Rubber Band Dampener Tennis

One more thing about vibration dampeners.

Rubber band dampener tennis.

The worm is a long vibration dampener that resembles a worm. I m not sure this would intimidate me but i just thought i d pass it along. I ve gotten emails about this so here s a quick tutorial on how tie a rubber band dampener. Agassi tied a rubber band to his strings and it has the same effect as a rubber dampener.

The advantage to a rubber band is that they are much easier to find when in a pinch. Going without a vibration dampener. Despite all the benefits of a vibration dampener there are still some people who don t use them when playing. Although these dampeners serve one primary purpose rubber bands can also be used as a vibration stopper in your racquet.

If a person can t locate a vibration dampener and they don t have time to order buy one a rubber band works. Rubber bands are a great and affordable alternative to vibration. The two primary types of dampeners are the worm and the button. In my post using a vibration dampener on your tennis racquet i talked about why you might or might not want to use a vibration dampener on your racquet in summary with one you reduce string vibration and possibly noise.

You can buy a bag of 100 64 rubber bands at staples for 1 99 us. But you also reduce the amount of feel you get when you hit the ball. Andre agassi came up with a custom way of creating a vibration dampener by wrapping a rubber band around the bottom of the string bed. Andre agassi however strung a rubber band at the bottom of his strings which created a third yet unconventional type of dampener.

He removed the dampener and found that his racquet made a much louder pop when he hit his serve. Rubber bands will be more elastic and come in various sizes so. It might not look as cool you can t get one with a logo or smiley face on but they do the same job. Types of tennis racket dampeners the more common vibration dampeners are round buttons rubber doughnuts tiny foam balls or 2 to 3 inch flat or round worm like shapes.