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The right grip strength is extremely important for tennis rackets. It not only helps you to get the best performance from your racket, but also protects you from injury.
You can easily determine which grip strength is right for you by gripping the grip of the club with your club hand at the lower end. Your index finger should fit between the ball of your hand and your fingertips. Above all, however, it is important that your racket feels good. If the handle of your racket is too small, you can optimize it with the help of grip tapes so that it fits perfectly in your hand.
A distinction is made between basic grips and overgrips. Both can be used to adjust the grip strength of your racket.
Basicgrips are comparatively thick, self-adhesive and last a long time.
The basic grip tape ensures that your tennis racket sits comfortably in your hand and dampens vibrations. The basic grip is already wrapped around the racket handle at the factory. Over time, however, it loses grip because the material wears out. This is why most tennis players - whether professional or amateur - also wrap an overgrip around the handle of their racket to protect the basic grip.
Nevertheless, sooner or later you will not be able to avoid replacing the basic grip. Ideally as many times a year as you play tennis per week.
An overgrip is a grip tape made of thin, soft material that is wrapped around the racket grip in addition to the basic grip. With an overgrip, you can adjust the grip of your tennis racket optimally to your hand and thus achieve a better grip.
In addition, overgrips provide good vibration damping so that joints and tendons are less stressed. Overgrips absorb moisture and thus ensure that the racket lies firmly and securely in the hand throughout the entire match, even during intensive encounters. In addition, an overgrip increases the racket grip.
Whether basic grip tape or overgrip, the application of both grip tapes is basically the same. The basic grip tape is just a little more complicated to wrap, as the self-adhesive back makes it more difficult to correct.
Grip tapes have two different ends - one normal width and one cut at an angle. You start with the diagonally cut end, on the back of which there is a small adhesive dot that can be used to attach the grip tape to the club. Start at the lower, wider end of the grip and wrap the tape up towards the club head.
If you want to wrap an overgrip over an existing strap, you need to pay attention to which side of the grip you start on. The existing grip tape is slightly thicker on one side of the racket end than on the other, which is why you should start wrapping on the thinner side so that the grip is approximately the same thickness on both sides.
Now you can start with the actual wrapping. To do this, stick the grip tape to the racket with the cut end. Left-handers wrap the grip tape on the left, right-handers on the right. If you attach the grip tape to the bat so that the cut end is facing downwards, wrapping is easier. This is because you will automatically be able to guide the grip tape at a slight angle.
First you wrap the tape straight around the end of the club under light pressure, after one turn it automatically changes to a slightly angled wrap. Wrap the tape further and further around the racket while applying light pressure.
Important: The sides of the grip tape should always overlap slightly when wrapping (approx. 1.5 mm). Many grip tapes have a slight notch on the sides for this purpose.
Once you have wrapped the grip tape to the top, there are two ways to complete the process. Either you cut off the excess and then fix the grip tape to the racket with the end tape that is usually included in the scope of delivery. Or you can fold the excess tape in the middle, twist it slightly and finish wrapping the tape completely. Here, too, you fix the end of the grip tape with the end tape. Some bats also come with an elastic band that you can slide over the end band for additional support.
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