Archive for January, 2010
Client Spotlight: Keith Neargarder
Tweet An Inspired Tennis client for over a year now, Keith Neargarder is an extremely tenacious 4.0 player with incredibly steady groundstrokes, a big serve, and a strong net game. In our Men’s 4.0 League at South Regency Tennis Center, I’ve had some tough battles with Keith over the past year. He runs down shot after […]
Client Spotlight: Cam Woliver
Tweet Cam Woliver, a former Divison I player, is the newest Inspired Tennis client. Cam hadn’t played tennis for several years, but just picked up his sticks again this past Fall. Since he’d been out of the game for several years, Cam was granted approval by the Midwest Section of the USTA to play 4.0 […]
Dynamic Tension Recorded for All Client Stringjobs
Tweet With the recent purchase of my Beers ERT 300 Tennis Computer, I now have the ability to measure Dynamic Tension of the stringbed on all stringjobs for clients. I’m sure this conjures up a couple of questions… 1. What is Dynamic Tension? 2. What does this mean to me? What is Dynamic Tension? In very […]
How To Accurately Measure Tension Loss
Tweet The calendar tells me today is January 11th, but the arrival of my Beers ERT 300 tells me it is Christmas morning. Merry Christmas to me! The ERT 300 is a small computerized device that measures Dynamic Tension (DT) of the stringbed. Simply clip the ERT 300 to your strings, press the yellow button, […]
Is This Really a Victory?
Tweet After a break for the Holidays, my 4.0 singles league resumed this evening, and I technically came away with a victory. But can it really be considered a victory when I split sets at 4-6 and 6-4 and then win a ten point super tie-breaker 15-13? Don’t get me wrong, I’ll take the win, […]
Final 3.5 Match
Tweet After a little less than a year of playing at the 3.5 level, it is time to move on. As I mentioned in a previous post, I was bumped to 4.0 by the USTA computer and will be playing 4.0 for the upcoming USTA season that begins in late January. As a precursor to […]
New: Poly Bags for All Stringjobs
Tweet Watch almost any professional tennis match on television or in-person, and you’ll likely see players taking freshly strung racquets out of clear plastic bags. The bags, sometimes containing the logo of a racquet manufacturer or stringing service, are clear plastic and are often referred to as “poly bags” – due to the polyurethane material of […]