Pacific Life Open pro equipment log now available

The pro equipment log for the 2008 Pacific Life Open is now available on-line to USRSA members in the Reference section. As with other years, the bulk of the information comes from David Mindell, Casey Maus, and the crew at Star Stringing in Cathedral City. However, this year, we were fortunate to get pro equipment info from off-site stringers Ron Yu (Priority One) and Billy Knight, making this one of the most comprehensive pro logs ever, with information on 307 players, coaches, and even a couple of hitting partners. Thanks to everyone who made this listing possible.

You'll note that because the pro log search results are now sortable, we changed the players' names to "lastname, firstname" so that sorting on the player column makes more sense.

New format for 'Ask the Experts' and 'Tips and Techniques'

Although it always has been possible to search for relevant items in either "Ask the Experts" or "Tips and Techniques," let's face it ... the process was a bit clunky. Whether you used the search form or used your browser to go through the list of all available items, it could have been easier.

Now, it is. With a little help from WordPress, all available "Ask the Experts" and "Tips and Techniques" items that appeared in Stringer's Assistant or RacquetTECH magazines are now readily available. The search function now works better, and there are multiple ways to get to the information. Once the conversion is complete, you'll even be able to see every "Tips and Techniques" post by any given submitter.

This conversion worked so well that we're starting to transfer other back-issue items into this system. Eventually, the goal is to have just about all of the content from back issues of Stringer's Assistant and RacquetTECH magazines available through this new interface.