breaking your racket

[jordy]

i was wondering how much rackets have you broken and how does it break.
i yesterday broke my racket, when i smashed i hit my knee and so it broke.

[DivingBirdie]

one. just swung and the frame broke. i guess it was strung too tight.


-waits for DinkAlot to post

[silentheart]

Ask do a search on the broken racquet, You should see the nice panda use broken racquet as tooth pick.

[morewood]

Lots of racquets (not as many as Dink).

Anything from the headloop folding on contact with a shuttle to the shaft literally shattering into pieces. Most recent one (my current racquet) the wooden handle had fractured and on removal of the shaft the top inch or handle had come apart from the rest of the handle. That’s a couple of weeks ago and since then its been rehandled and is back to its best (at least for a bit).

[Javalina]

I have only broken 1 racquet so far. I hit the floor and it cracked. Totally my fault and it was a Cab30ms strung at 25lb. $115 gone.

[westwood_13]

Just two. Both cracked through the head-frame, but didn't break. Good racquets, so I kept playing with them until the tension was unbearably low. If I ever got them re-strung, though, they'd snap.

[Gollum]

One only, and it was my partner's fault. He had a ridiculously long flick serve swing -- more like a high serve -- which followed over his shoulder and behind him. He hit my racket and it broke.

I've learned to watch out for players with big service swings since then.

[Wurmer]

I am in my fourth year of playing I think I broke something like 4 rackets. Most of them if not all, where broken or failed soon after I played with a left hand player. I got some adjustement problems when playing with a lefty.

[DinkAlot]

one. just swung and the frame broke. i guess it was strung too tight.

-waits for DinkAlot to post

Or not strung well. :p

I've broken some rackets, over 40 from mishits and snapping the shaft or handle. 65+ if you count clashes.

I'm only my 3rd Cab 20 Tour Special though (in the last 2.5-3 months), the shaft making creaking noises and getting flexy. :p

[silentheart]

Or not strung well. :p

I've broken some rackets, over 40 from mishits and snapping the shaft or handle. 65+ if you count clashes.

I'm only my 3rd Cab 20 Tour Special though (in the last 2.5-3 months), the shaft making creaking noises and getting flexy. :p

Another racquet in the death bed...

[Pete LSD]

You mean another CAB 20 T soon to be RIP . . . sighhhh :rolleyes: :D


Another racquet in the death bed...

[DinkAlot]

Another racquet in the death bed...

I hope not, it's my 105gram one, the heaviest one I have. Heavy and powerful. :p

[morewood]

I'm only my 3rd Cab 20 Tour Special though (in the last 2.5-3 months), the shaft making creaking noises and getting flexy. :p

Probably the handle, get a replacement handle a bit of glue and a grip tape and your away again all for less than $10.

[DinkAlot]

Probably the handle, get a replacement handle a bit of glue and a grip tape and your away again all for less than $10.

Thanks, I'm very familiar with the symptoms. :)

[morewood]

New handle is far cheaper than throwing your racquet away. (if you do want to throw it throw it in a jiffy bag too me, sure one of my youngsters would be more than happy to have a repaired Carbonex).

[DinkAlot]

New handle is far cheaper than throwing your racquet away. (if you do want to throw it throw it in a jiffy bag too me, sure one of my youngsters would be more than happy to have a repaired Carbonex).

I never said anything about throwing away my racket. When I do throw them away, they are like the one on left, below:

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/5716/woven11crack26of.jpg

[morewood]

Ah a bit of glue, some paint and that will be as right as rain in no time:D .

[DinkAlot]

Ah a bit of glue, some paint and that will be as right as rain in no time:D .

Really? I should sent all my broken rackets to you. ;) ...:p

[Pete LSD]

No, send all the good ones to me so I can torture them to 30 lbs :D.


Really? I should sent all my broken rackets to you. ;) ...:p

[carltex]

hahaha how come glue can gam it !! throw it away and buy a new rackets

[D-man2005]

Broke my first racquet ever when I was in highschool. It was a Slazenger racquet with an aluminum frame. Got it strung at 20 pounds and with one smash the frame snapped. The tension was too high for the racquet. Since then I have never personally broke another racquet. Unfortunately I lent out three of my Carbonex 20 originals to friends in highschool and they broke them. :crying:

Suggestion to Sir Dinkalot: If the shaft breaks near the cone. Why don't you just cut it straight and place a handle on them and give it to children so they can use them as junior racquets? That would make a kid happy and promote the sport of badminton. :)

Cheers,

D-man

[Hierkommtnils]

Look here: http://badminton-bothel.de/schlagerfriedhof.html

Some pictures of broken rackets of my team

[hydrocyanic]

nice photo, only if our panda keep his broken rackets and take a photo of the deads

lol

[Lobber]

i yesterday broke my racket, when i smashed i hit my knee and so it broke.

oh gosh,you smashed you knee.
My racket must be made of steel since i had smashed it countless times on my knee and yet it still broken.
Awesome

[DinkAlot]

Look here: http://badminton-bothel.de/schlagerfriedhof.html

Some pictures of broken rackets of my team

The three broken at the handle are quite admirable. Those are real breaks. :D

[DinkAlot]

oh gosh,you smashed you knee.
My racket must be made of steel since i had smashed it countless times on my knee and yet it still broken.
Awesome

But how's your knee? :eek:

[Hierkommtnils]

The three broken at the handle are quite admirable. Those are real breaks. :D

I'll tell the guy, which the rackets belong to, that he has a fan overseas.:)

He has simply to much power for the handles. :D

[fuzzywuzzy]

Just one. My armortec 300's racket head snapped - guess I hit someone else's racket.

[Hierkommtnils]

The three broken at the handle are quite admirable. Those are real breaks. :D

When youl like these breaks, it would be nice, if you write into our guestbook.

http://badminton-bothel.de/schlagerfriedhof.html

short translation:

guestbook = Gästebuch
sign the guestbook = Eintrag hinzufügen
your name = dein Name
your E-Mail = deine E-Mail
your city/residence = dein Wohnort
enter code = code eingeben (which is shown on the right)
send = senden

I would be pleased to read your entry.

[morewood]

Not a single shaft broken there Hierkommtnils (http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/member.php?u=23007) vbmenu_register("postmenu_501719", true);

[Matt]

When youl like these breaks, it would be nice, if you write into our guestbook.

http://badminton-bothel.de/schlagerfriedhof.html

short translation:

guestbook = Gästebuch
sign the guestbook = Eintrag hinzufügen
your name = dein Name
your E-Mail = deine E-Mail
your city/residence = dein Wohnort
enter code = code eingeben (which is shown on the right)
send = senden

I would be pleased to read your entry.

What is wrong with your Ti-SP SX (can't tell from the picture)? Ah, so that is why is you are looking for a new one.

It would be nice if you can create an actual English page for us users too.
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Well DinkALot, I am sure you can fill Hierkommtnils website pages full of broken rackets ROFL!

[Hierkommtnils]

The frame is broken on the top, because the racket hits into a wall by reason of a slippery hand.

Ok, I check if it is possible to host a english version of the page, too.

[Glacyus]

Funniest break I have ever seen happened recently. Someone's racket broke above the handle during the upwards motion of an overhead swing, and the thing got stuck in the fixtures in the ceiling - well over 50 feet up!