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My Serve
Welcome to the latest issue of Pro
Stringer. The summer season is
winding down and everyone is get-
ting ready here for the winter hall season. We saw record
number of ERSA Pro Tour Stringers in tournaments this
summer.
We are working on a few new projects to help our members get
jobs in tournaments as well as in shops.
With the US Open is swing, there are lots of new rackets
coming out this month. This month we introduce the new Yonex
Ezone line and the new Wilson Ultra line of rackets. Several
new racket Lines will be introduced in the next several issues.
We have been testing the rackets and find the new technolo-
gies have made improvements in the rackets.
We had to change venues in Milan for the 2018 Symposium
and hope to have everything finished in the next 10 days. We
will send out a special mailing with dates, hotels, prices and the
schedule for the Symposium.
I spent most of my life as a tennis player, coach and stringer. I
have seen many people at the end of their career having
trouble standing all day with knee and back problems, myself
included. My left knee was getting worse the last year and was
getting difficult standing all day and playing sports. I decided to
get hyaluronan shots in both knees. This allowed me to start
slowly playing sports again and at the same time went on a
gluten free diet. I lost eight kilos in 2 months and can run, jump
and play tennis again. I have more energy and no pain in my
knee and back anymore. I encourage anyone who has knee
pain from sport and standing to long
to try these shots. I know from some
ex top players who coach now were
also at a point of quitting before try-
ing this.
I will be in China, Korea and Taiwan
in October doing workshops. Any
members in Asia interested to take
part or in certification testing please
contact me.
Best regards
Mark Maslowski