How to String a Tennis Racket - HEAD 🇺🇸🇬🇧

Step by step guide about how to string a tennis racket.

00:00 Introduction with Richard Parnell
01:01 First thing to do - check the tennis racket
01:20 We have to mount the racket frame on the mounting
02:20 Check the string tension + which strings to use
02:58 Let's start stringing the mains + check the strings and place the clamps
10:35 Add on 20% extra tension to the last main strings
11:20 The Parnell Knot on the main strings
14:15 We start now stringing the crosses + checking the strings
16:50 Best way of weaving the crosses
17:40 Start with a not or starting clamp on the crosses?
18:30 Tension the first cross
27:38 Tightest part of the pattern + change of the technique
29:08 Put in the last cross with the thumb technique
30:20 The Parnell Kont on the cross strings
32:50 Make sure at the end that all strings are as straight as possible
33:35 Take the tennis racket out of the machine

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[plappinga]

One of the finest tennis racket stringing tutorials on YouTube! Thank you for sharing your expertise!

[chuckgliderable]

The Obi wan of stringing. Loved it, thanks, very helpful. I've just bought my first stringing machine and am learning as much as I can before I try my first one!

[taneezhou]

Thank you for showing us how to string monofilament and natural gut 😊 good video to watch and learn from the grand master itself.

[MetalManiac]

This is the best stringing instruction I've ever seen - thank you! I've been stringing for about 15 years and I've learned quite a few new things in this video. The starting knot for the crosses is a game changer. No longer do my knots creep their way into the grommet hole! It still takes me about an hour to complete 1 racket, but that's because I'm quite fussy and hate messing up the crosses if I don't concentrate. Thanks again for your clear and easy to follow instruction :)

[NickNeras]

Lots of info for starters and stringers pros
Thank you

[__McFly__]

Thank you very much!! 🙏🙏🙏 great explanation and really good and clean video 👍👍👍

[vivrelamour]

Fascinating and amazing! So happy you shared this!

[cheefussmith]

Funny- this guy is famous in the stringing world. It’s like in college when your professor also wrote the book😂

[aviramdj]

When he pulls the parnell knot the small gap will cost in a small tension loss . you can also see it in the video, notice how the clamp goes back when he releases tension . other then that its a great video .

[yangwang]

Dear Mr Parnell,

Thank you for the amazing video.

I noticed that the loops of the two main knots are tied from different sides, is that matter to be consistency and only make the loop left to right or right to left?

[SBjohn]

Great video, what governing body would you use to get certified/qualified under.

[dancasa]

I'm looking at a Tourna 650 for our school team. They're spending too much on stringing. This way, we'll buy a reel. Very informative. Thank you for the lesson and insight!

[redguitar]

Hi😊 Richard panell. I Have TE-3300 machine. I wish there was a video on how to maintain the machine. And I can‘t find a manual or description of the machine anywhere on the internet. Wilson is easy to find.

[TheTennisDaddy]

Hi mate, I have a manual crank machine and would like to try natural gut, I’ve heard about the need to pre stretch but noticed you didn’t, however I imagine the ‘slow’ pull function acts as the pre stretch on your machine? Therefore how would I go about this on my crank machine? Cheers…That Head machine is absolutely beautiful👍

[goggleboy]

If you pull the first 2 mains together at 60lbs (30 lbs) each. U elliminate the need for a starting clamp and avoid any slippage. Then go back and pull each string to whatever tension u are stringing

[federicoinnocente]

Hi Mr. Parnell.
If i only have one starting clamp ( not two like in the video ) is it still good to tie off the first cross before the last one when i have tensioned all of the cross excpet the last one or two? This way i could free the starting clamp to tie off the last cross. I hope i explained it well.
Thank you Mr Parnell

[jimbosan]

Is it recommended using knot tension when using a starting knot? In my humble opinion is not necessary. What is your opinion?

[johnl]

Hi Richard, in cases of gut main / poly cross setup and the racquet does not have enough bigger holes on crosses to tie on crosses (poly), do you "enlarge" some grommets (ie. with a drill etc) to make it work? thanks :)

[nhutpham]

For the extra 20%, do you make this universal across all string types and mains/crosses? I noticed it looked like you added 20% for the first cross but not the last throat cross. I had been using 10% from what i had seen others and machines prescribe. I'm curious as to your thoughts whether this works best as a percentage, flat amount, etc. to get the most accurate to reference tension.

[jimbosan]

What if I use the monofilament string as an anchor string to tie a multifilament string in a hybrid set-up?