Tennis racket stringing pattern and method therefor

Abstract

A racket with a stringing pattern utilizing at least one string has two fully interwoven string regions and a partially interwoven string region interposed between the two fully interwoven string regions. At the boundaries between the regions elastomeric anchoring tubes with the strings passing therethrough space the cross strings from the main strings so that spin is easily imparted to a ball struck by the racket and balls with spin are easily received and returned. In the partially interwoven region, the string is strung in three planes. A racket stringing kit provides at least one string and at least one tubular anchor having an outer diameter sufficiently greater than the string diameter to space the main strings from the cross strings in the partially interwoven string region. A method of completing the string pattern comprises inserting the string through a hole in the racket head and inserting the string through a first anchoring tube. The string is then inserted through second and third holes in the racket head and following that a second anchoring tube. After the second anchoring tube the string is inserted through a fourth hole in the racket head and knots are tied at the end of the string.

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