*New! Adidas Badminton

**mactrieuduyanh** · 03-22-2013, 10:30 AM

@j4ckie : you are quite lucky to live in a big city. You said about your next season in september, in which club du u play?

**paulstewart64** · 03-22-2013, 10:35 AM

We are expecting release in July so we also have to wait.

The rackets are very good - the 4 I tested were excellent.

Paul
www.badminton-coach.co.uk

**j4ckie** · 03-22-2013, 11:51 AM

Originally Posted by mactrieuduyanh

@j4ckie : you are quite lucky to live in a big city. You said about your next season in september, in which club du u play?

Hannover 96 - with currently 7 teams the biggest around here

But I train in 2 more regularly and 1 sporadically - which is more playing around than actually training as there's only 1 player with good technique in that club. They have 2 teams as well.
Season regularly starts in September for us and rarely goes longer than February (which it did this year - officially the first half of March is still in the season but most clubs/divisions arrange the matches so that there are no matches there if possible). If you search for us on youtube there should be a few results

**mactrieuduyanh** · 03-22-2013, 12:33 PM

Originally Posted by j4ckie

Hannover 96 - with currently 7 teams the biggest around here

But I train in 2 more regularly and 1 sporadically - which is more playing around than actually training as there's only 1 player with good technique in that club. They have 2 teams as well.
Season regularly starts in September for us and rarely goes longer than February (which it did this year - officially the first half of March is still in the season but most clubs/divisions arrange the matches so that there are no matches there if possible). If you search for us on youtube there should be a few results

From some of your videos on youtube (not so clearly) i can see Oliver products are quite popular in your big club hannover96, is Oliver from Germany? and that is so call nationalism?
And Adidas also German company, can they succeed on their homesoil?

**j4ckie** · 03-22-2013, 12:54 PM

Oliver is a German company, yeah. That's why there's quite a few players using their stuff - they're usually cheaper than the rest because they're a smaller company (which at the same time is the reason they're rather unknown abroad). Also our club had a contract with them so we got their products at some kind of discount.
With adidas it'll depend entirely on their marketing (how well they'll be known, in badminton that usually depends on sponsorships and players spreading the word) and their prices (cheaper than Yonex might give players an incentive to try out their products). Availability is also an issue, they really need to be carried by most big retailers.

**dbswansea** · 03-22-2013, 01:30 PM

Originally Posted by paulstewart64

We are expecting release in July so we also have to wait.

The rackets are very good - the 4 I tested were excellent.

Paul
www.badminton-coach.co.uk

July? That's no good, it's a new Arc11 for me then.

**mactrieuduyanh** · 03-22-2013, 01:36 PM

For all who lives in germany and is looking for a chance to visit Adidas demo days

http://www.badzine.de/ansicht/datum/...demo-days.html

**mactrieuduyanh** · 03-26-2013, 03:59 AM

@j4ckie
Dear Duyanh
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we changed your visit for the demo day from cologne to paderborn.
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With best regards
Benjamin Müller

**j4ckie** · 03-26-2013, 05:11 AM

Did you contact them for that? Or did you just apply for both?

**mactrieuduyanh** · 03-26-2013, 06:02 AM

Originally Posted by j4ckie

Did you contact them for that? Or did you just apply for both?

No, just wrote on one of their FB wall post that my prefer demo is Paderborn. And they did.

**thehysa** · 03-27-2013, 06:14 PM

The Adipower Pro is available for purchase? Price: $189.95 USD
http://www.racketsportsusa.com/rackets.html

***kwun*** · 03-28-2013, 05:06 PM

Originally Posted by thehysa

The Adipower Pro is available for purchase? Price: $189.95 USD
http://www.racketsportsusa.com/rackets.html

looks like they are prototyping the website again as there are no other items in the site.

i was told they haven't launched yet and there may still be revision of the price. let's see what they end up at.

**IOMLS** · 03-29-2013, 12:26 AM

Really interested to see how these play. There attempt at branching into tennis racquets wasn't great, but I guess it depends who is OEMing for them.

***kwun*** · 03-29-2013, 01:17 AM

i have been playing with the adipower duoforce the past couple of sessions.

strung with ZM65@23/25.3lbs.

absolutely incredible. the crispness, power, feel, speed, balance, are all right on. it reminds me of the Ti-10, MP99, but with more omph and feedback.

from what i can feel so far, the adipower duoforce has replaced the adipower pro as my favorite Adidas racket now, if not favorite racket ever.

**ThomasJE** · 03-29-2013, 05:35 AM

Have you got any more reviews for us Kwun? It's been a while since you posted one.

**dbswansea** · 03-29-2013, 05:49 AM

Originally Posted by kwun

i have been playing with the adipower duoforce the past couple of sessions.

strung with ZM65@23/25.3lbs.

absolutely incredible. the crispness, power, feel, speed, balance, are all right on. it reminds me of the Ti-10, MP99, but with more omph and feedback.

from what i can feel so far, the adipower duoforce has replaced the adipower pro as my favorite Adidas racket now, if not favorite racket ever.

I was going to buy an Arc11 for next season but this is making me chance my mind a little.

**Mark A** · 03-29-2013, 06:05 AM

Originally Posted by kwun

i have been playing with the adipower duoforce the past couple of sessions.

strung with ZM65@23/25.3lbs.

absolutely incredible. the crispness, power, feel, speed, balance, are all right on. it reminds me of the Ti-10, MP99, but with more omph and feedback.

from what i can feel so far, the adipower duoforce has replaced the adipower pro as my favorite Adidas racket now, if not favorite racket ever.

I don't know whether the UK is going to get this one... but I've already sent an email asking...