When it comes to stringing a racquet many players are reluctant to do it as often as they should.  Why do you suppose that is?  It may go something like this…”Wow!  Forty dollars is a lot and I just had this thing strung about a year ago!”

Let’s take a look at some things we can buy for forty dollars, and how long will it last?

Ten cups of regular coffee at a great coffee shop which may be a months worth but each cup only lasts less than an hour.  Therefore about $4.00/hour.

Two movie tickets with popcorn and drinks which will last about 2.5 hours, so about $16.00/hour.

One pretty good bottle of wine ($40.00) which will last a couple of hours, so $20.00/hour

Four six-packs of beer which will last some people a weekend but 1 hour per beer so, about $4.00/hour.

Two shares of crypto stock that may last 15 or 20 seconds, so about $105.00/hour.

Thirteen gallons of gasoline that may last 200 miles at 50MPH so about $1.00/hour.

Eight cans of pretty good tennis balls that may last eight weeks, or about $5.00/hour.

So, there a few things that we can spend our money on but none of them last as long, performance and satisfaction wise, as a good set of string!  For arguments sake lets say string will play its best for about 20 hours.  That is $2.00 per hour.  But if you re-string after 50 hours your cost per hour goes down to $.80 per hour.  Let’s split the difference and say you must re-string after 25 hours of play.  It is easy to see that is $1.60 per hour and is a great bargain!

Even better than beer!  Plus you enjoy the social interaction you expect from a cup of coffee, a bottle of wine, or a beer with your buddies!

It is easy to see that keeping your racquet properly strung is not expensive!