Professional players and their racquets

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  1. Rimano

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    Wow this guy changes racket nearly as often as we do... :rolleyes:
     
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    Really nice looking racket... I want to ask the same question on Li racket too but Jackie is faster :D
     
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    Would that I could string my racket at even those tensions swsh:(
    Here in the UK, stringers seem to only exist to serve the needs of professionals from the way they show such reluctance to allow a few foolhardy but well-heeled amateurs to indulge in cranking up the tension on their rackets.
     
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    Maybe tiny hands?
    :eek:
     
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    This is Momota's racquet
    AG1I7813.jpg

    And some of the others are here.

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    AG1I7809.jpg AG1I7817.jpg
     
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    HI Guys : Any of you know what racket is Li Junhui
    using , he don't seen using the pink racket anymore.
     
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    He uses Aeronaut 8000 as same as Huang Dongping.
     
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    Duora 7..

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    Yeah i thought so... but look at the picture. doesn't it say Astrox?
     
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    Could be SAYAKA takahashi then. She was in HK Open and uses AX77.
     
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    Ohhh that makes sense! I thought the sister was using NR 900. didn't realize she had switched. Thanks!
     
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    It's the orange/gold N99
     
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    Bah. N99. Aeronaut 8000. Same fricking thing, different name.

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    I may have stumbled upon the reason why he uses a G6 in 'Badminton Spirit':

    In badminton, you can say that a racket plays the same role as the player's hand.
    Among the rackets, "grip", the material of the tape and the way of winding are different depending on the players. It is a part where identity comes out easily. Here, we approach the "commitment" to the grip of top players.

    [Series] Vol.1 Momota Kenjo (NTT East Japan)

    [Series] My Grip ~ Commitment to Grip Vol.1 Momota, Kento (NTT East)

    "The thinner grip allows the sense of feeling to be transmitted well"

    I like a thinner grip. So, after taking off the stuff that was originally stuck on, we wrap the under lap thinly and now I use the towel grip. Because it wraps around the details, the tape is quite long. I think that it is the same winding method as everyone, but if it is thinner, it seems easy to get power or feeling is transmitted well.

    The grip end is bulging?

    This bulge is not made by winding the under lap many times but by making a towel grip. Initially, we will roll around the same place after about 2 laps. I want this bulge. It is like a baseball bat. Picture it: the racket is shaken when you shake it but the power will stay here. I think that the person who is doing this grip end intends that kind of intention.

    How often do you change the grip tape?

    If you are feeling happy with it, use it quite a long time. But if you do not agree, you may change it in 1 or 2 days (bitter smile). The color to use is basically yellow or red. This is also changeable depending on my mood.

    Is the sense of grip important as well?

    I agree. Even if other people are wrapping the grip tape in the same way, I think that you know that you have your own racket.


    From this I feel that he believes that the thinner the gripping area of the racquet is, the more he can 'feel' the shuttlecock on the strings and he feels he is able to gain more power from the racquet to hit it with. True, he is talking about the grip tape here but if you follow his line of thought then you can see the logic behind his using a G6 grip too.
     
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    Yonex have to launch a Kento Momota edition of AX 99, ofcourse then it needs to be available in 3UG6 (I dont care if some claim that Momota uses 4U, I want 3U) so all of us normal players can believe we are as good as Momota because we use the same equipment
     
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    I think the article spells out quite clearly why Momota might personally be using a G6 grip.
    However, what is meat for one person is poison for another.
     
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    I originally thought it was the n99 as well haha. I saw the AN 8000 and the colors don't look 100% the same as the n99 orange.

    Does anyone know what Huang Yaqiong is using these days? I can't find her racket anywhere lol
     
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    Yeah I know what you mean. But colours aside at the end of the day it's the same racket haha.

    I know she used a N50, then moved to the blue green N99 for a short while, now I'm not sure. I'll take a peek at the WTF vids if I have time.

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