Choosing A Badminton Racket

Choosing the correct badminton racket can be a crucial decision, whatever level you are at. Hopefully, with a little help, i can help you find just the right badminton racket that suits your style of play.

As you search to find the perfect badminton racket you will soon get to know the more established racket companies such as Yonex, Carlton, Wilson, Head, Prince and numerous other brands, who all want you to part with your cash and select their badminton rackets. The trick is to find the right badminton racket which compliments your style of play. Think of your badminton racket as the cherry on top of the badminton cake. In my opinion, a badminton racket you buy will give you, at most, an extra 5% to your game. The actual racket strings are probably more important than the racket itself.

Badminton Rackets and Injuries

As a result of these violent actions, many players develop repetitive shoulder injuries. Work is the energy required to produce a certain shuttle speed. It measures the efficiency of the badminton racquet. The more efficient your badminton racket is, the less work you need to put in. So a low work racket is good for you. Think of work as the rackets power.

High shock is bad for injuries.

Some argue that a light racket will allow you to swing faster, and therefore create more velocity on impact, resulting in faster shuttle speed. The other side of the argument is that a heavy racket will have more mass on impact, despite less swing speed, and this extra weight will create the necessary shuttle speed.

Faster swing speed means less control. Over time this lightweight racket will demolish your arm compared to a heavier one. The modern trend in all racket sports is to have light rackets with a head heavy balance.

More mass at the top will help the racket to crush through the shuttle on impact. It requires more effort on your part, you have to work harder to achieve the same shuttle speed as a heavy, head light racquet. Also, head heavy rackets feel sluggish and slow.

Head light and heavy is best for performance, and best for avoiding injury.

Add weight to the handle. There is also a little gimmick called lead tape, and the idea is to apply this tape to the racket head. This will create a head heavy balance. Specify what weight and balance point you want.



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