How to tighten your knots

This is the preferred way to tighten your knots. Also, a comment on how to tie a Parnell knot.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• tennis
• string
• strings
• stringing
• racket
• racquet
• usrsa
• mrt
• cs
• crt
• tighten
• knots
• parnell

[Protonex]

How come you don't use the machine to tighten the knot. I usually reset the tension to about 40lbs and tighten instead of doing this arcing motion.

[YULitle]

@Protonex Two reasons. The first is that using the machine takes away the opportunity to pull up slack behind the knot. The arcing motion takes up the slack behind the knot as you tighten it. Second, and most important, tightening with the machine is terrible for the racquet. You're taking a piece of nylon and stretching it across the frame at one of it's weakest points, typically. It's a huge no-no amongst professional stringers. Only amateurs tighten their knots with their machines.

[technogeek4576]

I've been doing everything this video says to do, but I seem to be losing a LOT of tension on my tie offs. I pull out as far as it will go, rock back with a high arch, and go until it can go no more. I unclamp and pluck last main and the second to last main, and the second to last one is quite higher. Any advice? I think it may be the way the string goes back through the grommet, in which case I don't know how I should alter the knot.

[YULitle]

@technogeek4576 Take a look at my FAQ videos. One of them explains why "tension loss" on outer mains is inevitable.

[Ralqh]

Hey Yule, you said you were going to make a video on calibrating last year, when are we gonna get to see it? :)

[YULitle]

I haven't even been making videos for a year! :D I might have one coming. Need to find time.

[Protonex]

@YULitle Wow, I did not know that. I'll do this from now on.

[DuhEnlightenedOne]

Instead of using one long string, why not string a rqcquet using 10 strings. Then only 10% of the racquet will be bad if a string breaks and restringing can be completed in 10% of the time since you will only restring the broken seciton.

[MrAmino]

great tech, i didnt know you could tighten it that way, i usually just pull the string with a higher tension right before the knot in order to compensate for the knot tension loss

[brandontang619]

would this also be done on the other end of the mains?

[mansuliu]

different knots for different strings and rackets, both for performance and aesthetics

[babolatpdtp]

if you actually watch his other videos...he shows different knots you can do never really saying which is best. good job paying attention though