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	1. How often should I restring my tennis racquet? Restringing throughout the year should occur as frequently as you play tennis each week, or at least once a year; for example, if you play tennis three times a week, you should restring your racket three times a year. Remember that high string tension provides less power and more control; and low string tension provides more power and less control. To custom fit your racket with the ideal replacement string and tension, refer to the guide on the throat of the racket. 2. What type of tennis string lasts longest? Kevlar (the stuff bullet-proof vests are made of) is the most durable string material, often lasting many times longer than the average nylon or synthetic gut. 3. What type of tennis string gives you the most power? Most strings come with a resiliency rating. The higher the resiliency, the more power the strings should offer. Generally, thinner strings are more resilient, as are gut and synthetic gut materials. 4. What type of tennis string gives you the most spin? Thinner strings are generally believed to bite into the ball better and produce more spin. A stiffer string material such as kevlar should also bite the ball more. For spin, the ideal string might be a very thin kevlar, but most players like thinner strings for their lack of stiffness, so they avoid kevlar. 5. What gauge of tennis string is best? Thinner gauges offer more resiliency (ofen equated with "feel") and generate better spin. Thicker strings last longer. Thick, 15 gauge strings are generally used in beginner and some intermediate racquets. Most serious players who don't like to restring too often use 16 gauge. 17 and 18 gauge are for those who can afford string luxury. Each gauge has a light (L) variation that's a little thinner. 6.What is a hybrid string? A set of hybrid strings uses kevlar or a similar, ultra-durable but stiff string for the main strings and a more resilient, less durable string for the cross strings. The crosses don't need to be especially durable, because it's the mains that take most of the abuse and are first to break at least 95% of the time. The more resilient crosses add springiness to the string bed, which with all-kevlar strings would be extremely stiff. The kevlar mains should usually be strung at a lower tension than the crosses because their greater stiffness would prevent the crosses from deflecting properly if both were equally tight. 7. What can I do to help reduce vibration? Ask for strings that are softer and more flexible and/or reduce your string tension or use vibration dampeners. 8. What are 18 basic facts about strings? 1. Lower string tensions generate more power (providing string movement does not occur). 2. Higher string tensions generate more ball control (for experienced players). 3. A longer string length (or string plane area) produces more power. 4. Decreased string density (fewer strings) generates more power. 5. Thinner string generates more power. 6. More elastic strings generate more power (generally, what will produce more power will also absorb more shock load at impact). 7. Softer strings, or strings with a softer coating, tend to vibrate less. 8. Thinner strings tend to produce more spin by biting the ball more. 9. Decreased string density (fewer strings) generates more spin. 10. Multifilament strings are more elastic than solid core strings. 11. Longer strings on a string bed move more hence break easier (see larger frames from above). 12. Solid core strings are more durable than multifilament strings with kevlar string technology being the most durable. 13. Kevlar strings are the stiffest and least flexible. 14. Multifilament strings play better than solid core strings. 15. Multifilament strings lose tension more quickly than strings with a center core. 16. Textured strings tend to produce more spin. 17. Gut strings hold tension the best. 18. Gut strings are the most fragile strings comparing to other similar gauged strings. .............................................................................................................................................