Is there a way where you can change the tension of your strings without buying new ones?

Question

I got new strings on my racket and i want to change the tension of it... yet i don't want to buy new strings just to change the tension!

Answer 1

well, it can only get looser. you should bang the strings with your hand or play a lot of tennis for this. If you want it tighter you just have to buy new strings. I do not believe that any stringer would take out the strings on a racquet and restring it with them, even if they could.

Answer 2

The strings you buy normal rackets with are usually not very good strings.
They break easily and the tension is never how you want it...
You can't make strings tighter without cutting the strings out and restringing.
Although I guess the shock absorber theory will work for a short while...
Buy new strings and get it restrung and the strings will last longer and it's better strings!

Answer 3

Re-stringing the strings that are already in your frame is almost near impossible, simply because the string has already been elongated. Stringing with the already strung string can result in breakage. For a simpler explanation, you can compare this to a rubber band. When it is wrapped around something over a long period of time, it begins to dry, it can get brittle, and it is elongated compared to what it used to look like before you used it. That is the same concept with strings.

Are you looking to tighten your strings?
What you want to do is get your racquet restrung with strings that HOLD TENSION over a long period of time. Try strings such as Luxilon ALU Big Banger (Andre Agassi uses) or Kirschbaum Supersmash (Rafael Nadal uses). These strings are called poly strings. They are extremely stiff, durable, and will not move on your stringbed. They are reasonably priced around $30.00 or so, including labor.

If you're looking to loosen the tension, the stringbed will automatically loosen in tension over time as you play with it. As a matter of fact, even just the day after stringing it, the stringbed can already be decreased a half a pound to a pound in tension! If you're looking for some comfortable string that's not quite as stiff as the poly strings listed above - but still provide longevity and somewhat holds tension, try multi-filament strings such as Gamma Livewire XP or Dunlop M-Fil. These strings will give you maximum comfort on your arm, absorbing ball shock. They are pretty durable (if you're not an intense string breaker) and are also reasonably priced around $30.00 or so including labor.

Good luck!

-Your pals at Brad Gilbert Tennis Nation

Answer 4

Well actually you can make it tighter without haveing to go through all that unstrinig process, there are things u can buy that make the strings tighter, i bout these things called string protecters, they help your strings live longer and it makes the tenion increas, when i put them on my raquet went from a 57 to a 64, so yea, some shock absorbers can also help increase tention, but not as much as the string protecters

Answer 5

A really good stringer might be able to unstring the racquet and restring it tighter... this would be difficult though, because you have to cut the pieces as you go along. If you want it looser, you could just play with the racquet a lot-- maybe use a tennis ball machine, and hit a lot of balls.

Answer 6

You can step on the strings to make them looser , as far as getting them tighter there is no way without a restring.

Answer 7

Yes but it is stupid. You have to just not play with it and the racket will lose tension, otherwise their is no way.