i was being satirical, as we all know there is no "ideal" tension, much like sleep (8 hours is not for everyone). And if you've caught the gist of my quip you should know that 100lbs will rip the space time continum for being so pwnage. I wonder what WOULD happen if you had such a strong tension, i bet you'd need like a racket made of diamond and piano wire to do it.
only 25? this is my first post so if i do anything wrong just tell me, i play a lot of badminton... 2 hours tuesday 2 hours wednesday 2 hours thursday 2 hours saturday and 2 hours sunday, i use a nano speed 6000 (i have 2 currently strung with rally micro string at 27 tension) and i could not get the choice of shots where i wanted if i used anything less than 26 tension, im going to buy a nano speed 7700 tommorow i will be getting 28 tension and im not sure on the string... id like bg 95 but iv heard it breaks to easy so i might be changing to nano g but im unsure yet. for beginners i would recomend 26 tension for medium players 27 tension for intermediate players 28 tension and after that im unsure as i havent reached this level yet... i get private lessons from peter higman every thursday as well
Beginners wouldn't be able to play 26lbs lol..they're shots would be all weak and out of control. I could do 26lbs but I'll do that some other day if the yonex warranty is still there lol.
welcome to the forum! your posting is fine if you ask me... though I disagree...what's good for you isn't good for everybody...and a 2lbs difference between beginners and 'advanced' players is way too little... as for that matter, I don't think higher tension = higher playing level I string my rackets higher than some pro's here (I string 24-25lbs roughly, depends on the string) and beat someone who strung at 28lbs...
i'm gonna see if i can string my fake racket to 50 lbs. XD but i need to borrow a machine and a stringer first!
by beginner i meant some one who can hit a shuttle fairly consistantly but doesent have a wide range of shots, and it att depends on the beginner, some people are naturally ok when they start and others are just hopeless... another thing is how you begin, i started to play (properly) at david lloyds and i got private lessons from the start so i never had to worry about how i played because the feed was always perfect which gave me an imediate advantage... after about 5/6 ptivate lessons i decided to get a new racket so i got the nano speed 6000 after trying a couple out. i asked peter what string and what tension i should get and he said rally micro 27 tension which i have had a lot of sets of (expensive lol) but now i want to change, im debating weather or not to get the nano g string with 28 tension, i am definatly getting 28 tension but the string makes such a difference. i can understand people who cant hit it could be known as beginners but to be a beginner badminton player you have to atleast have a slight bit of consistancy.
you might wanna add a [/quote] at the end of my writitng, but it's ok. now you must see...95% of the forum has no clue who david Illoyds is, or how good his classes are (the difficulty of the inetrnet) or how you define beginners/intermediates/advanced... also, you must see not everybody likes high-tensions...it's not a question of consistency, or power, or control...it's just a personal preference... I play at 24-25lbs because I don't want to struggle with my racket when I hit I don't want to think about string tensions, power, control and all that blabla when I play...Therefore I like my "larger sweetspot" at 25lbs (11,5kg is closer to 25 than 24 I guess) Does that make me a beginner? Trust me, I am not and to you personally, have you ever tried playing with 24-25lbs? or just picked up your new racket and said "yeah sure, make it 27lbs"?
davidlloyds is a professional health club which costs £60.00 a month to join. my coach is peter higman one of the 5 international coaches (the top coaches in the world) and yes i have tried with 22 tension (factory strung) and i couldnt get thew same distance from my shot as usual, im not saying your a beginner i said what i would recommend for a beginner based on my own expirence. starting with a higher tension gives the advantage of making a player more consistant at using the soft spot because when the hit a shuttle in the soft spot they will see how much more power they recieve.
ok, maybe mroe people now peter then, sorry still, you're recommending everybody what you like best...(27lbs, plus or minus 1 lbs...peanuts). To me, that's like recommending shoe size 12UK...because the bigger surface area offers more grip.
i only said it was wat i recomended and wat i have been told, i put how i played so some one could work out what would be the ideal tension so to me the ideal tension is clearly different to every one.
I wana restring my Gosen Grapower 880TI Among these 3 strings , which 1 would u guys recommend? 1. Yonex BG-66 2. Yonex BG-80 3. Gosen Pro 66 Whats the ideal tension for me? I'm looking for more smashing power. I'm just an average player, i don't have a strong arm/wrist as i've fractured my elbow once n wrist twice before Maybe 22-24lbs ? Whats the recommended proportion for cross/main? X times X ? And btw what are the prices for these strings ? Thanks for replying
Recently, I tested the BG65 @26LBS X 26LBS, the feeling was quite the same as BG66 at 25LBS X 25LBS... Thanks.
last ABC championship i saw Taufik hidayat racket... wah! he stringing at 33lbs... Koo Ken Kiat racket also string at 33lbs...hav anybody here try to..??
yup, he usually strung at 32-33lbs w/ bg-66 by the way, how do you know they strung at such 33lbs? i already tried it, the result: 1. play vs my opponent and heavy big lost 2. my arm was shocking and vibrate alot at the next day i drove my motorcycle 3. the first 30 minutes, smash was so awesome, after that my hand feels like have been hit by car crash. just try it, very fun IMO
bro sifuyono...thanks for sharing ur experience so..for me...just enough for bg-66/bg-65 at 24-25lbs... .......without any risk!! hehehehe
