Preparing your Tennis Equipment

This article is all about your preparation of equipment.  Many players go out onto the court and they’re always underdone – whether it’s racquets, an unfilled water bottle or no  change of shirt. I think it’s really important you have enough racquets in your racquet bag – three, four, five if you can manage – but also all well strung. It’s very, very important to have three or four freshly strung racquets.  You also need freshly gripped racquets; you’ve got to make sure they’re all ready to go.  The other thing you need is water, or another hydrating drink, so you don’t have to stop at a change of ends asking someone to fill your drink bottle. It’s just not necessary these days!

 All your hats and caps need to have NO writing on them, or the ITF and ATP regulations will not allow you to wear that hat on the court.  You need a change of shirt, (at least one if not two), a spare pair of underwear, some socks, and even a spare pair of shoes.  Spare shoes can be required if someone is playing on a hard court, which can wear shoes out in a long three-set match. Or you may even take out a spare pair of shoelaces.  It’s also very important to prepare all of your tennis items the night before if you can;  That way, it’s not such a rush in the morning and you have less chance of leaving something out.

Pete Tramacchi