since i restrung my racket i cant smash as fast as i did before.

i have an armortec 700 strung at 23lbs. But before it was at 21lbs. yes not a big difference but that hudge when i come to smash. So how to improve my smash at high tension???

Swing the racket faster!

It takes dtime to adjust to new string tensions. I know I was used to 18lbs a while ago, when I moved to 23lbs, I couldnt hit a thing. Now It feels terrible even at 24lbs.

Patience!

Don't hurry.. coz it will affect your performance. Try to do some smash drill. Get the feel of your strokes and the hitting sweetspot. Swing faster and i think you need to strenghten your arms and wrist as well.

I've always found my smashes to be better at a higher tension :confused:

Well, had the same problem before.

Try to test it a few more weeks if you still have same problem lower it back to your previous tension because you are not ready yet.

Actually, you should be more relax and focus on hitting the shot in front of you. Do proper full body rotation when you smash. When you're preparing to hit the birdie, don't think of "swinging" harder but rather "whipping" it with your grasp relaxed until impact (that's when you squeeze your grip).

Try doing clears as warm up to get use to the new tension. If you can't smash hard with high tension, chances are that you can't clear with it either.


Like everything else, it takes time to get use to new settings (etc. new technique, new racquet, new tension setting). BTW, since your stringbed is tight and tensed, your arms will have to act as a shock absorbant as well. You will feel shock in your arms and shoulder if you are not relaxed when you mis-hit:D.


Refer the fingerpower revisited thread for more details.

well, if you really don't feel good about high tension, then you might want to drop the tension down next time you string it. High tension is not for everyone. I am happy with 20-24 range :)

You're just not used to the change in the tension so your arm is trying to adjust to it.. Also the string needs to stretch a bit till it has a nicer feeling it, at first it's really tight, it may not feel right.

BRL: I experienced the samething. After using higher tensions, seems like the bird doesnt go anywhere if I go lower. Besides, the no pop sounds at low tensions doesn't seem to help my motivation!

Originally posted by ants
Don't hurry.. coz it will affect your performance. Try to do some smash drill. Get the feel of your strokes and the hitting sweetspot. Swing faster and i think you need to strenghten your arms and wrist as well.

Indeed, that's the best thing you can do! When I have new strings, I always ask my double M8 to do some smash training :). It's fun since we are even strong :). And after a while my old smashes are back in action :)

gradually increase power when you are testing, so that you can learn to control it.

With plastic birds it dont really matter... should still be able to nail it hard. With feather as long as you hit it right it should go fast as well...

I have my racket strung at 26-28 lbs and I can still nail plastic VERY hard...

Work on swing speed instead of power... as the swing speed increase, you should also see speed of your smashes increase. Power just make birds go into the net XD

Originally posted by JChen99
With plastic birds it dont really matter... should still be able to nail it hard. With feather as long as you hit it right it should go fast as well...

I have my racket strung at 26-28 lbs and I can still nail plastic VERY hard...

Work on swing speed instead of power... as the swing speed increase, you should also see speed of your smashes increase. Power just make birds go into the net XD

But power is a function of the "swing speed" and the force that has been applied on the shuttle. P=FV. Large force is proportional to the cross-section of the muscle but large muscle cannot move fast. Small muscle (weak) move fast but does not have large force (and hence low on torque).

In the end, I am really confuse.

How bout... les stay away from the math equations? ;)
I'm totally a mess right now in physics so I thnk i'll stay away from math when explaining.

basically if you cant put the bird down at a big enough angle, or you're bringing the bird down into the net, or you're not gettin enough power, you're trying to nail the sucker HARD. When you try to nail the birds hard, what tends to happen is that your muscles STIFF up and you end up not hitting the bird as you should correctly be
Originally posted by SchrodingerCat
But power is a function of the "swing speed" and the force that has been applied on the shuttle. P=FV. Large force is proportional to the cross-section of the muscle but large muscle cannot move fast. Small muscle (weak) move fast but does not have large force (and hence low on torque).

In the end, I am really confuse.

yups:) more swinging at it madly, and less thinking about power. faster swing+raquet face not twisting=faster shot....normally