Thread: FAST weaving: What's the finger technique?

Yulitle I definitely see your point. If people are talking about cutting out strings, mounting, and prepping the string.... Under 20 min is tough. In my mind it was just the actual stringing. Sorry for the confusion.

Quote: Originally Posted by ms87 it just takes lots of racquets I work at a tennis store and have strung well over a thousand racquets. I can do a syn gut in less than 9 minutes and poly in around 11 (without burning the string or being sloppy on the weaves - had never had a complaint about my stringing, even from challenger-level pros). That's really fast. After about 1000 frames, I could do a good job in 30 minutes.

Quote: Originally Posted by dancraig That's really fast. After about 1000 frames, I could do a good job in 30 minutes. He's completely bs'ing.

Quote: Originally Posted by jefferson I have done a full job in about 12 minutes. I think 9 is possible, if the bed is wide open like a wilson zen. I really no longer try to rush, I take my time watch some football or whatever is on tv. I have three small kids, my time in the basement stringing is sometimes an escape from the chaos upstairs!!! I take my time!

Quote: Originally Posted by Bud I think Bud deserves an award for the most bull on a post!This is some pile of sh*t. It was very appropriate though. Good post! (Its the biggest pile I've ever seen).

Quote: Originally Posted by jefferson Racket already mounted, string off the reel. I could never do 10 in 2 hours. A wilson Zen is a perfect example of a racket that you can fly through. A racket like KBT or K90 where the string bed is tight, 12 minutes def not an option. I know that I am not the best or the fastest, so if I can get one strung in 12 why can't someone who is stringing a dozen a day do it faster? That was my thinking when...

Try as I might....I'm a slow weaver, and I think it has to do with my technique. In specific detail, can you describe the proper technique to push weave? Which fingers do you use? Do you just use your fingertips? OR do you pancake the finger so that you are using everything up to the 2nd knuckel? How much pressure are you using? What do you do when it feels like the string is getting slippery and you can't "push" it...

Like Mansewerz said... Practice, practice, practice. You'll get much better, much faster. I push weave, and I use my index fingers on both hands. I pretty much just use the flatter (underside portion) of the upper portion of my finger. When pushing, you need to find just the right balance between pushing the string away from you and moving it up and down over each cross. This is where the practice comes in - you just need to keep working...

it just takes lots of racquets I work at a tennis store and have strung well over a thousand racquets. I can do a syn gut in less than 9 minutes and poly in around 11 (without burning the string or being sloppy on the weaves - had never had a complaint about my stringing, even from challenger-level pros).

as your weaving go in an angle cuz its' easier to pull the strings that way, the more you string the faster you'll get, there isn't really a short cut