Although these dampeners serve one primary purpose rubber bands can also be used as a vibration stopper in your racquet.
Rubber band dampener tennis.
The worm is a long vibration dampener that resembles a worm.
One more thing about vibration dampeners.
It might not look as cool you can t get one with a logo or smiley face on but they do the same job.
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 will be more elastic and come in various sizes so.
If a person can t locate a vibration dampener and they don t have time to order buy one a rubber band works.
Rubber bands are a great and affordable alternative to vibration.
The advantage to a rubber band is that they are much easier to find when in a pinch.
People weave it through several strings to dampen the sound.
Despite all the benefits of a vibration dampener there are still some people who don t use them when playing.
Andre agassi came up with a custom way of creating a vibration dampener by wrapping a rubber band around the bottom of the string bed.
Vibration dampeners are made with rubber and this allows it be flexible but still absorb shock similar to tires on a car.
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.
Going without a vibration dampener.
But you also reduce the amount of feel you get when you hit the ball.
I ve gotten emails about this so here s a quick tutorial on how tie a rubber band dampener.
Agassi tied a rubber band to his strings and it has the same effect as a rubber dampener.
The two primary types of dampeners are the worm and the button.
You can buy a bag of 100 64 rubber bands at staples for 1 99 us.
Types of tennis racket dampeners the more common vibration dampeners are round buttons rubber doughnuts tiny foam balls or 2 to 3 inch flat or round worm like shapes.