Rubber Band Racquet Dampener

Vibration dampeners are made with rubber and this allows it be flexible but still absorb shock similar to tires on a car.

Rubber band racquet dampener. Rubber bands will be more elastic and come in various sizes so. Andre apparently used a band as he didn t like the way rubber dampeners felt so instead used a size 64 rubber band. 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.

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. I ve gotten emails about this so here s a quick tutorial on how tie a rubber band dampener. Come up with a traditional way of making a dampener. Although these dampeners serve one primary purpose rubber bands can also be used as a vibration stopper in your racquet.

But you also reduce the amount of feel you get when you hit the ball. 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. Use a rubber band to wrap around the bottom string bed.