String bed stiffness is a critical performance metric and therefore deserves more attention than it gets in the discussion(s) of string characteristics.

In this video, which is a little “jumpy” at first, you will see the data we collect for every racquet we do. For this discussion, we concentrate on these data:

• Reference Tension
• RDC string bed stiffness
• Flex Four-string bed stiffness
• Racquet Quest SBS (String Sense) stiffness
• Effective stiffness
• Master Tensometer string bed stiffness (kg/cm^)