I broke two Blackens as well. The training in my elementary school was intense, 5 hours a day, 6 days a week. Therefore, it was demanding for rackets. I believed I broke at least one racket every other months or every three months. -S.C. Chang
my first yonex was a at700. btw you guys are crazy.....breaking racquets so fast. especially the blacken. i tried s4madman's and the thing hurts my wrist.
i tried s4madman's blacken as well. that thing is like a tennis racket. its so damn heavy!!! how do you guys manage to break them? do you use sledgehammers?
nah i dont think they use sledgehammers. i think their just so skilled with all the natural forces (chi) that instead of breaking the bird whening smashing, it breaks the racquet
My very first racquet was the Yonex Carbonex 10 Tour [2U-G4]. Although it had a purple-ish color, it packed a good punch. Too bad it broke before I got the higher-end racquets otherwise it'd be fun to compare it against some of the more expensive racquets that I've acquired over the years.
my first yonex racquet was a really old wooden one given to me from like the 70's before they changed their name...but my first official yonex was a MP55...still good and still using it...
First Yonex racket and Age I just think, would the rackets and ages have relationship as: Started with Yonex Wooden racket - may be aged from 35 to 40+ Started with Old Cab 7, 8, 9 - may be aged from 30 to 35 Started with Cab 20, 21 - may be aged from 25 to 30 Started with AR and ISO - may be aged from 20 to 25 Started with Ti and MP - may be aged from 15 to 20 The above estimation is just for fun, since some persons will start playing badminton very late and some will be very young. Some persons may be using his father or brother's equipment. Some persons may start from Carlton, Kawasaki, Dunlop......... and buy Yonex recently. Nothing else, just for fun. If my assumption is matched with you, please let me know.
forrestyung, I believe your assumption is right. I fall under your category 2, my 1st bought racket is cab 8 blue colour, and my bros bought the blacken and cab 7. Kinda of miss my cab 8....
I am just starting to learn and play badminton at the ripe old age of 38 and the racquet I bought is a Yonex MP30
I took up the sport September 2004. My first Yonex racket would be the Armortec 800Def (4UG4), which I purchased sometime April or May 2005.
That's uhh... quite the beginner racuqet... I hope you imporved fast enough to really be able to use such an advanced racuet!
I was considered as the weaker boy in my team back then. BTW, for elementary school kids, we did not have that strong arms and wrists. I had a teammate was like 5'7" when we were at 6th grade. I guesses he was the only guy/boy (or one of two or three) who were able to do the real "smashes" (when you compared the power of 12 year-olds and adults. BTW, the tension was low back to 80's. Therefore, it was less stressful for racquets and they were not that easy to break. -S.C.
My first racket was a blacken. Remember throwing it like a javelin when i was a kid and it survived until now.
