Rubber Band Racquet Dampener

Rubber bands will be more elastic and come in various sizes so.

Rubber band racquet dampener.

Latest tennis string dampener. If you want to use a rubber band dampener here s how to fasten it to your racquet. 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. Rubber bands are a great and affordable alternative to vibration.

As a ball hits the flat net of your racquet a dampener will make the ping sound less tiresome. Andre apparently used a band as he didn t like the way rubber dampeners felt so instead used a size 64 rubber band. I ve gotten emails about this so here s a quick tutorial on how tie a rubber band dampener. One more thing about vibration dampeners.

Use a rubber band to wrap around the bottom string bed. Although these dampeners serve one primary purpose rubber bands can also be used as a vibration stopper in your racquet. The dampening isn t quite as severe as you get from a button dampener but the thicker the band the more significant effect it has. Come up with a traditional way of making a dampener.