Which type of shuttlecock for practice?

[dunmaster]

in our club, no body uses plastic birds! i haven't seen plastic birds used in most of the USA badminton clubs at all. strange poll result!

[bennychenxm]

we always use feather in China, you know, China produce different grade of shuttlecocks, from USD 4.20 to 20.00 grade,different grade for different players, usually we use USD6.00 grade for practice, and USD 10.00-13.00 grade for tournament, and we buy it from factory in bulk, and the price is much competitive.

[Amin Khalili]

Ive seldom use feather shuttle, but always eliminated so quickly. Even though, I still use it.Im planning to use plastic shuttle on my own daily training, so anyonce can recoomended me any plastic shuttle???

[Xushi]

Feather shuttle, - because in a real tournament you'll be using a feather shuttle.

Plastic will fly further faster, so it doesn't give you as good of an idea of how much power you need for a certain shot.

[Amin Khalili]

Same as eliminated shuttle ...

[7SamuraiX]

Feather FTW!!
i always keep worn out feathers for pratice cuz nothing beats the feel of feather

now having a large stock of used n worn feather shuttles

[GameGod]

If you ever intend or wish to play at any level using feather shuttlecocks, you should only ever use them. Playing with plastic shuttlecocks is a tottally different thing.

In my club, everyone in the top 30% for any age group uses Yonex AeroSensa 50 shuttlecocks for practice and Yonex F-90 shuttlecocks for matches; the remainder tends to use Yonex AeroSensa 40 shuttlecocks for practice, Yonex AeroSensa 50 for general matches and Yonex F-90 only for large, organized tournaments. The club has a shuttlecock provider and buys them in bulk.

In terms of how often we switch shuttlecocks, the club's elite (the top 50) normally use 2 or 3 per tournament game (4-6 per tournament match), and normally use 1 per game in a casual match, switching once every 10 minutes in practice. Most of the club uses 1 Yonex F-90 shuttlecock per tournament game (2 per match), and 1 Yonex AeroSensa 50 per tournament game (2 per match) in casual matches.

Although this sort of stuff might cost a lot of money, I suppose it's worth it to train future professionals.

[Amin Khalili]

What plastic shuttle have better quality and flight????

[NoRice4U]

feather definitely, plastic is a piece of sh** that bounces like hell with a VERY light tap

[ester2009]

Nylon shuttlecock is suitable for club practice or beginner, and feather shuttlecock professional trainning. Here I recommand GOGO SY03(nylon) and BS01(feather) which are loved for durability and reasonale price. You may find them at some sporting websites such as Atafa.com, or visit Google Shopping directly to search for more info.

[ryim_]

Can anyone please recommend some good but not too expensive feather shuttles for practice in Hong Kong?

~thanks!

[taneepak]

Can anyone please recommend some good but not too expensive feather shuttles for practice in Hong Kong?

~thanks!

Yes, you can pm me.

[kingskawn]

we use plastic for the 2 lowest grades in national competition. All grades above must use feathers.

[Gojin Kai]

I definately prefer plastic. I got 3 tubes of shuttles for Christmas, (holy crap, I know) 2 plastic, 1 feather. I asked my friend to come have a few games, and I decided I'd take the feathers ones. It was destroyed within half an hour. This is why I hate 'em. They break SO easily, too easily infact, so I just stick to plastics. They never break.

[kingskawn]

Ok plastic is more resistant than feathers but the flight is different. I like feathers but I still cannot play official matches because of my grade.
But that will change this year

Feather and plastic is like cars, I'll take a Ferrari above a Mazda 323 because it's a real car with a real engine but the Mazda will live longer

[AurorAX]

Pretty sure a Mazda is a real car with a real engine too ^_^

[LD rules!]

Pretty sure a Mazda is a real car with a real engine too ^_^

LOL since when was a mazda not a real car. I wasn't aware that you could get fake mazdas