String theory: How surface tension on badminton racquet can raise a shuttler’s performance

Surface tension is the tightness of the string on the racquet. While higher tension makes the string bed firm and offers more ...
The Australian

Ash Barty adds power using string theory

Everything Barty hoped she would receive from using the sort of strings preferred a century ago by artisans wielding wooden racquets … it’s working a treat for her at Melbourne Park. Thwock, thwock, ...
Tennis

Gear Q&A: The impact of fine-tuning a racquet’s string tension

Professional players are an exacting bunch. Many come to a match with enough freshly-strung racquets that they can switch to a new one at every ball change. Or, they might have frames strung at ...