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C.
Doing a knot
C.1.
Tying off knots
Once you have completed your mains and crosses, you need to tie off a knot in order to
maintain the tension on your strings. For this :
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If no error has been made on your racquet, you need to find a hole that is wider
than the other closer holes after tightening your last string. This needs to be done
in order to be able to tie the last string off with a knot.
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Put your string through the wider hole
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Put the string in an interstice on one side or the other
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Raise the string on the other side of the same string and put it in a formed loop.
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Delicately, but firmly tighten the knot and repeat this same procedure in order to
do a second knot.
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Cut the excess string
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Release the clamp
Remark
: For the majority of modern racquets, the holes do not contain two strings,
except for the ones in which you use to do knots.
However, on certain racquet heads, two strings can be put in the same hole. If it is difficult
to put a string in a hole that already has a string in it, here is how you can proceed :
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Make the end of the string sharper or like a needle by using cutting pliers.
Bigger
holes to
allow you
to do knots
