I was playing last week at one of the drop-in cessions the School offers during the day. In the games I've played, I've generated some "Loud Smashes" what I mean by that is the sound of impact of the racket and bird was ABSOLUTELY HUGE! (I actually got freaked out by one cuz I thought my frame was gonna collapse because it was so loud)

I've never managed to get this kind of sounds before for my smashes, but I know I've been able to put more power into my smashes recently than usual. However, the smashes "seemed" to travel slower than my smashes before( i said seems... but I'm not sure if it's actually travelling slower)... for some odd reason(O yah... the sound of impact between the bird n the racket face is always louder for me after a week of not playing)

My question is: If the sound generated on impact is bigger, shouldn't that mean I've put more power into my shots, which should result in faster, more powerful smash?

But then how would you explain the slowing down of the bird??? :(

I've noticed that my reflexes hav gotten faster, and my friend suggests that this might be the reason that the bird seems slower when I'm lookin at it... but... i doubt that's the reason...

Any suggestions? :confused:

This is kind of a strange question, but I was thinking that maybe the sound is louder because you are actually missing the sweet spot of the racket. If you miss the sweet spot, it sometimes makes a louder sound, but that doesn't translate into bird speed.

This is just a total guess, though.

It might be a different bird that flies slower but squarks more :). Alternately, you might be mishitting the bird slightly (or hitting feathers and cork simultaneously) so you make more sound but have less power. Also, you might have a slight slice action so you have more sound, but less power. Having a slice action in a slow smash is good because the bird will drop faster and it can be very hard to return.

Ron

yeah, you may not be hitting right on the sweet spot. when i just hit the bird with my racquet, just hitting it up and down depending on where i hit it, it creates different sounds. right on the sweet spot the sound isn't as loud as when i hit it somewhere else. the tone of the sound is different too, right on the sweet spot it is higher than anywhere else. so that's what i think, you might not be hitting the sweet spot.

it could be because u are in a different place

and how the sound travels in that place differs

At my school, u can hardly hear loud smashes (No idea why? Maybe gym size?)

When I played at a community center, my smashes are louder.

I think it also depends on the brand of shuttle you used. My theory for the loud sound generated from a smash is that the feathers of the shuttle actual went supersonic for a split second and created a mini-sonic boom.

If you hit the shuttle at the sweet spot, you will transfer the most power to the shuttle, making it travel faster than otherwise.

Also, if the place you play has no sound absorbing material such as foams, chair, or curtains, you can generate a lot of echos.

Ben

Well, I am most certain that the racket hit the sweetspot, or slightly higher on the border of the sweet spot, and i dont think it touched frame.

As for echoing, there WAS no echo in the gym in our school since so many people were playing there and the roof had foams which would absorb sound, the boom was definately made when my racket hit the shuttle.

Shuttle brand/model was the same

jus some additional info... clear some stuff up