Hi, I have recently gone to university and taken up the wonderful sport of badminton again. i play for my college and university - so about 5-10 hrs a week. i am looking to buy a new racket for my birthday - and am looking around the £60 mark. I am mainly a mixed player - and being a girl stay at the front a lot. if anyone could suggest which type of racket is best for my type of play it would be great. i have looked at the Carlton Airblade Tour racket. does anyone know if this one is any good or what would be better? i am open to any suggestions.
hi jessie, i had an airblade tour (black & orange, model used by nathan robertson) before. its an excellent all-around racket. if you had noticed, gail emms uses a powerbalde superlite(?) & she excels in the net area...might be what youre looking for. yonex nanospeeds are also preferred by pro female players specifically the NS9000S. hope this helps. goodluck!
Not a fan of Airblades as I broke 3 very quickly in a row, not knowing your standard of play its difficult to suggest a racquet but on price/performance terms I would consider Ashaway Ti130 or a Karakal SL80, both about £50, both light and highly maneuverable offering enough flex to generate power should you need it.
SOTX Woven 8 just popped into my mind. Used to be able to demo it for a short sessioin, seems like a good and light all around racket.
STOX don’t seem to be retailed in the UK. You don’t have contact details for the manufacturer/wholesaler.
Really? If my memory serves me correctly, I thought at least 2 very active BFers from this forum are SOTX rep (or, used to be ) in UK or Europe?
Being a sotx rep () The woven 6 might be what you need: -it's short (665mm, so fast) -it's headlight -it's light (83gram-ish) -it's slightly stiff or the slightly longer (670mm) extra-stiff woven 5. Both are exellent net-play rackets!
I'd suggest a light racket for net play, so the Carlton superlite would be good or any other light carlton racket.
