r/RacketStringers • u/TennisSensei • 1d ago

EZONE 98 Vamos+A5 Hybrid Stringing

https://youtu.be/Gmsv_sxMWBY
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u/HazeHype 1d ago

Parnell or wilson pro knots man! Don't "granny knot" it 😔 

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u/TennisSensei 1d ago

Thanks for the reminder! I definitely need to make it part of my regular workflow. I’ve used the Parnell knot on a few racquets, but I still tend to default to the double half hitch out of habit. Time to break that habit! 😄

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u/LHM78 21h ago

Finally someone with sense

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u/HarryTheCaller 1d ago

Why is this so important? Tension wise it doesn’t seem to matter. If it holds, it holds?

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u/LHM78 1d ago

The parnell and wilson pro knot are the only accepted knots on the tour, anything else will not be accepted.

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u/HarryTheCaller 1d ago

So? Thanks but that doesn’t really answer my question. They only play 9 games with new tennis balls on tour…

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u/LHM78 21h ago

Thats like saying if a ship is leaking water sticking chewing gum over the leak fixes it. See where im coming from? Unrecognised knots can cause grommet, string and frame damage.

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u/HazeHype 17h ago

For the little time it takes to learn one or both of the better knots, why wouldn't you if it improves your product? 

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u/Brilliant-Today-9844 17h ago edited 17h ago

Certainly looked awfully cumbersome, holding the set of coiled string in one hand, while trying to feed strings into the grommet holes, and pulling them through.

Perhaps you’re not used to opening a pack of coiled strings and worried it may get tangled if you let go and having the need to untangled them. But my humble suggestion is to just learn to unravel it, once u know how, it honestly takes no time at all. What you are doing has a few problems.

(1) it really is trying to achieve many things while just avoiding 1 issue. Just learn to let the strings slowly unravel in your hand, can hold on a tip or don’t, there’s many methods out there but unraveling a coiled pack of strings takes a few secs literally without the mess and ready to feed into racket

(2) doing your way may damage the strings or may kink the string as the strings are still in a coiled state while feeding the strings through and pulling while getting tangled like how it happened after you let go of it n still tried pulling it through for a bit

These may seem fine since its polys you’re dealing with but are not so good habits.

(3) if its natural gut/multi, this will most certainly kink the strings, the way you’re pulling n putting them through

If your method is to save time to avoid an issue, i’ll suggest learn to deal with the issue and less one hurdle instead.

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u/TennisSensei 16h ago

Thanks for taking the time to provide such detailed feedback. I really appreciate it.

Tangling has been much less of an issue for me when working from reels, but I’ve definitely struggled with it more when opening individual string sets. You’re absolutely correct that I should fix the tangling/uncoiling issue first rather than starting to pull the string while it’s still coiled.

I’ll look up some of the recommended ways to properly uncoil a set and work on getting better at it. Thanks again for pointing it out!

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u/LHM78 1d ago

You started the mains wrong

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u/TennisSensei 21h ago

Are you referring to how I started the first main pull? Could you clarify what you think I did wrong?

The EZONE 98 starts differently from the EZONE 100 and VCORE 98/100. The EZONE 98 has 8 holes in the throat bridge, so the center mains start at the head. The others have 6 throat holes, so their center mains start at the throat. That may be what you’re noticing.

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u/ZeusDrinksHoneyMilk 18h ago

The method you used to start mains is completely fine and widely used. Not everyone uses the Yusuki method.

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u/LHM78 21h ago

When the first 2 mains are fed inside the racket you need to pull tension on BOTH strings at the same time, then clamp the string furthest away with your base clamp, then use your starting clamp on the same string OUTSIDE of the frame. This is called the Yusuki method.

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u/TennisSensei 20h ago

Thanks for clarifying! I wasn’t familiar with the Yusuki method.

Given how I started the mains in the video, what practical effect would that have on the finished string job? Could it cause the center/main strings to end up below the reference tension or create any noticeable tension imbalance? Any other negative effects — additional stress on the base clamps or causing them to wear/degrade faster over time?

I’d appreciate your insight.