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.

April 2012 RSI magazine now available on-line

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

February 2012 RSI magazine now available on-line

The February 2012 issue of Racquet Sports Industry is now available on-line.

You can read it at racquetsportsindustry.com, or on Scribd.

String Selection Map

We used to provide a the complete String Selection Map on the Racquet Sports Industry site, but with the introduction of the PDF version of the full magazine, the "text" version of this valuable tool showed the main article and usage notes, but neither the data nor the illustrations.

We've fixed that now with the addition of the String Selection Map to the USRSA member section. This means you have to be a USRSA member to use it, but that's just one more reason to become a member today, isn't it?

'Racquet Service Techniques' now available on-line

The USRSA's "Racquet Service Techniques," which has helped thousands of people learn how properly to string racquets, is now available on-line as a PDF file. Of course, the comprehensive information presented in "Racquet Service Techniques" contains more than beginner-level material. Even seasoned stringers have found it useful when brushing up on their stringing knowledge.

You must of course be a member of USRSA to gain access to this valuable resource. If you've not joined, become a member now!

Today's tailor-made racquets

Check out this article by Douglas Robson on racquet customization, in the October 25 USA Today.

Pro equipment listing

It took longer than expected to clean up the pro log data from the 2011 BNP Paribas Open, but it's finally done. The additional 1,772 entries bring the total number of entries to 16,641. If you're not a USRSA member, this is just one of the tremendous resources you're missing.

iOS web clip icons

Not earth-shattering news, perhaps, but now if you bookmark RacquetTECH.com or RacquetSportsIndustry.com on your iPhone or iPad, instead of a web page preview you'll get a nice icon.

Stringing Nadal's racquet

We've just posted a video of Xavi Segura stringing one of Rafael Nadal racquets just before the 2011 Roland Garros final. USRSA members can access the video here.

Babolab!

We've posted six videos provided by Babolat showing some of the behind-the-scenes workings of their Official Stringing Service at the 2011 Roland Garros. USRSA members can find these videos here.

Tips and Techniques are moving

The on-line version of the popular Tips and Techniques section from Racquet Sports Industry magazine is in the process of moving from Racquet Sports Industry's website to the USRSA's website. With all the tips we have from over the years, this is a big job. Already, though, all the tips up to the end of 2009 have been taken down from RSI.com and posted on USRSA.com. We're hard at work getting the 2010 tips up at USRSA.com, too.

Also making the move, but a bit more slowly, are the entries for the Ask the Experts section. These, too, have been removed from RSI.com, but so far only those up to January 2004 are available on USRSA.com.

Both the Ask the Experts and Tips and Techniques sections on USRSA.com are accessible only by USRSA members. Two more good reasons -- as if any more were needed -- to get your membership now.

Testimonials

Recognizing the value of self-promotion, we've published a page of testimonials, covering both USRSA and Racquet Sports Industry magazine.