Club gave a real insight into ‘Modernis-
ing the Traditional Tennis Club’. The Club dates back to the birth of lawn tennis and has hosted a pre-
Wimbledon grass court tournament since 1982. Ed Willis of Sports Marketing Surveys Inc. gave a detailed
assessment of the equipment market, together with insight on participation across Europe, comparing the
performance of British Tennis against other counties.

Oren Holtzman of new TIA UK member Teach Tennis International presented its unique digital coaching
syllabus and how it has been received to assist player retention and enable increased income through its
player pathway programme. He also highlighted some of the difficulties of bringing new products to the Brit-
ish tennis market.
The Forum was used to launch the new ‘Business of Tennis Innovation Awards’, supported by tennishead
magazine. Jo Carter of tennishead stated that the Awards aim to recognise products and services that
make the most positive impact to tennis in the UK.
The Innovation Awards will recognize and promote those people and companies who take risks; who show
initiative, drive and determination; and who have the imagination to spot business opportunities that will fill
gaps in the market.
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Industry News
REBO, UK manufacturer of a range of high quality tennis practice walls and leading global
sports brand HEAD Sport GmbH today announced a multi-year global licensing partnership.
The agreement allows REBO to develop and market a range of HEAD branded REBO walls
across the globe as it continues in its bid to change the culture of tennis and soccer by getting
more people learning, practicing playing the game like so many of today’s top professional players
did, against practice walls.
Like all REBO walls, the HEAD branded range will be free-standing with a unique angled face to
give a realistic ball trajectory, making the products ideal for any age and ability.
REBO is proud to unveil the first two walls in the HEAD REBO range - the ‘HEAD Monster Speed
REBO wall’ aimed specifically at kids and the ‘HEAD Laserbeam Speed REBO wall’ - both inflat-
able REBO walls that are transported in a bag and ready to use in minutes Designed to learn,
practice and play tennis, soccer and most ball sports, it is ideal for non-traditional spaces and in-
door activity, the walls are an easy way to bring the sport into areas where you might not normally
find a court, coach or club.
“We are thrilled that an iconic brand like HEAD has chosen to team up with REBO to support
our mission,” said Adrian Hutchins, REBO CEO & Founder. “ HEAD is one of the world’s leading
sports manufacturers and innovators in their field, we have many shared values and cannot wait to
work together to get more people playing and enjoying the sport and especially helping to change
the perception of tennis being an expensive and difficult sport to learn and play and always re-
quires a traditional court and a partner to play.”
“REBO is an exciting young company with an already well established brand that produces
innovative, top quality products and we see huge scope for the partnership” said Ottmar Barbian,
Executive Vice President-Racquets Sports Division at HEAD Sport GmbH “We’re delighted to
team up with REBO at this exciting stage in the company’s evolution and are looking forward to
working together to provide a bespoke product that sits perfectly alongside our current tennis offer-
ing.”

The new range of HEAD REBO walls will be available to purchase from 1st April 2017 directly from
REBO and in due course via a network of international distributors.

For further information or high res images please contact:

Emily Wright, REBO PR & Media, M: 07712 671291, E: emilywright@rebowall.com

Visit: www.rebowall.com
Twitter: @REBO_wall
Facebook: REBO WALL
Instagram: rebowall
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Symposium 2017
WOW! I cannot thank all the presenters and participants for making this the best Symposium
ever.
A record 60 people attended, even though some could not stay all 4 days. We had some of the
best presentations and workshops we have had over the last 5 years.
Thanks to the new sponsors and presenters this year including Dunlop, Hesacore, GAMMA,
RS Tennis, along with our sponsors who have been with us over the last 5 years including, Beers
Technic, Head Yonex and Kimony.
Also thanks to all the companies providing test strings and grips including Kirschbaum and String
Kong.

People from 4 continents and 14 countries took part in this year’ Symposium. Another year and
another record!

We were sorry to have Steve Crandal from Ashaway cancel, one of the world’s top authorities on
strings and string manufacturing. ERSA wishes him a quick recovery from his hip operation.

Head and Yonex provided strings, rackets and bags for our raffel, in addition to the “Goodie Bags”
full of strings and grips, along with a sample bag from RS-Tennis by Robin Soderling.

The Symposium offered more workshops than ever before, including racket tuning, grip moulding,
squash intensive course, badminton intensive course and a free private lesson in tennis,
badminton or squash. We had so many people wanting private lessons we could not
accommedate them. I gave privates after the Symposium at my shop in Düsseldorf, and still have
2 to give in the next two weeks.
Next year we will finish the presentations earlier and offer more time for private lessons.

Already planned for next year is an intensive course in grip moulding because of all the interest.
Thanks to Ricardo Dipold for bringing all the equipment over from Brazil.

Thanks also to Rochusclub for letting us do the testing and workshops there in there beautiful
club, and to TC Blau-Schwarz for letting us use the courts in their hall to test new rackets from
Head, Yonex and the Hesacore grip pallets.

Plan ahead for next year! We will be doing the Symposium in Milano, Italy in Spring 2018 and in
England in Spring 2019.

The planning is already underway for courts, meeting rooms, hotels and extra activities in Milano.
ERSA Italy is expecting well over 50 Italian members next year so we will have around 100
stringers, shop owners and manufacturers attending next year. There may be a first time cut-off so
plan to register early.

The information will be coming out in the next weeks and will be in our
next issue of RacquetTech.

Mark Maslowski
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Gabe Jaramillo
Serve

It is with the serve how every point starts, it is the determining factor if you start controlling the point of if
you start from behind defending, and a few things are as important in determining just how you are able to
handle the competition. Having a good reliable serve enhances your ability to win and to enjoy the game.
Most players when faced with pressure immediately reach for a weak second serve, but imagine if you
could hit your serve with power and confidence. One key to improve your serve potential lies in the pow-
erful ability to perform your serve motion with the proper rhythm and tempo. Once you’ve gotten these
three fundamentals down, you can branch out into serving different spins and placing the ball at will.
I firmly recommend to all players to work at least 15 minutes a day serving on their own, picking a target
and aiming at that target the entire serve practice time.

DRILL ONE
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Objectives:
1- Simplify the motion
2- By having the racket already bak to start the movement, the player can feel the back scratch position
3- From here it easier to concentrate in the other parts of the swing

Execution:
1- Start from the T or service line
2- Establish a good ready position, feet apart, front foot 45 degree angle
3- Start with the racket in the back-scratch position and the body sideways with the opposite shoulder
pointing at the net
4- Tossing arm relaxed and down, with the palm open and the ball in the tip of the fingers
5- As he tosses the ball he starts loading by shifting the weight of the body backwards
6- During the forward motion the weight of the body is transfer from the back foot to the front foot
7- After contact the player needs to step into the court to make sure he transfers the weight of the body
forward

DRILL TWO

Objectives:
1- It is second step in the progression of the proper racket head preparation for the serve
2- By starting with the racket up, with the elbow high and perpendicular to the ground
the player now has to feel the racket head dropping behind his back
3- Easier rhythm for the execution of the shot
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Execution:
1- Start from the T or service line
2- Good and comfortable ready position, same as step one (drill 1)
3- Start with the racket up, top of the racket pointing at the sky, the hitting palm relaxed and facing in, the
strings closed (pointing at the back of the head of the serving player)
4- As the toss goes up, the player has to load by coming to a trophy position
5- From the trophy position the player starts the forward motion by dropping the racket to the back scratch
and transferring the weight of the body forward
6- After contact make sure to transfer the weight of the body from the back to the front foot

DRILL THREE

Objectives:
1- It is the third step into the proper progression of the racket preparation for the serve
2- The essential part is to establish the correct rhythm and sequence of the serve movement

Execution:
1- Start with the body and racket in a good ready position
2- The first step- take the racket back in a short movement, half swing, at the same time transfer the weight of the
body to the back foot
3- The second step- the player tosses the ball and transfers the weight of the body
to the front leg, here the trophy position is formed
4- The third step- forward motion, making contact with the ball and transferring
the weight of the body to the front landing inside the court, as player progresses
he begins to incorporate the jump
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DRILL FOUR

Objectives:
1- Putting all steps together using a full motion on the racket preparation

Execution:
1- Start from the T or service line and after warming up move to the baseline
2- Follow steps one-two and three in that sequence
3- On the first step use a full swing with out loosing the rhythm
4- Start slowly making sure the sequence is follow until reaching the desirable feel
5- After reaching the right tempo the player can start serving harder
6- At this stage the player must be jumping to reach up for the ball and should be landing inside the court
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Marco Rossani, ERSA Italy Manager, rushed back after the Symposium to do another
workshop. Marco is also now Head Stringer for Rome. He has help train and build up the team
with 7 ERSA stringers on the team at this time. (Photos below - workshops, Milano, Italy)

Thanks also to Richard Parnell, who has been doing a great job in France and Spain the last year.
Richard and Marco have been the busiest managers and testers this last winter. A great motivation
to all of us.

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The weekend after the Symposium ERSA MRT Colin Pummell and I got together for the Advanced
Squash Patterns Workshop in Hereford, England. Colin was already an active squash stringer as
well as a busy tennis stringer, he is also both a tennis and squash coach. Just like the guys in the
Symposium, the week before, he strung racket after racket all day long, the next day we looked
at preparation for the Squash PTS level 1 test and had some practice at the speed test and cus-
tomising test. Then Colin passed the test in the afternoon with a great performance in each of the
tasks, before heading home with a smile on his face!
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Stringer Squash. Nick is also a ERSA Pro Tour Stringer Tennis. The most knowledgeable person in
the squash world and the top squash stringer in the world. Nick has gone out of his way promoting
the ERSA Squash Program with only the highest complements from everyone taking training from
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Tips
How to release the clamps
There are two ways to release the base on duel action clamps. Either open the clamp and drop
or pull down the clamp to release the base automatically, or releasing the base, then opening the
clamp. I see all the top stringers in the world releasing the base, then opening the clamp. When
the clamp is not perfectly centered, you will open the clamp
and pull the rough surface of the inside of the clamp
across the string. This can scrape off the coating on natural
gut or a multifilament. The same on a tie-off string. You will
loose tension on the knot and if you open the clamp, the
string will slide across the inside of the clamp damaging
the string.
Do the opposite when clamping, first the clamp and then
the base.

Clamp Placement
Where do you place your clamps on the cross string. Most clamps and bases move when you
release tension from the tensioning head. I try and place the clamp so when I relase the tension
it does not push the main strings. The more you move the strings around the more tension they
loose. You can see in the photos where I place the clamp and after it moves.

Changing Grip Sizes

Sometimes a player buys a racket and decides it is a little too large. Instead of selling or exchang-
ing the racket, or using build up sleevs, just change the basic grip thickness. Some players test a
racket without an overgrip and normally use one, or they put a different basic grip on later. Basic
grips come in different thicknesses varying mostly from 1.50mm to 2.20mm Yes, there are 1 or 2
thinner or thicker. Overgrips also vary from 0.40mm to 0.75mm. I mix
them up until I find the one that is perfect for the player.
A 1.50mm thin basic grip will make the grip size 1 size smaller. If
someone likes a thicker softer grip you can try a 0.75 overgrip for
them.
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