not really, the fastest speed occur right off the racket stringbed. So, fastest speed represent the fastest racket swing speed, not really determine by shuttlecock usedI checked the video clips http://www.yonex.co.jp/badminton/products/news/013-zslash/teaser.html.
They seemed to use a worn-out nylon shuttlecock. I don't think this is considered as an official record. I'm very curious how fast Fu Hai Feng can hit under the same conditoin......may be over 500km/h![]()
let me explain.
that 414 is done under control (lab) condition, where the camera is zeroed in right on the shuttle exit moment. As for fu's ~332 kph, it is done under field condition and the sensor likely not captured the actual fastest point of the shuttle.
i rather trust data from yonex's lab technicans than from some hokky radar mounted some distance from the court, with distortion due to angle, dust and other lighting noises.
don't blame everything on the plastic shuttle lah

good find on that link tho
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