...the crack in the shaft went almost 720 degrees so it was only a matter of time. Jerry, I hope you don't do the same thing to your 11s cause it'll start getting expensive.
i really think you guys should try to buy in bulk. think about the economies of scale you could achieve!
OMG!!! not another victim!!! you should be using tennis rackets from now on to play. maybe they'll last you twice as long.
Sir Dink, I think you should use those training rackets (130g-160g) as your main weapon instead. Wow, you've broken another woven 11 which hapapens to be what I'm dreaming to own soon.
Good choice! I feel the Woven 11 is a great racket, one of the best heavy rackets, just ask Jerry (Jerby). This is actually the 3rd one broken at the shaft. Another broke at the 9 o'clock position. So far, my two remaining, "new" 11s have no signs of damage. I'll keep knocking on wood.
That is just insane!!! You must get through hundreds of dollars worth of equipment each week, how do you afford it! I just hope you have a very lucrative sponsorship deal! Just to check, when you play badminton you play with shuttles and not bricks right???
Dink, Maybe try to reinforce the shaft area with carbon-fiber tape or some sort of duct tape. have you broken any woven 8 or 9's in the same shaft area? also, that looks like a new string job....so sad to see good string go to waste.
Wow, up so early Paul. I have not used the Woven 8 or 9 long enough to do any (potential) damage. Yeah, that was a relatively new string job, SOTX BS-963. Good stuff but I feel the MP string is more powerful and has a slightly crisper in feel. You have any suggestions for rackets that hit similar to the 11?
Me up early? looks like we both have insomenia.....hehehe. I would recommend using your 8 or 9 for awhile and see if the shaft breaks like the 11. (use it till you break it) Try generating a little less torque with your wrist snap, probably the main cause of the breaking shaft. Other racket that I can think of with stiff shaft would be Yonex Ti-10 or Wilson nCode 2. I think both have the super stiff shaft and in your weight catagory. I have a nCode 2 if you want to try it.
I'm not surprised actually you should be dinking more I'm not planning to go through my 11's like that though . mine will last me for years to come (*searches for a big piece of wood*, better start knocking..) Though I'm warmign up my dad's 13 tonight. Somehow the resulting tension on a 22lbs strung racket feels like 24...So i'm warming it up tonight... Maybe you shoudl give the stb9080 a try. it's says 'maximum tension 35lbs' so maybe it's more rigid...it's only 90 grams though BTW, how come your serial number (ded-290xxx) is on the shaft? all of mine are on the cone...
The 8 and 9 are a bit too light for me now. I'll just wait for my D600s and in the mean time try other rackets.
I have no clue why the serial number is there. I've had six Woven 11s and 5 Woven 7s, 3 Woven 9s now and 3 of them had the serial number on the shaft. Steve said it's not common though, just sometimes.
