Hi, Read alot of thread on this forum. Just would like to ask you guys who are pro what some of this term means? Like sweet spot, how do you all define it as? Is it like the surface of area of the badminton racquet where the shuttle make contract with the strings? Some thread says that a racquet has small sweet spot? What does that mean and do you all have picture or diagram to explain it? Stiffness, what does it mean by it? In some thread that it is stiff but one must able to flex the stiffness to gain the power. lol Did made some search on these terms before asking you guys but the results are to many to locate the actual explanation on the racquet. Thanks. Swee Lee
the very center of the frame of your racket is the sweet spot.. if you got the sweet spot for sure your smash is powerful.
"Isometric The Isometric Square Head Shape equalizes the length of main and cross strings in the stringbed, enlarging the sweetspot for more consistent accuracy even on off-center hits." http://www.yonexusa.com/displaycat.cfm?catid=27 From yonex tennis: "Where the longest main and longest cross strings meet in the string-bed is known as the sweet spot. In conventional racquets, the sweet spot is the area where 8 main and 11 cross strings meet. However, with the Yonex ISOMETRIC square head shape, 10 main strings meet 13 cross to produce a larger sweet spot. This equates to a 10% larger sweet spot than conventional round head shaped racquets." http://www.yonexusa.com/displaycat.cfm?catid=26
Sweet spot: The place on the string bed where it is most effective to hit the shuttle Hi Swee Lee, The 'sweet spot' of the string bed is located right in the middle of its surface area. It is the place on the string bed where it is most effective to hit the shuttlecock. Some racket manufacturers are experimenting with certain design for the shape of their racket head in the hope to create a larger 'sweet spot' area. BTW, the higher the tension of your racket is strung, the smaller the 'sweet spot' you will get from your string bed. Hope that this will throw some light/info for you. Cheers... chris@ccc ***
Stiffness is the amount of flexibility your racket has. You could check it by pulling the head and the shaft of your racket. If the middle bends without effort, it's flexible and if it's stiff, you'll need some energy to bend it. Some ppl do better with flexible racket some not. It depends on your style. However, people tend to use stiff racket when reached a higher lvl...
