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A height-based guide to junior tennis racket sizes from 19in to 26in, plus why a racket bought too big teaches habits that take years to undo.

Pressurised, pressureless and red, orange and green stage balls do three different jobs. Here is what each one is for and how to tell when a ball is finished.

Why two 300g rackets can feel nothing alike, what balance really tells you, and why swingweight is the number that decides how a racket plays.

Padel is not small tennis and pickleball is not slow tennis. The courts, the equipment and the barrier to a first decent rally are all different.

A plain-English answer to the 16x19 versus 18x20 question: what an open or dense tennis string pattern changes in spin, control, feel and durability.

What head size really changes on a tennis racket, how the 97, 100 and 105 sq in bands actually play, and how to work out which one suits your swing.

Strings die long before they snap. The rule of thumb, the three signs of a dead string bed, and what to change when you do book the restring.