Well I ended up breaking my racket :crying: which made me feel horrible, but after like 10 minutes of feeling bad I decided change isn't so bad right? I'm wondering which racket I should buy, and I'm new to this forum but I registered cuz I would find VERY useful things in this site. So if someone could help me determine which racket would suit me that would be great thanks! And I don't know the questions but when you ask them I will get back to you, thanks again.
questions are: 1) type of game: mainly singles / doubles? 2) style of play: offensive (smashing) / defensive (net play, receiving)? 3) how stiff do you want your racquet? 4) how heavy do you want it to be? between 80-100g, say. 5) do you prefer head heavy/light or even balance? 6) budget? 7) brand preference - yonex, sotx, carlton, wilson, prince etc etc ....?
1) type of game: mainly singles / doubles? 2) style of play: offensive (smashing) / defensive (net play, receiving)? 3) how stiff do you want your racquet? 4) how heavy do you want it to be? between 80-100g, say. 5) do you prefer head heavy/light or even balance? 6) budget? 7) brand preference - yonex, sotx, carlton, wilson, prince etc etc ....? To answer your questions. 1) I like to do both, but I would perfer singles but hopefully the racket can do well in doubles too. 2) Generally I love smashing, but I want it good enough to be able to drop and have net play with good speed. 3) I would like a racket that's not too stiff but has some stiffness. 4) I would go for either a 2u or 3u. 5) More of an even balance. 6) $200 and below CDN 7) Perfer Yonex. Thanks for the help
I'd say try an mp88. It's not very stiff, not very headheavy and available in 3U. other options might be an mp99 (stiffer, more even balanced) (myself not very familiar with the racket) an at800def (round allrounder, bit stiff though, and I think the new at900T replaces it, I dunno) or maybe an at500 (bit more power-orientated, but a good allrounder..)
Cab30ms. Cheaper and a classic. I also fits all his requirements. And yes, Jerby, you can see that comming a km away.
i wonder why none of the top pros use the cab 30ms, everyone says it's a great racquet. unless i'm mistaken and some of them do, but i don't recall hearing this anywhere.
I would say either the NS 8000 or NS9000S. Both of the racquet are pretty stiff and even balance. NS 8000 I see more pro using it in the men's singles like Chen Hong and Lee Choong Wei. NS9000 I see more men's doulbes using it Like Cai Yun and Jens Eriksen. But the weird thing is that womens double uses the NS 8000 and Womens single uses the NS9000.
Yonex's market strategy is to promote the latest (usually most expensive) models. Cab30ms generates less hype and gives less profit margin. Therefore, which one Yonex wants to dominate the market is pretty obvious.
You sound like a perfect match for the Yonex Nanospeed 7700. Good for singles, but ok in doubles. A little flex, but not too stiff. Good for smash but able to do net drops.
Thank you guys for the feed back, and I will definately try the mp 99 and the NS7700, I have heard good reviews for them but wasn't sure if they were for me, but thanks guys I will definately try these out and go from there.
I'd also recommend the CAB30MS as well...good bang for your buck racket...actually you might want to look at the 3 CAB20s in the buy/sell thread for sale....they're a terrific deal. you can almost get 2 carbonex rackets for the price of 1 top of the line YY racket in canada.
From you question i understand that you have not been playing badminton for not so long. Why dont you consider other brands of rackets which might be substantially cheaper than yonex and would provide you the same game! You could spend the spare cash on shoes and training! When selecting a racket think of the following 1. How big is your palm and how many grips you would use. A head heavy racket for someone might tend towards more balanced after a few additional grips to the handle. 2. Choose a racket that is EVEN balanced medium flex after you take into point [1] into consideration. When your game develops then you can think about shifting to stiffer and head heavier rackets. 3. Alternate brands that you can think about depending on your region are Carlton, Victor, Sotx and Gosen. I can bet my bottom dollor that most national players would be able to beat most people in the forum immaterial of the racket or tension they use. 4. If you are learning the game, please play with a carbonex (OVAL shaped) racket. Please also select 2U which is the weight that the world had been using until about 8-10 years back! You get more carbon material for the money you pay. I hope this helps! Cheers P.s: I presently play with Victor and Sotx. Until a month back i played with MP 99 until the strings broke!
