Discussed a billion times before. This is not an official speed record.At the Japan Open 2009 Tan Boon Heong set the world record for badminton smashes at 421 km/h.
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tan_Boon_Heong
At the Japan Open 2009 Tan Boon Heong set the world record for badminton smashes at 421 km/h.
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tan_Boon_Heong
Is it really in Guiness? I highly doubt it because Guiness asks for reproducible results, with their officials present. Or else any car manufacturer can say "O my car goes to 270mph in our lab! No problem!!"
Is it really in Guiness? I highly doubt it because Guiness asks for reproducible results, with their officials present. Or else any car manufacturer can say "O my car goes to 270mph in our lab! No problem!!"
I think it is official made under guiness controlled and repeated.. But the way of measurment was very different.. in the Yonex test they use a highspeed camera and then calculates the initial speed of the millseconds when the shuttle leaves the stringbed.
the BWF records (332 km/h and the ones you see on TV during thomas cup are radar speeds much like when you measuer tennis serves etc. with a radar gun.. so the speeds are not really comparable.
The Yonex speed is quite uninteresting as there are no other similar speed tests to compare it to..
Its like introducing a new car telling everyone it does 0-3mph in 0,1 seconds.. this accelleration figure is quite menaingless if every other car maker uses 0-60mph as measurment..
/Twobeer
u have a point there...
from thomas cup 2010...
I would say... on average players' smashes are around
woman single 220kmh
women double 250kmph
men single 260kmph
men doubles 280kmph
Taufik men single record of 318kpmh & Fu Hai Feng 332kmph are very rare...
A King Kong maybe?who will believe a monkey can smash 400Km/h ???
Did you even bother reading this thread before posting?record holder is Tan Boon Heong.... 421km/h
check yonex wedsite... www.yonex.com
record holder is Tan Boon Heong.... 421km/h
check yonex wedsite... www.yonex.com