For the price of customisation, we will first discuss in detail your playing style, level of tennis, and where you are looking to improve your game. 

Your racket will then be customised by Racket Services Ireland using silicone and lead weights in order to change the way it plays and reflect what you want to improve. As an example, for a player looking to improve their double-handed backhand, we may consider an increase in balance and swingweight.

The racket will be returned to the customer, where it will be playtested. If needed, the customisation can be revised slightly to optimise the new setup.

Rackets are mass-produced products, and so naturally will incur some manufacturing errors. In something as specially engineered as a racket however, even tiny differences in mass or balance can have huge affects on how they play.

Most people who carry multiple rackets will feel difference between one and another, and end up favoring one racket over the other, so it is a very good idea to get your identical racket models looked at for matching.

Once matched, the two or more rackets will have the exact same specifications, removing the factory errors and ensuring the set of rackets perform reliably when its needed most.

In short, yes. 

Lead is a potentially harmful heavy metal, so we understand if a customer is not comfortable with lead weights used to customise their rackets. While lead is the industry standard, a substitute is Tungsten Tape, which we will happily use instead.

However as tungsten tape is more expensive, and as we do not stock it, there will be an additional charge of £5 added to the customisation price, along with possible delays while it is shipped.

In racket customising and matching, we prefer to work with the rackets unstrung, and with no grips. This ensures we are working with the bare racket frame, removing any possible errors from our measurements.

Restringing is not included in the price of customistation or matching, however a discount is available.