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Premier Racquet Shop serving the Bay Area I am Bryan Chung, and I am proud to be the new owner of City Racquet Shop!

While I may be a new face at the shop, I am not at all new to our favorite sport. I've been playing for nearly a decade and a half, including having the good fortune to participate in some international tournaments. I'm also a tennis instructor who has been volunteering with the Gay & Le***an Tennis Federation. I've also been restringing rackets for over 12 years, so you can rest assured that Marla and Sheila chose well when they turned the shop over to me!

11/07/2026

Discovery is the program we wish existed when we were starting out. Instead of buying a racquet and hoping, you spend six months playing different frames and string setups with us in your corner. We'll help you figure out what you like and why, so when you're ready to commit to a racquet, it's an easy decision. This one is for players who want a setup that's truly theirs.

11/06/2026

If you're expecting to be good after five lessons, that's not how this works.

Here's the actual path. First you learn to rally, because that's the thing that makes tennis fun. Then the technique gets cleaned up. Then you're playing with other people, then matches, then you're chasing a rating 🎾

There's no finish line, which sounds discouraging until you realize it's the best part. You improve a little bit every time you go out. Not much at first. Then one day you're running down balls you never would have reached.

New to tennis and not sure where to start? Come talk to us, we'll point you in the right direction 🎾

11/06/2026

"My elbow hurts after I play."

Bryan's first suspect isn't your technique, it's your strings. Plenty of people are playing on a string job that's five or ten years old without realizing it. Dead strings don't absorb anything, so the shock and vibration go straight up your arm 🎾

Julio's side is grip tension. Squeezing the handle like you're trying to strangle it keeps everything tight from the shoulder down to the hand, and that tension has to go somewhere.

Verdict: both, and the string job is the easier one to fix this week. If you want to try something softer before committing, the subscription is a low-risk way to test a few setups.

Worth saying plainly though: if the pain keeps coming back, see someone about it. Fresh strings help, but they aren't treatment.

Comment your problem and we'll settle it 👇

11/05/2026

"I can't get any spin."

Bryan's answer comes with actual numbers. The racquet is about 20% of it, the strings maybe 30%, and the other 50% is you 🎾

Gear can help at the margins. A spin-friendly frame, or slicker strings that snap back into place, will buy you something. But if your swing path isn't going low to high, no setup is going to manufacture spin that isn't there.

So the honest verdict leans player on this one, with a gear assist. Worth testing a few string setups once the swing path is right.

Comment your problem and we'll settle it 👇

11/04/2026

The thing we love about the challenge isn't the fancy week-12 footage. It's that every one of those players looked rough in week 1 and signed up anyway. That's the whole secret. You don't have to be good to start, you just have to start. DM us CHALLENGE. 🎾

11/02/2026

"I have no power."

The player case comes first: are you actually coiled up? Hips turned? Using your legs and chest, or just swinging your arm faster and hoping? Power comes from the big parts of your body, and most people who think they need more of it are only using their arm 🎾

The gear case is real too. A control-oriented frame gives up power by design, and some strings absorb so much of the impact that your energy disappears into them.

Verdict leans player, with a genuine gear factor. Worth checking both before you decide your racquet is the problem.

Comment your problem and we'll settle it 👇

10/31/2026

We get this question every day, so here's how Bryan explains it at the counter. Explore is for trying things out with no commitment. Discovery is for players who are ready to find their racquet and want an expert walking them through it. If you're on court a lot and restringing regularly, Discovery is the one we'd point you to.

10/30/2026

It's 11pm. You have restrung the racquet. You have re-restrung the racquet. You have checked the weather four times 🎾

You've laid out the outfit. You've watched one Alcaraz highlight video for inspiration and one for intimidation. You are mentally 4-2 up in the second set against a man you have never met.

It's a Tuesday league match. You are not okay.

Tag the friend who does exactly this 👇

10/29/2026

If we could get every player to try one thing, it would be a different string. It's the fastest way to change how your racquet plays, and almost nobody does it because they don't know where to start. Discovery gives you a guide and covers a stringing labor every month, so you can experiment with a plan and actually learn what works for your game.

10/29/2026

What are you doing the night before Halloween?

Hi City Racquet Shoppers!
We were just wondering what are you doing for the night before Halloween? City Racquet Shop is having a nice Halloween gathering this friday Nov 30 from 6pm-8pm. Below I will have a RSVP link that you can click and RSVP if you would like to come!
City Racquet Shop will be providing pizza, soda and candy for those who come! please RSVP so we can have an approximate on how many will be joining us for the evening!
Come wearing your Halloween costumes if you like! It would be a perfect opportunity to make sure it is in working order before the official night Saturday!

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Address

1836 San Jose Avenue
San Francisco, CA
94112

Opening Hours

Wednesday	11am - 7pm
Thursday	11am - 7pm
Friday	11am - 7pm
Saturday	11am - 5pm

Telephone

+14158410580

Website

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