One piece vs Two piece stringing – the IART position
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t’s always fascinating how rumors get started and then somehow turned into “truth” by the very nature of it being repeated over and over and over. IART is a global organization of highly trained and qualified racquet technicians and we go to great lengths to verify and clarify each and every process we present to our members.
Recently, it was mentioned at a gathering of stringers, that IART states that only two-piece stringing should be used for all racquets and this is simply not true. Without going into great detail, please just check out this post on the IART website and you’ll not only see our position, you can also read a detailed explanation point by point as to why we recommend two piece stringing.
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Check out the post on two piece stringing here: https://gssalliance.com/…/one-piece-versus-two-piece…/
Comments (2)
Just reread the article and comments. I will use 2 piece for most racquets I have started doing 1 piece for the Prince racquets with the holes for grommets because when doing 2 piece, there are just too many strings crossing each other by the tie offs. Almost impossible to do it without some strings crossing, and I do not want that.
Yeah I get it John. Luckily, many Prince racquets have the mains ending at the top so they can easily be done with one piece of string. Some racquets get very “busy” on the outside due to the stringing patterns and if you’re determined to use the manufacturers designated tie-off holes then you end up with blocked holes near the bottom of the racquet. That can easily be corrected by using the next to the last main string as your tie-off hole. By doing that you shorten the distance of the string on the outside, theoretically reducing tension loss but more importantly, this method eliminates a lot of blocked holes.