Racket design

The first one is what we called "Head Heavy" rackets and the second one is what we called "Head Light" rackets.

You can search in our forum and see what other people's preferences are, also keep in mind that these two types of rackets are designed for different users. Head heavy ones are normally for offensive users and Head Light rackets are most likely for defensive users.

 

there are also different shapes, oval and iso.

basically iso provides a larger sweetspot, much more forgiving to off centered hits.

Oval shaped frame has a denser string bed and many ppl feels that it "explodes off the strings", more crisp feeling.

choosing between the shapes and the balance of the racket is mainly ur preference.

For head heavy rackets, its easier to smash and clear as with the extra weight on the head, u can be lazier to swing the racket.

With head light racket, its much easier to defence as there is less inertia to overcome when u wanna change direction fast.

have fun choosing ur new racket

 

rofl, i doubt a normal human can really make the frame to crack or disconnect from a shaft from just swinging the racket without hitting any hard objects.

while it may be true that lighter racket may break easier when clashes with other rackets or other hard objects, heavier rackets seem to be more durable due to more material.

well, with a lighter racket, they gotta take the weight off somewhere right?

but if u don string ur racket at high tensions like 27 onwards, any racket would probably last u a long time. provided u take care of it
no scraping of the floor, hitting ur double partner's head or anything like that

 

basically, choose a racket that fits ur style, don have to think so much about it. I found out that basically, all those high end racket all tend to feel the same to me (i'm a novice) just get a racket and work on ur technique, it gives u much more improvement then any racket can.

there is a thread some where about the characteristic of rackets, do a search on that and read up, it pretty covers everything.

 

perhaps try finding something thats right in the middle of everything.
equal balance, 2U perhaps.
try both iso and oval heads to see if either one particularly strikes your fancy.
from there, as you get better, and able to discern equipment differences, you will naturally progress to head heavy/light, heavier/lighter, iso/oval, and whatever else to fit your personal developing style.

 

interesting, the shaft and the frame flew out from the handle

 

Like the description, hold it, and swing it, you can tell it by yourself, w/o reading the spec.

 

There's might be possibilities here or there. Even a batball bat could be broken, never have to metion rackets. However, I never seen a racket broken like your friend described. All the brokage were due to clash, bump, mis-hit, over usage (used for yrs), bad storage, bad string job, manufacture defect, etc.

 

I have seen a racquet broken at the shaft from the handle, but this was a metal racquet. What happened was that the player smashed, and without clashing anything, the head/shaft flew off as a unit from the wooden handle and impacted on the opponent's ankle. Quite scary actually as this was at smash energy levels and it was fortunate the hit took place with the head not the ragged shaft.

It seemed the racquet broke where it flexes every time you swing it (closer to the cone end of the shaft). After some 10-15 years of use, it seemed like metal fatique in combination with possibly some previous hits finally proved too much for the material.

SNAP..... just like that, the shaft and the head just separated from the handle. But as any materials/mech. engineer can tell you, graphite doesn't fatique in the same way aluminum does, which accumulates stress untill the cracks in its structure just fails. Graphite has a clean failure mode, it's bend a little, and then all or nothing.

 

Hang on becareful here, I didn't say the shaft flew out. I said the shaft failed outright and snapped. The broken remains of the head and shaft then separated from the handle, which has a little bit of the shaft in it still.