#TENNIS RACQUET FRAME MANUFACTURING HOW TO#
#TENNIS RACQUET FRAME MANUFACTURING INSTALL#

The first step for you is to know what weight and balance you want to have when the frame is ready-customized.

#TENNIS RACQUET FRAME MANUFACTURING HOW TO#

How to customize a tennis racket вЂ“ Silicone in the handle

Then you can do the full package with lead, silicone, and leather. If you customize it could be well over 360 grams and itВґs only Del Potro that could swing it! Best is to find a so-called вЂќliteвЂќ frame thatВґs in the 270-290 grams unstrung range. For example, if you have an old head Youtek Speed Pro with 335 gram unstrung weight, itВґs already on the heavy side. When customizing a frame, itВґs important not to have a too heavy frame to start with. Good thing though is that itВґs pretty easy to do this yourself! Swingweight is a bit tricky so we skip this (important) step but it requires a very expensive so-called RDC (racquet diagnostic center) machine and since I donвЂ™t have one I donвЂ™t care about it. With these methods, they customize the weight, balance and swing weight (how heavy the frame feels to swing) and this totally changes the feel of the frame. What they do there is to add lead at various locations, inject silicone into the handle and add a leather grip (in most cases). When the hairpin is baked in the oven (yes, itВґs just like baking a pizza 10-15 minutes in 300 degrees Celsius) and painted in the seasonal paint job, itВґs either sent to a pro shop like RPNY, P1, Ring&roll etc for customization, or itВґs customized in the so-called вЂќpro-roomвЂќ in the brands HQ.

How to customize a tennis racket вЂ“ baking the hairpin A stiff frame generates more power and a softer frame more control and feel. In some cases itВґs actually the very same mold like the retail version of the frame itВґs intended to look like, but in a much lighter package and in most cases with a lower stiffness rating in the flex. The hairpin is made in a special mold, that might look very much like the retail version. Way to light for most players around the world on all levels of play.

#TENNIS RACQUET FRAME MANUFACTURING INSTALL#

If you would just add a pallet or mold the handle around the hairpin and install the grommets and a base-grip, the weight would be between 250-270 grams unstrung. Some players want a very soft frame, some like it stiff (in the flex.), some low overall weight but heavy swing weight and so on.Дo the companies then make frames with all those different specs? NO, they donвЂ™t! What they do is to make a so-called hairpin in a very light weight. Every player is unique, and everyone has their own required specs that they want to use in their frames.

This is how to customize a tennis racket.ДЄ pro-stock frame is a frame made specifically for a pro-player, in most cases customized to the exact specs of the unique player itВґs intended for. The solid feel of a pro-stock frame is almost impossible to get if you just take a frame off the shelf and string it up.

Tennis racquet frame manufacturing