Sweet Spotter Sweetness.

Last week I received an email message from a colleague in Germany.  He asked me “why don’t you carry the Sweet Spotter?”  My response was “what is a Sweet Spotter?” and that is how my newest journey began… Within minutes I was dialing up Mr. Google to see what the heck my friend was talking […]

Let’s label it “HEX-tacular!”

The hottest selling string in the MSV lineup is the much loved and award-winning MSV Focus Hex®.  This string represents what is arguably one of the best price/performance values of any string on the market today.  The performance rivals and surpasses much higher priced competitors…a fact that thousands of players and schools and top-ranked juniors […]

The most biased, politically incorrect and completely over-the-top racquet review–EVER! (And it is ALL TRUE!…well, mostly true)

As soon as I began warming up the first time with the Donnay demo that had been sitting in my bag waiting its turn for a playtest, I could sense something very special was about to go down.  In this case it was my league tennis opponent who went down…hard…extremely hard…whimpering off the court kinda […]

Varying tension on cross strings

For as long as we have been stringing there has been an ongoing discussion revolving around the pros and cons of altering the tension between the main strings and cross strings.  Many years ago we concluded it was a matter of personal preference.  The players in the camp advocating a lower set tension argued that […]

NEW! MSV Focus Hex Soft Arrives – – All Hail Mauve Sports!

American tennis players have a huge appetite for MSV Focus Hex tennis string.  In fact, the appetite for the most delicious string in their line is so veracious on an global level that it is difficult to produce adequate supplies to meet the rapidly increasing demand. Players of all levels continue to discover the delightful […]

Recycling Tennis Balls

What do you do with your tennis balls after they lose their bounce and are no longer playable?  It is not unreasonable to assume that the vast majority of tennis players simply toss them away with the leftover meatloaf that has been in the refrigerator for the past month.  Did you know it is estimated […]

Playing MANTIS!

Several weeks ago we were proudly adding great-playing racquets that were arm-friendly to our inventory.  We did extensive playtesting and brought in a large selection of Donnay frames and a few from Pacific.  We were ecstatic (and still are!) about these terrific additions to offer our customers.  As we were finalizing our plans to carry […]

Donnay Frames now available!

We are extremely proud to introduce Donnay as the first line of racquets Guts and Glory Tennis has made available directly to our local and online customers. We chose Donnay as the first line of frames we are making available to our customers  for two main reasons.  1.  The performance aspects of the frame are […]

Your New Source for Arm Friendly Racquets

Located in the heart of Suwanee, GA at 333 Main Street, tennis players will find a friendly family-run tennis business with a passion for providing local tennis players the absolute best in racquet services.  When our shoppe opened in fall 2011, it served as  showroom for our online tennis gift products and a friendly stringing […]

New breakthrough in racquet customization…

Cork.  Major league baseball players have been using it for years to enhance their hitting performance.  It is illegal in baseball, but to date, there is NOTHING in the rules and regulations of tennis to prevent it from being used.  Guts and Glory Tennis has been experimenting with integrating cork into many of today’s modern […]

An arm-friendly poly hybrid? This Physical Therapist thinks so…

Below is a recently received review for the new WeissCANNON Dual Reality.  Currently available at introductory pricing from Guts and Glory Tennis! I am a Physical therapist of 25 yrs who has treated many weekend warriors who write Vamos on their sneakers and string their rackets with hybrid or poly strings only to be reminded […]

Mythbusting: L-TEC Pricing

Introducing a string brand that ignores convention clearly has caused some confusion out of the gates.  One area that seems to cause the greatest confusion is in regard to pricing.  L-TEC Premium strings, when purchased in individual sets, do indeed carry a hefty price tag.  The poly-based offerings range from $16.90 per set to $19.99 […]

L-TEC: Up Close and Personal

In fall of 2011 we began exposing tennis players and stringers to a new high performance line of tennis strings.  We confidently and boldly proclaimed that L-TEC was poised to shatter the way the world of tennis has  traditionally thought about strings.  The L-TEC Premium line was the first to promote full-copolymer hybrids.  The first […]

JET Method – Your Online Guide to How and Why?

Many of our blog followers are likely aware that Tennis Warehouse has picked up L-TEC Premium strings to make available to internet customers.  The purpose of today’s blog entry is to give those who are purchasing L-TEC strings online the means to string them so that they can achieve the best possible results.  Toward this […]

WeissCANNON’s “Dual Reality”

This blog entry practically screams for some retro cool 60’s music to play in the background.  We believe it helps to set the tone for this groovy new string from WeissCANNON. We invite our blog readers to play the music and continue onward with reading our review of “Dual Reality.”  Enjoy! The brand new Dual […]

Ode to Parallel Pliers

Dearest Parallel Pliers – It’s funny how we can really never truly know what we are missing until we experience it.  From the moment I opened my package from GrandSlamStringers.com  and found you swaddled in bubble wrap, I knew you were going to be special.  A 5 inch and 4.2 ounce buddle of joy.  The […]

JayCee Method of tennis string installation – Defined

In a recent blog entry we addressed the JET Method of stringing.  We explained that there are 3 major components of the method that must be implemented in unison to achieve optimal results.  Selection of L-TEC Premium string or hybrid to match playing style.  Identifying and stringing to a specific overall string bed tension. A […]

New for 2012 – – Guts & Glory Tennis does Google+

At Guts and Glory Tennis we are extremely excited about 2012.  We believe the New Year will bring great innovations and products for our customers and online friends. To start the new year off with a bang, we have created some additional resources that will allow us to continue interacting with our customers.  Earlier today […]

L-TEC/JET Method – Insider Insights

It has been brought to our attention that the introduction of the L-TEC Premium tennis strings has raised some questions and possible confusion within a portion of the stringing community.  Our intent is not to be mysterious, overly-complex or  to cause stringers and potential L-TEC customers frustration.  Rather we are introducing a vastly different product […]

Get Reel! CyberWeek at Guts and Glory Tennis

While some sites are celebrating Cyber Monday with blowout sales, at Guts and Glory Tennis we will be celebrating the entire week! The theme of the week is “Get Reel” and during this week we will be featuring reels of MSV, WeissCANNON and L-TEC strings at discounted pricing. Each of the sales will require the […]