Easy way would be to use one of your spare cheap badminton rackets and add lead tape to it. Increase the amount of lead tape or strap weights as you gt stronger. Same principle as the squash racket but cheaper. Car yards have heaps lead for adjusting wheel balance. Melt the lead in a milo tin in the rectangle mold and place the lead weights in a wrist band, some Dunlop ones have little pockets with zips. You should also add weight to your other wrist to balance it all out. This could be the same principle as the runner with leg weights.
I agree that you can train your muscles and so on, but you don't need the biggest arms to smash hard fx like Peter Gade - he doesn't have big triceps. A good balance (good biceps) are important as well to rotate your body while hitting and still keep the balance. It adds power to your shots as well.
A friend of mine using hammer. he is a national doubles player. oh yar. and my school coach have this device or training equipment which is specially designed to train your wrist power. you can set the weight to 5 pounds or more. he told me its not available outside. i'm thinking of buying it .
Instead of using a squash racquet, why not use a heavier badminton racquet? I have a 115g training racquet which I use to warm up with, after I've warmed up with that my regular racquet feels light as a feather. Plus, the training racquet is much cheaper than a squash racquet of similar weight, and you get the same feel as a regular racquet in terms of grip size, etc
can a tennis racket be used instead of squash racket you have said using a squash racket will help improve power, what about a tennis racket? I haven't played it in about a year and when i took it out after having played badminton for 6 months, i couldnt believe how big a clumsy it was ha ha . Will a tennis racket do the same thing to increase power?
Hi All, Ask the coach to do feeding to you (have to finish 50 shuttlecock/set, do 3 sets). and you need to do smash using the heavy badminton rackets. Also You can improve the arm and wrist using the medicine ball training (pull and push, take-through) and weight training (Bent press, pull-down, etc)
If you don't have a squash racket you can try this and it works for me. Get and old racket and string it at 20lb. A racket with a good shaft something cheap which you don't need anymore.Then, get blue-tacks and stick it on the head of the racket.Normally when you purchase the blue-tacks it comes with strips.Cut it into half and paste it on the head of the racket.Later use any tape to tape it up to unsure it does not come off. Use the racket for your drills or just do shadow swing with it.I suggest that you start slowly with slower and less force.Later on you slowly increase the force of your swing. It has worked for me.
PowerBall Check out www.powerballs.com.sg and call the Singapore number listed. It's a tuition centre (inside the Emerald shopping centre on Orchard Road) called Eco360 that, on the side, imports and sells the PowerBalls. (In case you want to call rightaway, the telephone number is 6736 1005). Get one with a display (this is S$65) and avoid the fancier versions. I bought two, one for myself and one for a friend, and neither of us have anything great to say about it. I spin at around 8,000 to 10,000 (the record is over 16,000) and, after a while, it becomes tiresome and repetitive. None of the available actions resembles anything in badminton... and I'm not sure this is a good way to develop power for badminton. I believe better results can be achieved by exercising with a beer bottle filled with sand (both of which should be rather easily available). But this is my opinion... you are welcome to give the PowerBall a try.
Dangerous I've said this before and I'll say it again... do not practice your strokes with heavy objects. If all you want to do is develop your muscles, use hammers or spades or mallets or weights or excavators or suitcases or whatever. Swing, lift, throw, toss, shake... do whatever you want. But if you practice your strokes with a heavy or bulky object, you will end up with absolutely lousy timing. To illustrate grossly, you cannot improve either the speed or the quality of your handwriting by practicing with a baseball-bat-sized pen or a walking stick. What would really be of benefit would be a whip... especially a short whip (like the one used by cattle-drivers). The whipping action generates the most powerful stroke in the shortest time. You can achieve very hard shots with just the tiniest of backlifts. Try whipping exercises (er, not on someone)... and when it eventually works well for your power, remember to PM me so that I can tell you how to pay me for this tip.
Respectfully disagree. If you will end up with lousy timing, how come just about all professional players train with squash or heavy rackets? I have been using a squash racket a little bit and when I switch to a normal racket, the adjustment is a matter of a few shots. Not a problem. Also, once you get used to playing/practicing with a squash racket, your muscle memory knows how to adjust. You just have to use it enough.
What Was That Again? Umm, you need to read my post again. It's a word of caution on practicing strokes with heavy, bulky objects. A stringed badminton racquet typically weighs between 75 and 110 grams. A stringed squash racquet typically weighs between 110 and 200 grams. (Those made of graphite, kevlar, titanium or boron are even lighter). They are also almost the same length. As such, I do not think squash racquets qualify as 'heavy or bulky objects'. Neither are they the equivalent of hammers, spades, mallets, weights, excavators, suitcases or whatevers.
Ummmm, a squash racket is a heavy, bulky object when compared to a badminton racket. Construction equipment, I would not use either.
lol Yeah, right DinkAlot: Ummmm, a squash racket is a heavy, bulky object when compared to a badminton racket.
tennis using arm mucle but badminton you have to use wrist and finger power. so, i suggest any rq with heavy head and use wrist when you hit the shuttle
The best way to increase power not using any heavy head racket like tennis or squash which cause arm injury. The better footwork you can perform and with physical fitness exercise will guarantee you with less power from you arm but generate a massive power and deceptive play. Also, it depends on your racket if stiff racket you have to snap your wrist as fast as possible but if slower player would benefit from flexible type racket.
