Why Tennis Strings are STILL Made of Cow Guts

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I love these videos man, these mini tennis documentaries are so beautifully produced

I'm a senior copywriter for one of the biggest agencies in the world, and let me tell you that this is immaculately scripted, edited, and executed in every way. Thank you for such content, my man. God speed.

I've played tennis for years and it never once occurred to me that the "gut" material for strings was based on actual guts. I thought it referred to strings being the gut of the tennis racket. I learned something new today.

So happy to see Guga in this video! My hero, my idol, the legend of my hometown! I have a T-Shirt signed by him. We live in a small town, but never saw him in person. Only his mom and his grandma. Edit: in his biography Guga talks about the strings "euphoria". I can't remember right now if was Agassi the "main reason" the new string wasn't banned. But Guga says in his book that Agassi (or other player) adaptation to the new string was crucial to keep the polyester.

And I thought your crazy video ideas couldn't get even more crazier! Fascinating stuff as always my friend on a subject I literally knew nothing about! P.S: Congratulations on 100k Subs! ❤️

recently tried poly strings for the first time. can confirm - CRAZY spin. i hit a second serve that went up the middle right off my racket, but ended up crossing the sideline. never done that before O.o

Great video again man! String tech literally a game changer 🔥🔥

I've never watched or played tennis but I like sports and I love these Cult Tennis videos. Keep feathering it brother

Ah Cult Tennis, the tennis channel where I always know... they aren't stringing me along... even if they literally are~ Love videos like this! Great work!

Ah perfect I can sit down and eat my lunch whilst watching a Cult Tennis video. Oh...maybe I skip the lunch

Amazing video as always! You have a true talent for video making

Wow, the editing and design of these videos are so creative. Very cool!

you make the best tennis videos by far dude. keep going.

I love your videos! The other day y was thinking Cult tennis have not release videos in a while. And then you upload it!

Neat. I didn't know this was used in tennis. Early lacrosse pockets were made of "cat-gut" too

One of the best tutorial videos for beginners (and others). Wow. Thanks!

It's amazing how you do these videos. So much information in such short videos and brilliantly produced everytime. 💯👏🏽👍🏽

Well the issue is really the environment. Tennis players restring so often, they create a mountain of used strings that don't break down. And with the popularity of racket sports growing due to the pandemic, this could be a serious issue. Of course, this issue should be a follow-on to this channel's tennis ball environmental impact video. Some strings can get recycled but the energy it takes to break them down coupled with the toxic chemical by-products makes this route questionable. Natural gut at least is bio-degradable though expensive.

The hybrid stringing information is wrong. To increase power, the mains should be natural gut, not polyester. The mains have more influence than the crosses, and natural gut is more poweful than polyester.