I was reading how to do Around the World in tennis and it says starting cross from the bottom to top is not good idea. here's the website: https://sites.google.com/site/zeruisarrialondonstringing/around-the-world-string-pttern The web site says that it's not good for the string because string will get more "burn" through out the process of stringing. Tension for tennis is quiet different than badminton. here is a except of the web page: "Also, most shots (for players that are halfway decent at tennis) occur in the “sweet spot” of the stringbed. The sweet spot isn’t necessarily the dead center of the stringbed. It usually is located in the upper middle portion of the stringbed. When stringing bottom-to-top, the crosses that form the sweet spot are the last crosses to be strung, and because of that, these crosses are subject to a great deal more wear and tear throughout the stringing process (having been pulled throughout the entire stringbed). Therefore, the string that will occupy the portion of the stringbed where most balls are hit will be slightly more worn than it would be if the crosses were strung top-to-bottom. " What do you guys think of that? We obviously string bottom top because the manufacturer says so. But what about that the string get burned from the cross. Is it negligeable if we weave with good technics?
Tennis rackets are much more stable. When you apply pressure to a hoop, you get ballooning. Tennis rackets are strung top down because they don't move much, and you always want the tension travelling downwards the T joint where it's stronger. As badminton rackets are thinner, and less stable, the top of the racket compresses slightly. If you go bottom up, ballooning ensures that when the top crosses are strung, you're returning it back to its normal shape. If you start with the top crosses, you're more likely to compress the top more than its regular shape.
Not really. You need to pull the string very fast to create burn, and people tend to move the string up and down to prevent friction burns too.
In 2005 is when Yonex made it mandatory to go bottom up, a stringer at the world championship was going top to bottom broke 2 rackets in a row at 34 pounds, then went bottom up and no problem. As long as you are careful when you string friction should not be a problem. I notice when a racket is strung top to bottom the top looks slimmer and the bottom looks wider. Sent from my Lenovo YT3-X90F using Tapatalk
look at the shape of a tennis racket, and look at the shape of a badminton racket. and think why it is ok to do bottom to top when (some) tennis is done top to bottom.
