Now available: USRSA iron-on patches

Show off your USRSA membership pride with a 3" × 1.5" iron-on patch. It can be ironed-on or stitched onto shirts, hats, aprons, towels, tennis bags, or just about anything. Available only to current USRSA members.

Buy your USRSA iron-on patches here.

Now available: USRSA vinyl banners

Show off your USRSA membership pride with a vinyl banner. Grommets allow it to be hung just about anywhere you need it. Available only to current USRSA members.

Buy your banners here.

New string color and length tool on RacquetTECH.com

We've just released our latest RacquetTECH.com on-line tool: The String Color & Lengths tool. This invaluable reference helper, which is available to USRSA members, allows you to search our database of available strings to find the color string you want, or the length when you need something out of the ordinary.

Stringing for a school team and want to use their school colors? The String Color & Lengths tool will show you every string offered in the color(s) you want, allowing you to pick the brand and individual string that fills the bill.

Or, maybe you're stringing a super oversize racquet and the standard forty-foot reel isn't covering it. Now you can easily search and/or sort for extra-length strings, and see what other strings might be available in reels.

The String Color & Lengths tool allows you to search our entire listing of strings at once, or search by string name, length, and/or color, and then sort the results.

The String Color & Lengths tool -- just one more reason to become a USRSA member today.

The June RSI magazine is in the mail

The June 2013 issue of Racquet Sports Industry magazine is in the mail. Included in this issue are articles about how to sell more racquets, emerging trends in sports shoes, outstanding residential tennis courts, and the State of the Industry Report. Of course, there are our regular feature columns as well.

You can read this issue on-line here.

The May 2013 RSI magazine is in the mail

The May 2013 issue of Racquet Sports Industry magazine is in the mail. Included in this issue are articles about making your store stand out, trends in high-tech fabrics, building a bridge between tennis and fitness, and selling more shoes. Of course, there are our regular feature columns as well.

You can read this issue on-line here.

MPD technique

We've posted a PDF file explaining Dr. Carl Love's Master's/Pre-Stretch Dwell (MPD) stringing technique on-line in the "special stringing instructions" section (USRSA members only). As with the JET Method (also on-line), USRSA does not recommend the MPD technique, but making the instructions readily available makes it easier for those who want to experiment.

Stringer's Assistant from November 1977 now available online

In response to interest from several members in the old spaghetti stringing method, we've published the November 1977 issue of Stringer's Assistant online. Included are the initial ban by the I.T.F., a playtest of the banned stringing pattern, and even a how-to!

See it on-line here.

June 2012 RSI magazine now available on-line

The June issue of Racquet Sports Industry magazine is now available on-line. Check it out here.

May 2012 RSI magazine now available on-line

The May issue of Racquet Sports Industry magazine is now available on-line. Check it out here.