hello, i didn't find any thread about this. Thanks to Yuman Tianxia , saw this quib. attached is a spreadsheet on some popular Yonex players and their strings. thats the best mandarin translations(in RED) i've done in about 57 years. enjoy.
1. Lee Chong Wei 2. Ratchanok Ithanon 3. Hendra Setiawan 4. Mohammad Ahsan (Yuman Tianxia has actually forgotten Ahsan's string setup) 5. Matthias Boe 6. Carsten Mogensen 7. Kamilla Rytter Juhl 8. Christina Pedersen 9. Tommy Sugiarto 10. Kashyap Parupalli [From INDIA] 11. Darren Liew [Kok Lun] 12. Chong Wei Feng 13. Saina Nehwal 14. Tan Boon Heong 15. Koo Kien Kiat 16. Hoon Tien How 17. Tan Wee Kiong The second column states the position they achieved in the 2013 BWF World Championships.
I'm betting the recommended tension from Yonex will be a fair bit lower than that. I wonder what the tension was when TBH set that new speed record.
I bet it's the same tension Zhang Jun used to set his unofficial smash speed record of 502km/h: You can pretty much say TBH's 421km/h "Guinness World Record" is mehhh, and a poor marketing ploy by Yonex
目前市场上最常用的是羽毛球线是yonex系列的bg系列拍线。据yonex公司说,世界上89%的专业球员使用yonex的球线。下面对常见的几种yonex拍线的性能和特点做一个大致的介绍。其中性能特点部分的评价只限于此几种拍线之间的比较,不代表与其他拍线之间的比较结果。 一,yonex bg65羽毛球线 yy bg-65线:市场上销量最大的拍线。0.70毫米的线径,线芯材料为多层树脂,外层材料为化学合成树脂编束纤维,耐磨性及经济性极佳,缺点是弹性一般。 性能特点: 弹性:较差; 击球感:较柔; 吸震性:较差; 控制性:较差; 耐久性:较好 注:林丹用的就是yy bg-65线
[TABLE="width: 247"] [TR] [TD="class: xl65, width: 118, bgcolor: transparent"]Badminton string Details[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, width: 83, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD] [TD="class: xl65, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD] [TD="class: xl65, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]Description[/TD] [TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]Replusion[/TD] [TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]Durable[/TD] [TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]Control[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent"]BG 68 TI[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]9[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]6[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]7[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent"]BG 65 TI[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]7[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]6[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]6[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent"]BG 70 Pro[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]7[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]7[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]6[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent"]BG 66[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]10[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]6[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]8[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent"]BG 65[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]6[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]8[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]6[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent"]NGB 95[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]8[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]8[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]6[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent"]NGB 98[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]10[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]7[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]8[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent"]CN 200[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]8[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]6[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]6[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent"]NGB 99[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]9[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]7[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]10[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent"]BG 80 Power[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]9[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]7[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]6[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent"]Bg 80[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]9[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]6[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]6[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent"]Victor VS850[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]9[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]9[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]8[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent"]Li Ning AP 62 plus[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]9[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]6[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]8[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent"]Li Ning AP 70 plus[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]9[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]9[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]7[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent"]Li Ning NS 50[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]8[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]9[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]6[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent"]Li Ning NS 30[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]7[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]8[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]6[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent"]Li Ning NS 95[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]9[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]9[/TD] [TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]9[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="bgcolor: transparent"][/TD] [TD="bgcolor: transparent"][/TD] [TD="bgcolor: transparent"][/TD] [TD="bgcolor: transparent"][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="bgcolor: transparent"][/TD] [TD="bgcolor: transparent"][/TD] [TD="bgcolor: transparent"][/TD] [TD="bgcolor: transparent"][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]
Tony Gunawan I believe uses NBG95. I have a feeling Ahsan uses BG65 as well, but it's still unconfirmed
This list surprised me a bit. A lot of the top tier players use BG65 and BG65 TI (lot more than I expected at least) and only three (in this list) use the BG80, something I expected more players may be using. I thought may be reason is that since these players use such high string tensions, they'll be needing a higher gauge string but lo and behold, the BG 80 guys are stringing theirs at even higher tensions