What Are the Parts of Tennis Rackets?

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Lincoln Ward. I'm the director of the Austin Tennis center here in Austin, Texas. Today we're going to talk about the parts of your tennis racket. The basic tennis racket anatomy starts with the head of your racket, this is the face of your racket, this is the neck or throat and this is the handle and down here at the base is the butt cap. Now a couple other important parts of your racket are of course your strings and the grommet is the little inside plastic area that kind of wraps around your tennis racket. When it's not attached to your racket it looks like this. This is the head guard, kind of goes over your racket like this and these are grommets, these fit in between the little holes in your racket so that the strings don't actually rub up on the graphite racket and break. These are a little bit softer so it helps protect the string. The grip tape will go around the handle to give you cushion as well as absorption of sweat and tackiness. These are the parts of your tennis rackets. I'm Lincoln Ward . Thank you."