Use the damper on the tennis racket correctly
Quite a few tennis players suffer from painful tennis elbow problems, which are caused by the frequent Vibrations can be triggered when the ball hits the tennis racket on the arm be transmitted. Special dampers are available to reduce the risk of such discomfort. For them to work, however, the dampers must be properly attached to the tennis racket.
How dampers work in tennis
- Damper or vibration stops for tennis rackets are used to reduce the vibration of the strings when the ball hits, in order to prevent the relatively common tennis elbow complaints.
- After buying such a damper, many players are initially a little at a loss because they do not know how the thing should actually be attached to the tennis racket.
- In general, the damper should be attached in such a way that it definitely touches the two main strings in the middle of the tennis racket. But there are also wider mutes (for example from Head) that touch almost all main strings.
- In any case, note that the damper only reduces the vibration of the tennis racket's strings, not that of the frame.
- For a high overall damping, in addition to the use of a damper, the materials used by the manufacturer for the tennis racket and the quality of the workmanship are decisive.
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How to attach the vibrastop to the tennis racket
- To attach the damper to the tennis racket, you have to put the two middle long sides below the last Pull the cross string apart a little, insert the damper and then move it up to the cross string above push.
- Note that you have to push the main strings of the tennis racket very far apart with a lot of force in order to get the damper in between.
- This is not a chicane on the part of the manufacturer, but simply necessary so that the damper stays in place even with hard hits in the tennis racket.
- If the string pattern of your tennis racket is very tight, this can cause the strings to stay pushed apart or the damper to sit slightly at an angle in between.
- However, neither is usually a problem as long as the damper is firmly seated between the strings. If the inclination bothers you for visual reasons, you can simply use a round damper.
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