How do you respond?

I was recently pointed to an Instagram post where a guy was stringing a Yonex racquet and complaining about the racquet being strung with two pieces of string. Not only was he complaining, but he was commenting that anyone who doesn’t use an ATW pattern was an idiot. So I wonder, what’s your instinctive reaction [see more]

Attention Members

Greetings I am in the process of emailing the new IART membership documents each time our members renewals process successfully. Please check your spam and junk mail folders because these emails contain two attachments. Be advised that these are being emailed as renewals are processed beginning on January 1st, 2018 so not everyone will receive [see more]

You can improve your download speeds like I did

How many of you test your ISP’s service from time to time? I use Cox with a Netgear AC1900/C6300BD Router/Modem combo and according to my ISP plan, I’m supposed to get 150 Mbps download and 10 Mbps upload. Well, I was not getting even half of the download speed so I did some checking and [see more]

Bow Brand natural gut

I’ve received some questions lately from those wanting to know the status of Bow Brand natural gut strings so I sent an inquiry to Carolyn Clarke, the Director of Bow Brand. The following is her reply: Unfortunately we have not been able to produce our natural gut tennis strings for the past two years as [see more]

Friends popping up everywhere!

Familiar faces seem to pop up everywhere within our industry. During the Laver Cup I was watching a FaceBook live event from the stringing room in Prague and there, next to Ron Rocchi from Wilson and on the Wilson BAIARDO stringing machine, was my long time friend Lucian Costea stringing one of Roger Federer’s racquets. [see more]

Stringing the Double Sided Blackburn Tennis Racquet

Occasionally you’re going to run into stringing situations that are going to present unusual challenges. The Blackburn racquet with it’s two separate string beds is a perfect example. I personally have never strung one of these frames so I did a bit of research and I’m providing this post in an effort to help as [see more]

Video library update

Recently I posted about the new IART video project and now here’s an update. I mentioned that this was something that I had wanted to include for members for a very long time and since I have a little extra time this year I’m able to delve into this project. Needless to say, our videos [see more]

Member posts

Greetings all I’ve noticed in the past that some of you have started posts that were never finished so I’m wondering….are you running into difficulty posting on the IART site? If you have questions about contributing posts please don’t hesitate to PM me and I’ll be happy to help in any way I can.

Come on, REALLY?

When can we expect string manufacturers to stop making impossible claims? “String X will give you more topspin” “String Y is the string for you if you’re looking for more spin” Some simply brush these claims aside as if not important while others see it as a real problem. To those selling the string I [see more]

Ivor Savage – Ytex

We take a different approach with our member profile this time and interview a manufacturer representative from Ytex, Ivor Savage. Ytex is an emerging string company in the tennis world that is gaining popularity among all playing levels. If you’ve ever been around Ivor Savage you undoubtedly know that his enthusiasm for tennis is infectious. [see more]