Wall drills are definitely good exercise to bond with one’s racquet during the down time on court. My cousins and I usually favor the wall drill of 10 sets of 20 hits. Wall drills help improve reaction time, reflexes, and aligning swing speed with your racquet. It doesn’t help with improving power, but more on handling. I sometimes do that to help break in my new strings .
Great suggestion @badmintony ! Wall drills are definitely great exercise for racquet bonding . It’s one of the favorite exercises during some down time on court for me and my cousins.
I own VZF2, LDF, DZS and D10 - all 3 Us .. In my opinion in terms of smash power ZF2>LDF>AS88S>=DZS>DU10 With due respect to Kon, we should not forget DZS is extra stiff even balanced racket ( not too head heavy and do not just look at box side of it - racket as a whole ) .. This racket is about control, if you smash 10 times with it you will get the power not more than 5 times . Specially counter smashes , this may be due to smaller head size and extra-stiffness. Considering all the factors , success rate , headsize etc .. I feel AS88S has slightly better smashing capabilities. However, DZS is an amazing racket for drives but since the AS88S is a bit more forgiving wins over it. I strongly feel AS88D is going to be a winner , hence I agree with Quentin11 . This is just my personal opinion
thanks for the advice, shall practice more this weekend. While on the other hand, my friend switching from li ning, never face any problem. =D
Everyone feels differently about a racquet, and your opinion is just as important to other members considering to switch racquets. There's definitely no disrespect in sharing your own opinions and feedbacks here , as I'm also a seeker of better insights and knowledge of experiences from others, so keep on sharing experiences and opinions .
Same here, feel DZS has more power, maybe just because i yet release the potential of 88D. I guess 88D required a full swing while DZS need shorter swing to smash.
@Konquerian @RajUS @Leo tan Thanks for your input guys and yeah it is good getting the opinion of others. You understand better where your ideal racket might end up being. Like I said earlier I have the VZF2 and D10 both 3U. I can only get a few powerful smashes (quite flat) from VZF2. While I can get almost the same powerful smashes from the D10, much steeper and as many times as I want. So for me personally, in terms of power as a whole, the D10 ranks higher than the VZF2. Which goes to show that maybe my game needs a more flexible shaft or my hands are not strong enough etc. But i'm really hoping that the A88D would top the D10 even slightly in terms of power in my personal scale lol. However, because of it's counter balance trick, I'm convinced no other rackets except maybe the A88S can beat it when it comes to clip smashes. Clip smashes and behind the back clears are becoming my weapon of choice now for several specific reasons. And the A88D is supposed to help me on that xD. Let's see. Fingers super crossed
One thing I haven't quite done yet is to try and practice multiple smashing in walling. I need a shuttlecock launcher
Let's first get that stringing machine project out of the way, and then move on to a possible shuttlecock launcher .
Had a test session with these earlier today but I wasn't impressed at all. Very inconsistent in both feel and shot quality, it's as though they don't know what they want to be - head-heavy, or even? It seems to gain head weight when it's swung, bizarrely. Maybe that's the point, I don't know, but I didn't like it. This is definitely not a Voltric replacement, in case anybody think it is; the Voltric was an attack dog. This is an attack cat.
At your actual setup Mark or perhaps much lower than what you generally play with? I ask purely for the feel part. It is a very inconsistent racket once you’re past the limits and it’ll bend more for some reason then. I quite liked it once I got used to it since it seemed to snap at the shuttle much easier. Regardless you’re absolutely right about that observation.
Attack dog or cat, as long as it hurts your opponent badly and maim their game, that's all that matters I guess
I do agree with you that they are definitely not voltric replacements. Voltric is all about attack, but it seems these astroxs are more about control. However, I was impressed with the handling of both of them, with the already expected lack of power in mind. I do love both dogs and cats, but I still much prefer my current dark saber n9ii .
It's the shaft with NAMD doing its thing, making the shaft bend differently depending on how hard you swing. You will get used to it over time. Sent from my SM-G965W using Tapatalk
Ohhhhh so if I swing hard for smashes it'll be flexible but for slow swing it'll be stiff??? Seriously? If this works the way I think, it'll be my perfect racket!
Players who use wrist flicks to generate power will get most benefited ... the quick jerk will flex these rackets more to produce steep and sharp smashes ... I felt swinging it ( AS88S ) quick/fast unleashes more potential . By the way .. Today I have ordered AS88D 3U ... I am happy with 88S and needed a replacement of LDF ...
