eeehhm.... maybe this is a stupid question, but what is the key to access this extra kick? Do I have to focus on something special in my swing?
I would say a normal initial stroke with a more explosive acceleration in the latter half with power focused right into the strike. Think of it as using a bit of a whipping action... so, you don't need too much follow thru action. Adding explosive pronation or supination into the strike will help too.
I will try this when I'm back on court, thanks for the advice. Before my question from yesterday gets totally buried - do you a load spreader at 12 o'clock when stringing the JS10? If yes, which one do you use or how do you manage to squeeze the one from MBS in between the top string and the frame?!
If you buy the colored load spreader from MBS, it's smaller/thinner than the white one. The alternative is to buy the Gosen load spreader (identical to the colored MBS one)....or the yonex badminton 'H' load spreader.
The thin MBS "coloured" type lets you get the top cross in straight; the Yonex one is even thinner, but the only time I find it necessary is with the Meteor extra-cross pattern.
Yes, you need to focus on your "Qi", your inner energy, channel it into the sweetspot. Oh and be like water my friend.
Thanks guys. Didn't know that there was a difference in dimensions between the white and the colored MBS load spreaders. I directly ordered a pair of the colored ones, along with a package of Victor Qi-Force for improved Jetspeed kickback-access.
I've been saying this for a looooong time Seriously, I spent about 5 minutes with the Z-Speed and was sold on the concept that because of the turbulence created by the strings, it's the total surface area of the head that makes MORE difference to the head speed than the design of the frame. Essentially, all of the 'bloat' at the bottom of the stringbed just slows the racket down, so why not get rid of it? Leverage + taking the shuttle early are both real advantages that comes from moving the sweetspot up the racket head, so why not capitalise on that? Yeah the flex point on the Z-Speed sucked, but the added speed with no decrease in sweetspot told me instantly that this was a design winner.
Maklike - you may or may not be aware that we were experimenting with missing cross strings nearer the throat back in the 1980's. It became popular to miss one or two cross strings without any detrimental effect on playability but with a noticeable increase of frame speed. This supports your theory very well. Paul www.badminton-coach.co.uk
^ Imho, missing one or even two cross strings at the bottom out of 44 cross and main strings will have no impact on neither swing weight nor air resistance. The advantage of a compact frame like JS10 is, as Maklike puts it, that the unnecessary bloated frame from around 5-7 o'clock is removed. So there's still enough mass up top for oomph, but still fast with less total frame wt.
Agreed. Had an SW35 done before recently this year without the bottom cross by accident. 0 difference felt.
I've bought a racket years before at HK and the owner strung my racket with a very strange pattern (one string was missing at the cross). I don't know if you guys are talking about that kind of pattern. That fact is that my racket collapsed few days later without any clash or what. At that moment as i was returned to france and as i didn't know much about badminton material i didn't clamed because i didn't want to pay for the shipping fee with the risk that i wouldn't be refund. But now when i see the pictures of where the cracks are, i strongly suppose that the racket collapse was due to the stringing pattern ...
Headlight ??? Hi ! I just happen to have here for testing a JS 10 (4U), JS 8 ST and a BS 12 L, comparing it to my actual racket Li Ning UC 9000, and I must say : I'm quite irritated ! I wantetd to compare the rackets BP, and as you may state looking at the picture attached (sorry for the poor quality ! ), the results are - at least to me - quite astonishing ! The BP is at the upper edge of the greeen paper. The rackets are from left to right : BS 12 L - LN UC 9000 - JS 8 ST - JS 10 After all I red about the JSs I supposed them to be HL, at least more than the BS, but according to this picture it seems to be just the other way round : That the BS seems to be even more HL by far !?! Swinging dry all these rackets, my impression was even more iritating : I suspected the JSs to be noticeably quicker to maneuver, but according to my impression it was the BS instead, together with my LN, no big difference here !!! Now I really am curious about how these rackets will feel comparing while playing, but unfortunately that won't be until next wednesday ... ! :crying: Regards, Joachim.
