Commonly, your level and style of play effects your need to restring your tennis racket. If you practice and play with the same extraordinary spin and power as the elite college players or tennis professionals, you will restring more often than regular juniors or social players. Prevalence of your practice and competition play will also effect the frequency of your restringing.

The number one reason for restringing for most juniors and social players is a broken string. Strings wear away with each hit, so eventually they will become so thin they break on contact with a tennis ball.

Due to their elastic properties, tennis strings lose their tension overtime. Loss of tension tends creates a trampoline effect that increases racket power. Most tennis professionals and elite college players want their racket to perform the same way every stroke. An increase in power during a match may produce more mistakes. This is why you see the pros changing their racket regularly during a big match on television.

To ensure a consistent result most pros and college players restring their rackets before intensive practice and match play. Many pros will have as many as ten rackets freshly strung per day for practice and play. Rodger Federer may have up to a dozen freshly strung rackets at his disposal at any one time.

Restrings can cost you as much as $85 and as little as $20. The pros and college players will generally have a sponsor, but for social players and juniors the cost can quickly mount up. The cost has to be weighed up against the extra consistency you get from fresh strings.

Yes, it would be nice to restring your rackets before each match or practice. Your game would no doubt improve, but frequency of restringing will be determined by the size and depth of your wallet.

Consider buying your own stringing machine and string if you want a more consistent response from your racket. Experimenting with different strings as you learn to become a competent stringer can be a bit of fun.

Learn more about racket strings. Stop by Jeremy Edwards’s site where you can find more about Tennis.