Ive killed about 4 rackets and 2 of them i dont know how. i broke my FZ Forza Ti28 and my Armortec 800 Off with clashes. And more recently i bought a Nanpo 9000X 2 weeks earlier and i went to smash and on the follow through i hit my knee (bearing in mind its the 1st time i have ever done it) and there was a massive crack and yet my knee only had a slight red mark on it. Second was my Arcsaber 10 in another bizzare accident i was just messing about and swung my foot out and it hit my foot (painfull) and there was a big crack which i didnt realise at the time therfore carried on playing and it jus snapped after the next shot. So i think its fair to say i am pretty clumbsy or unlucky with rackets haha
6 rackets in total, by order. 1 - Black Knight Dynamo - Tried a jump smash, lost grip of the racket, flew off and amazingly....IT BROKE! xD It flew about 10 meters away and a few meters above the ground and I was 2- Yonex Ti-5 ( old )...was praticing...a basketball suddenly flew in..hit the ball...racket flew off...yes, I do have a good amount of experience of sending rackets in the air...but this time, it was more like a slingshot towards the pole.. 3- Yonex Nanospeed 7000 ( old color ) - Smash...smash...and smash...eventually I think it was due by a clash and got a crack at 2 o'clock...then smash...smash...smash....a few weeks later...a big smash finally deformed the frame... 4 and 5 - Yonex ArcSaber 7 - Well...stringer problem...crack at 12 o'clock..unstringable.... 6- Yonex ArcSaber 7 - Didndt see a metal beam....clash =. =
racquet problems Wow, I also had same problem, 1st time I officially broke a racquet... I tot my racquet was ok, crack happen at 12o'clock. I think, a combination of high tension, stringer problem and mishit of shuttle on frame. Went undetected...strangely no clash happens.
I jus broke my racket :crying::crying: Apacs EdgeSaber 10 strung with BG80 @ 25lbs break at the wooden handle near the shaft during gameplay...
After playing terribly and loosing a few points in quick succession against a headstrong beginner who made some snide remarks at me, I launched a Browning Big Gun CTi at a wall. Good thing my Arcsaber arrived a day later. I'm bit of a hothead on court so many of my rackets have met sticky ends but I am trying to calm down. Now, I'm an advanced level player, I use expensive rackets so can't really afford to wreck rackets in such a way any more.
My stringer broke my NS8k he didnt even show me where it broke but he immeddiately waz willing to replace it after he adminted that he stepped on my racquet as my NS 8k waz brand new so i got a new ns8k spark gold althugh i had the older colour. BETTER FOR ME LOL
Haven't get to break any racquets yet...although....some of my older racquets have chips and scratches...
My armortec 300 broke because the stringing was too tight - the string made circular loops instead of staying straight horizontal.
Me and my bro have broken a few. 10!! 1 - Dunlop (My father's old racket of 80's) - i tried hitting pebbles to see how far it goes! 2 - Wish PRO-417 - Snaped inside my bag. 3 - My brother's Wish PRO-417 - Too Much Power 4 - Carlton - Sliped out of hand (without a grip) hit the net post. 5 - Gosen Grapower Ti-900 - hit a shuttle with the frame. 6 - Gosen Aermet 5300 - sliped out of hand during a smash. broke it from the kick-point not the frame!!!!!! 7 - My Bro's Aermet 5300 - Cracked after colliding with partner for more than 10 times 8 - yang yang sensation 008 muscle - Only 2 rackets in Sri Lanka, Collision with doubles partner. 9 - Yonex mp-66 - A friend hit too many frame shots. 10 - My Bro's Yonex mp-66 - A friend hit backhand into a chair snaped into 4 pieces.
The ones I can remember: Carlton Powerflo GR - broke during normal play at the 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock positions (this broke my heart too!) Yonex Isometric 300 - hit the floor attempting to reach a smash Yonex Isometric 300 - hit racquet foot on follow-through during a round-the-head smash, this is possibly the most energetic shot I've ever hit, I have no idea how I got my leg so high! The shaft split along it's length making a sort of fibre optic lamp effect, looked pretty cool (I've still got that racquet somewhere!) Yonex Isometric Slim10 - broke at the 12 o'clock position during normal play (broke 2 of them the same way!) Yonex Isometric Swing Power 900SX - handle split during normal play Carlton Airblade Rasmussen - shaft came loose in the handle, this was a strange one - towards the end of a game I'd hit some really weird (unintentional) slices, testing shuttles for speed before the next game I hit them all in the net...which is when I realised it was the racquet making the 'mistakes' not me! Ashaway T9 - crack developed from a string hole. Yonex Nanospeed 8000 - no breakages yet...touch wood
How did you do those? Update: Arc10 is no more (went for a huge smash and the head just subsided) but I haven't managed to break a Karakal MTec 70 yet.
One time I wanted to test the stiffness of my Woven 8. I bent the shaft way too much and it broke. From them on, I rarely ever even dare to bend the shaft of my rackets anymore.
happens to me too... i was testing my Ncode N7 flex and suddenly CRACK =_=""""" i havent even use that racket yet
1st - Carbonex 8 - so, so long ago. It was my sister's even. It broke due to wear and tear and probably the mis-hits... 2nd - Prince Classic Tour 01 - This one's weird. It was practically new. Strung at 24 lbs. No clash or mis-hit. Broke at the 10 and 2 o'clock positions. 3rd - Yonex Muscle Power 9 - Clash with a zealous doubles partner... 4th - Fleet Win Power 70 - My latest. I enjoyed that racket a lot though. What I thought was just a flesh wound (cracked paint) was a small crack that caved in when I played with it just after being re-strung. Strung at 26 lbs., broke as I mis-hit the shuttle.
