Hi players and coaches, Please take a look at the brand new http://www.knighttrainer.com web site. It gives you all the informations that you need to know about the revolutionnary Knight Trainer, the world first portable shuttlecock launcher! There is a media section with exciting new videos and also a forum section so that coaches and players can share their newly created routine, and offers some personal tip about the Knight Trainer. Hurry! Go see this new revolution in badminton coaching and training!
That's great, and I want one. But what kind of website doesn't mention the price of its product? A silly website, that's what. Come on, let us know the price without having to contact your sales team.
We already sold a couple in England. They goes for $5900 CAD plus taxes (for those in Canada) plus shipping.
My club used the machine with our own Yonex plastic shuttles, and believe me, once those shuttles have been used by that machine(for smash return purpose), then you should never use them in a game afterwards. The bottom part of the shuttle will be seperated from the shuttle easily even when you hit a few clears later, not to mention about smashes... The machine is great and all, but keep in mind, that you should not re-use the shuttles that were used by the machine.
Considering this is a specialist device, that's actually not bad. ...not that I can afford one yet. Helluva Christmas present, though.
(Should this thread be in the equipment section?). For training of the same return for a specific stroke, it migth be fine, but how long time will it take before we have robot's, that can be programmed to play like Lin D or Gade... I mean something that can simulate a full game. And will it ever happen that robot could go and beat e.g. Lin D???
How does the machine propel the shuttlecock? Just to get an idear of how much strain it puts on the shuttlecock. /jl
By the looks of it thou, its looks too easy to read, in a real game, you wont know where the shuttle is going, whether a clear, smash or drop. They wud need to make a new 1 with 9 holes going in different directions so you couldn't move til the shuttle had been played, makes it lot more interesting and match like Just my 2 cents
