So I play a little racquetball with David and generally my lack of fitness hampers my once capable skills of my youth – my brain doesn’t know that I’ve put on thirty pounds, but recently I haven’t been able to make shots that I should have and a look at my racquet may have the answer.
They say you should restring your racquet as many times a year as the number of times you play a week which is one time for me. I usually wait until a string breaks. But strings get hard, and apparently frayed; and taking a look at my racquet, my theory of action is that in ADDITION to my lack of fitness, I haven’t been taking care of my racquet.
I restrung at Racquetworld with 18g string (I usually use 17g, and normal is 16g) which is thinner, more responsive, but more prone to breaking. My fitness is just as bad, but perhaps on the court today, the racquet will work like it is supposed to.