My weapons of choice! From left to right: 1x Victor JS10 KRP, 3UG5 3x Victor MX90, 3UG5 1x Victor TK9000, 4UG5
Below is my modest arsenal. Just started playing badminton about 6-7 months ago so still in the "finding" mode. Made a mistake buying YY ZF 2012 ltd as my first racket. Dang that thing is tough to handle. I've got 5 rackets right now but probably will end up keeping just 3. I'll keep the ZF in the hope that I can tame it one day. From left to right: - YY ZF 2012 ltd - Apacs Finapi 101 - Apacs Lethal 100 - Victor Spira 22 - Gosen Aermet 4900 Tour
Perhaps. But I think a little shifting is normal on the head after a stringing job, but that looks a little excessive to me. I don't know too much about string though to be fair...
I'm keeping the positive outlook, brotha. Someday ... someday ... I guess it has to do with the racket's head-heaviness and extra-stiffness. My game become sluggish and laboured when I'm on the ZF. It's rather hard to find the ZF 2012 ltd nowadays. So yeah, I consider myself lucky. But I think the gem among the bunch is the Spira 22, especially since I got them quite cheap ~ USD 40 (albeit 2nd hand). For my current level and style if play, this racket has no apparent deficiency. Speed, power, control and feel; It has it all.
Some places just don't have stringing consistency or they have several stringers who string differently. I took 3x racquets to a popular stringing shop (all same make and model), requesting same tension and string, and all 3 ended up with different head shapes. 2 fat, 1 narrow. Tried to argue this is not acceptable but they were adamant there's nothing wrong and it's normal.
yup. i have a stringer that consistently makes the racket head narrower and longer while another stringer makes the racket head rounder. lol. so i see the original racket head shape and then decide which stringer to use (depending on whether i want to make a rounder one narrower or maintain a slightly round one)
sry cant take a pic of my rackets cos they are at couple of places. here's what i have. yonex - arcsaber 11TH, zslashTH, zslash, voltric 80, 80PG, nanoray 700RP, (NR900, Duora10 traded) li ning - N7, N90iii, N55iii, N36, Aeroflo Super (N9 traded) victor - MXJJS x2, BS12, BS12N, JS Ahmad, TK6000 (MX60, TK9000, TK9900, JS10 traded) kason - C7 limited, TSF300i (F9 traded) dunlop - JJS A1, A3, Biomimetic Evolution XL, Aerogel 800, Serpent 1000 (A2 traded) carlton - Fireblade FX7 x3 (Powerblade 9909 traded) bonny - black mamba x2 apacs - Tantrum 200, Lethal 70 x2 ashaway - Phantom X Speed