Strings broken for about 3hours - any damage to racquet?

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  1. Scott_G500

    Scott_G500 Regular Member

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    My strings broke about 3hours ago when I was playing. The racquet slipped from my hand (towel grip) and landed head first. The top two strings are now loose.
     
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    do you have any pictures to show us?
    any cracks on the frame?
     
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    WOW, a Nikon D40...
    Real good pictures, I really can not see anything wrong with it. In fact, I can not see anything at all...
     
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    Attach the pictures to your post (use the manage attachments button or something like that)

    Either that, or host it at imageshack and post the links here.
     
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    Please try to keep your nose out of my account :)
     
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    I still don't see anything. If you leave the string on the racket after it snaps the racket frame will deform.
     
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    So racquet is fine and I can just restring it? Any suggestion for string tension? I like to smash and lift and I don't play much at the net.
     
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    Just string it at the tension you were playing with.
     
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    doesn't your racquet have a stringing tension limit that you could go up to? i think the tension u were playing with should be fine, and maybe change grips since ur towel grip made your racquet fall out of ur hands. Also your gunna eventually play net shots so why dislike net plays? its a very useful shot imo. Why do u dislike playing the net shots? care to share? :)
     
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    The problem is my old badminton coach had the racquet stringed for me and never told me the tension or string-type. That's why I'm asking for a suggestion.

    To answer Azianhero's post, I don't dislike playing at the net and I do play there when necessary. However, I tend to smash more and isn't that important when choosing strings and string tension?
     
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    You can try 24lbs with NBG95.
     
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    Are there any places where I can send my racquet for stringing? I don't really know a good place in Belgium where they know what they're doing.
     

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