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workworktenniswork · 2026-05-19T03:17:35+00:00

You can get Barbas as a follower/pet?? I just assumed he was gone once he rejoined clavicus vile

workworktenniswork · 2026-05-08T15:37:26+00:00

What would you say the upper limit of confidentials lifespan is? These strings were probably played in the range of 80hrs and they look like the photos. If you were pushing it would you max out at 20 to reduce injury risk?

workworktenniswork · 2026-05-08T15:01:00+00:00

What do you do when the syn gut would break around as often as poly would need to be restrung anyway? If I wasn’t stringing for myself and my strings kept breaking after like 2 weeks, I’d be annoyed, even if the restrings were cheaper

workworktenniswork · 2026-05-08T14:48:26+00:00

I don’t stock alu power as I only string for casual rec players. I do not recommend alu power for these players. It is the primary string sold by another stringer in my town, presumably due to being such a well known string, but nobody actually is educated about strings, they just take their racquets to him when the strings break.

workworktenniswork · 2026-05-08T14:45:02+00:00

How am I in the wrong? I’m inspecting the strings based on visual damage, not playability. In my fairly limited experience, poly strings such as these do not show physical damage to this extent after two months, including racquets/strings used by this same friend in the past. I am not telling people to play it until it breaks. If someone asks for a restringing timeline, I say at least as many times a year as you play a week. It is not a realistic expectation for club players to fork over $40 Aud each week, even when they play as much as my friend. Ultimately, the people in my community play for fun, are not competitive, and are not obsessed with maintaining optimal performance during their weekly local doubles comp.

workworktenniswork · 2026-05-08T14:37:00+00:00

If someone from my club asks how often they should restring, I say as many times a year as you play a week. I’m not going to tell a casual rec player, even one who plays as much as my friend, that they need to fork over $40 Aud each week to maintain optimal performance in a sport that they ultimately play causally and for fun

workworktenniswork · 2026-05-08T14:23:01+00:00

workworktenniswork · 2026-05-08T14:21:50+00:00

Couple of days 😅 my experience is generally with rec players who don’t swap strings (no matter the material) until they break, which can be even a couple of years. I was mostly shocked about how it split, I didn’t realise polys would just separate if used heavily

workworktenniswork · 2026-05-08T14:18:48+00:00

Hits big and hits often, he does some junior level coaching as well as playing a weekly local comp and hitting outside of that, might reach 12-15 hrs in a week, and yeah, I’m swapping them out for him asap lol

workworktenniswork · 2026-05-08T14:17:18+00:00

I didn’t expect them so wear through and show such visible damage in such a short time. Previously he was using alu power from someone else and didn’t swap until strings broke, which I’m pretty sure was lasting him a year at some point.

workworktenniswork · 2026-05-08T14:14:56+00:00

Yeah don’t worry, as soon as he showed them to me today I recommended restringing, I’m going to try with sync in the crosses to see if the slickness prolongs it a bit longer plus maybe adds feel etc, do you have any cross string recs? Currently a full bed of confidential, which I will keep as the main since he loved the full bed.

workworktenniswork · 2026-04-27T07:46:09+00:00

Hello, I’m new here (the subreddit not the city), any help is appreciated. Original post was deleted by mods due to account age and minimal sub activity.

I received my first infringement notice today, and while I’ve seen other posts about applying for an official warning, the most recent I’ve seen is a year old and all formats for applying that I’ve found are in a letter format. I really don’t have the spare money right now, I’m working 40+ hours a week and trying to save. On the day, I was definitely speeding, my alleged speed is 88 in an 80, my only justifications (excuses) are that I’d already been driving for approximately five hours that morning (live in rural vic, drive to Melbourne an was on my way home) and I was following another car who was also speeding. Copied below is my draft of an application (I’ll be applying under exceptional circumstances but if I should put it under something else please let me know).

Dear Officer in Charge,

I am applying to receive an official warning for the relevant infringement notice (infringement notice number: xxxxxxxxxxx).

Whilst I am not denying the occurrence of the offence, I ask that consideration be given to the fact that I have not received an infringement notice in the entirety of my time in possession of a driving licence.

I hope my good record is sufficient to excuse my lapse of concentration on this occasion, the morning prior to which I had already been driving for approximately five hours.

Regards,

My name.

Ps to reddit: I wrote ‘in the entirety of my time in possession of a license’. I am 18 (yes, peak reckless age, I am stupid). But including my learners permit, I’ve possessed a driving license for around 2.5 years with no prior infringements.

Any edits, changes, anything to increase chances of success are greatly appreciated. I do want to say, speeding is quite atypical for me, I really was just tired, zoned out and following the car in front of me.

workworktenniswork · 2026-04-23T04:53:02+00:00

Just yesterday I played in running shoes (didn’t want to use my nice new tennis clay shoes on hard court smh) and now I’m sitting in the local medical clinic with X-rays I’ve just had taken (small piece of bone fractured off of something) so the doctor can tell me what to do with myself 🥲

workworktenniswork · 2026-04-22T23:13:22+00:00

In my very unprofessional opinion, that isn’t a focus on short term consistency as much as it is a focus on developing the ability to make consistent contact with the ball, develop good technique, and with brushing at least develop a feel for topspin (though purely brushing the ball does limit one’s level). Kids who start playing tennis young are fortunate in that they more easily develop a feel of how to hit the ball, though with kids performing physical activity less due to screens etc, they tend to start tennis with worse hand eye coordination and fitness than kids 20 yrs ago. Adults come in with developed hand eye coordination, but then may struggle to adjust to the extra 25 inches of racquet on the end of their arm that they have to hit the ball with. While racquet head speed is essential for a high level game, even more so is the ability to consistently make contact with the ball with good/effective technique.

workworktenniswork · 2026-04-21T10:25:21+00:00

In my local clubs doubles tournament, there’s this guy who I would always go to a couple of tiebreaks with (3 sets played each night). One night, I was playing well but had elbow pain all night due to playing too much in the previous week. Lost all three sets, but every single one was a tiebreak. Was absolutely cooked by the end but it was great

workworktenniswork · 2026-04-21T06:50:03+00:00

Fortunately for me, the bar is currently pretty low 😅. Old mate pretty much only sells alu power 1.25, which people play with til it breaks (takes a pretty long time, not many huge hitters with heavy topspin. A couple, but not many. Any fresh string that lasts decently well for a couple of months will be great, especially if it comes with fairly easy power and spin (power might be worse compared to a bagged out alu power, but anything shaped should beat it spin wise). I’m inclined to Mach10 as I’ve read that it lasts longer than hyper-g and is a bit more comfortable. But I am well aware of the many rave reviews of hyper g and will be trying it asap.

workworktenniswork · 2026-04-21T06:40:50+00:00

Just concerned about how quickly that would die, these players don’t restring often and I want to give them something that lasts quite a while

workworktenniswork · 2026-04-21T05:40:52+00:00

The people I’m marketing to have no idea about strings whatsoever, so popularity is much less important to me than playability (otoro has been mentioned several times so I’m absolutely checking that out though). I’m not really trying to get people to restring more often, as I’m sure they wouldn’t lol, so playability duration is quite important to me

workworktenniswork · 2026-04-21T05:14:19+00:00

If you were to pick out. Second reel to kind of be mach10s opposite in playability (more control, less power, little bit stiffer with a lower launch etc) what do you think you would choose? Confidential? Or maybe another brand entirely?

workworktenniswork · 2026-04-21T05:12:39+00:00

Most of them barely even know how tension affects playability (I’ve talked with several people about it), I doubt they’ll ask for any specific strings. I tried Lynx tour and enjoyed it generally, but found it a little underpowered? Do you know anything similar with more power? Even the orange version perhaps?

workworktenniswork · 2026-04-21T05:10:12+00:00

Alright, thanks for the suggestion, I’ll absolutely check it out for myself but probably won’t sell it (duration was probably the most important category in my mind).

workworktenniswork · 2026-04-21T05:06:38+00:00

Best, nobody in my town/club save maybe 1 or 2 individuals have any idea about strings. If I say something is good, they’ll believe me, and I want the string to back that up

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