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*STRINGING The
Performance Team offers a wide selection of state-of-the-art premium
strings suited to every level and style of play.
We will work with you to find the perfect string, be it natural
gut or synthetic. In
addition, we will file the technical specifications of your racquet in
our database, recording the weight, balance, swing weight, and flex of
the frame, along with the tension, your string selection, and a reading
of string-bed deflection to track the natural loss of the strings
resiliency and energy. Pick-up/delivery
is available for your convenience. *RACQUET
WORK Through
the use of sophisticated diagnostic equipment, the Performance Team can
adapt a racquet to your most personal needs.
This service benefits the player suffering from pain or injury,
as well as the elite player looking for a competitive edge. Its
a fact: most recreational players are using a racquet that is too light.
This can contribute to arm and wrist pain due to the lack of mass
involved in contact with the ball. This creates shock, which, in turn
creates pain. A slightly heavier frame cushions the impact created at
contact by its relative mass. We can also make your racquet more
maneuverable and even help you to achieve greater racquet head speed for
more spin on your groundstrokes. We
can alter the weight, balance, and swing weight of a racquet, as well as
grip size and shape. Even
the same model of racquet can vary frame to frame, but the Performance
Team can match your frames, giving you the consistent Performance you
should expect. Pick-up/delivery
is available for your convenience *ON-COURT
CONSULTATION As
experienced tennis teaching professionals, the Performance Team can
offer an unparalleled service: on-court assessment of your equipment
needs and technical evaluation of your mechanics and technique as they
pertain to your racquet. You
will work with 1 or 2 members of our team. On-court
consultation takes place at the North Shore Tennis and Racquets Club in
Bayside, New York. Arrangements
can also be made for private home courts (rates are variable). *DEMO
PROGRAM Performance
Stringing and Racquet Concepts offers a complete line of demo frames for
your convenience. There is
a $20 membership fee and unlimited trials for up to 3 days at a charge
of $5 per day. Daily demo
fees go towards your racquet purchase.
To serve your needs best, PSRC will customize any demo to your
specifications. Prices reflect our standard stringing and racquet work
services, in addition to the re-stringing of the demo and related labor
(estimates upon request). As with all our services, pick-up and delivery
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*EQUIPMENT
and TECHNIQUES: Its
our job to deliver world class craftsmanship and accuracy. To that end,
the Performance Team’s Mark Zimmermann has created a proprietary
2-piece, variable tension technique, used on all racquets. Years in
development, this technique offers the most consistent string-bed
stiffness, while ensuring the structural integrity of your frame (a
top-down one piece method is utilized upon request). In addition, we
pre-stretch all core-less, multifilament strings, reducing natural
tension loss and creating a firmer, more dynamic string-bed. We
believe, as many professional players do, that hybrid stringing is the
best way to enhance your racquets playability. Different players have
different demands. The hard hitting tournament competitor may need a
combination of durability and control, while the club player may be more
interested in a hybrid that is easier on the arm and provides more
power. We can accomplish these goals with various combinations of string
diameters, synthetics (nylon or polyester) and/or natural gut. In
addition, the Performance Team works with the tennis industry’s most
advanced and exacting equipment. The
Babolat Star 5 stringing machine is used to ensure the consistent
accuracy of tension and consistency of craftsmanship the discerning
player should expect. The
Star 5 features include: ·
Electronic, linear traction constant pull ·
Tungsten carbide-coated, titanium oxide-dusted clamps ·
6-post, 10-point mounting system ·
Digital tension accuracy within 0.1 kg/0.22 lbs The
Performance Team uses the Babolat Racquet Diagnostics Center computer
for all custom racquet work. This
state-of-the-art digital machine measures flex, dynamic inertia (swing
weight), balance, weight, and string bed deflection, which we record in
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WHO WE ARE: Mark Zimmermann was certified by the USRSA and USPTR in 1988 and is a member of the USRSA String Playtest Team. A tennis professional for over two decades, He has serviced the technical needs of professional and recreational players, including some of the games legendary players. In the 1990’s, as a member of the prestigious Babolat Double-Line Team, he was an official stringer for the US Open and has officially strung on-site at the Hamlet Cup and 3 solo, official assignments at the WTA Championships. Darrel Bielawski was a dominant ETA junior, competing at the highest levels, throughout the United States, for over 5 years, against some of todays top players. He then went on to compete at the Division 1 collegiate level, reaching the NCAA tournament. As both a teaching professional and racquet technician for the past 8 years he has mentored, coached and serviced the equipment needs of national and regional junior competitors and recreational adults. Walter Giacometti, a standout player for St. Johns University, has made a name for himself in the ETA as a ranked competitor and teaching professional with over 25 years of experience, both nationally and on the red clay of Europe.
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