GLIPPER
TO ALWAYS STAND OUT
REACH YOUR STYLE
NEW DESIGN
Made according to customer requests
COLORED PAINTS
For lovers of traditional decoration
FLUORESCENT COLORS
Neon or metallic theme for the futurists
DIGITAL PRINT
Personalized photos and graphics to make it unique
CUSTOMIZED RACKET
This is the most advanced aspect of our work because when we are asked to make the tool " player-friendly ", other factors come into play:
drilling
the balance
foaming
All features that make the racket "ad personam" . And this is a matter of main satisfaction of our work.
LIST OF TREATMENTS
Do you want to make your beach tennis or padel racket even more performing? Give it an absolutely innovative "sandblasting effect"?
You can do it from GLIPPER through its treatments that are made according to your needs. There is the most suitable treatment for all levels of players.
It is made with a varnish with a high power to reduce thickness and weight and a long resistance which goes to incorporate the flakes of the material, at the same time it also has a rapid drying advantage.
BASIC
(Beach and Padel) Treatment with microspheres that gives a good grip but above all an excellent homogeneity to the dish making it even more reactive , therefore with evident improvements. It is spread on the plate of the racket according to the requests. It is completely invisible so it does not alter the graphics of the racket which in fact is much brighter and more shiny. It is an " entry level " treatment for those who have never used them and do not want to drastically change the racket plate.
It is preferably used on medium-soft rackets and / or with many holes but also on hard rackets . It gives a weight increase of 7-8 grams depending on the area in which it is distributed. Cost 25€.
SOLID
(Beach) Quartz flakes treatment which gives the racket a powerful grip but above all a very reactive and explosive plate. The material is white-transparent , therefore a little more evident.
It is suitable for medium-hard rackets from which you want to exacerbate their properties. On particularly hard rackets nor does it promote elasticity. The weight increases by 8-10 grams. Cost 25€.
STONE
(Beach) Treatment with artificial sand of small / medium thickness which is pointed and gives a considerable grip on the ball.
It is used on all types of racquets but requires powerful and expert play . It is colored so it is much more visible on the plate. The weight increases by 6-7 grams. Cost 25€.
STRONG
(Beach and Padel) Strong is a treatment that is used for the purpose of hardening the dish (but hardening may also not be foreseen). It incorporates a new scale smaller than Solid which gives a homogeneous power to the entire surface which assumes excellent grip. It is distinguished by a number that indicates the hardness of the paint used.
It is divided into Strong 60 (no hard), Strong 70 (hard), Strong 80 (very hard). Weight gain is within the norm of 8-9 gr. Cost 25 €.
FLATTY
(Beach and Padel) It is the latest born but we specify that it is not a real treatment if by treatment we intend to cover the plate with grains of material. Do you have a shiny racket and you absolutely don't want to have grains or flakes on it? Do you want to change the shiny effect with a light "rough" that can help you?
Here is FLATTY the powder coating that gives your racquet a splendid, not too invasive, rough effect . It is spread on the whole surface of the plate or on a part of it, it is suitable for any beach racket and padel. The powder used is mixed with our usual transparent varnish with the advantage, in addition to the final roughness, of a better ball output than the original.
Obviously the racket will no longer have the shiny effect as on other treatments. The weight gain is really mild, 3-4 gr. Cost 30€.
FLATTY MASK
(Beach and Padel) Treatment is made with a particular covering mask . The materials application (microspheres how Basic) is carried out so that lines with a thickness of 4 mm remain in relief on the racquet and act as a seizing effect on the ball. The weight increases by 3-4 grams. NO STICKER. Cost 30€.
Players require this processing to improve their game. Absolutely true! The improvement of the game is real and occurs in some phases of the game where the blow inflicted on the ball by a treated racket allows the ball itself to take on a greater effect and a more "deceptive" trajectory on the game it will receive.
So service and smash are the predominant blows in which the player will " benefit " from having the treatment on the racket. But not only. Overall, having the treatment is "always" useful also to make the tool more performing . For professionals this speech is "absolute", that is, for most of them the treatment on their racket cannot be missing! Now even those who play padel need these performances and for them we have studied new treatments.
WHY DO THE TREATMENT?
When not needed?
Obviously for those who approach beach tennis or padel. For beginners who begin to take the first lessons on the basic technique and who are not yet expert enough to effectively exploit the basics of the specialty.
Technique and materials
Many, really many, the methods used in these elaborations. The most effective, however, as already announced, are the basic theme for the few professionals in the sector .
Today there are paints absolutely suitable for this purpose: they evaporate in a very short time, have a high dry residue, that is, a light layer of paint remains which in any case incorporates the granule used, making the treatment on the plate of the racket long-lasting. The treatments on the racket are designed according to the needs, but mainly are performed with materials that give a " grater " appearance.
The use is divided into different types of materials : sand, quartz, microspheres, industrial powder. The treatments are carried out with more or less intensity , as regards the amount spread on the plate or by type of material used depending on whether you want to obtain a more or less decisive "slice" effect on the ball.
A new fashion
Let's talk about the possibility of customizing the racket with a new graphic created specifically for the customer. A new mania to make your tool "unique" and "personal". There are several methodologies. From the beginning, only colored paints were used, and are still used, even with a fluorescent or metallic theme, to "color" one's racket.
For some seasons, digital printing has also been used, which is performed directly on the racket plate, and the casuistry and fantasy have no end here. Photos, personalized graphics make the big difference also in terms of result, making the racket "a unique piece" to admire.
Background
For some decades, and we have really gone back in time, we have tried to make the rackets rougher to remedy the frequent manufacture of the same with too smooth materials, identifying an escamotage tending so-called "sandblasting".
That is, you would take a handful of sand and place it on the plate of the racket after having spread some resin or glue. All this made the appearance absolutely ugly but a little more effectiveness was obtained, with the effect impressed on the ball substantially a little more evident. Over time the methods have evolved, resin and glue have become obsolete and even companies have started to produce slightly rough rackets that averted this rudimentary processing.
The evolution of the game, of the rackets, the ever more powerful shots and the level of the professional players have led to a real "epic" of treatments on the beach tennis racket. Once again there are many approaches and cases of these treatments that mainly started from "Romagna" ... and where if not from the home of beach tennis!