middle finger eh? 1. 8.5 2. 18.5 3. 8.2 4. Old Man 5. None - NCCP Level 2. 6. Ladies Novice "D" 7. Ladies Doubles...
1) circumference of grip (in cm): MP99 3U G3: 9.1 cm (Karakal PU Super grip replacing original) New racket, not settled on grip size yet: AT700 4U G5: 9.5cm (Karakal Kumfy grip replacing original; feels a bit large, may replace with Super PU, which is probably 8.5-8.7cm) 2) distance from tip of middle finger to wrist: 19cm 3) the length of your 2nd finger: 8.5cm 4) Asian male 5) Formally coached: A (very) little, but nowhere near 6 months, more like a week or two. 6) Level of play reached - social 7) singles or doubles player - mainly singles
Grip size = 88mm, Hand length = 185mm 2nd finger length = 80mm Male, formal coaching about 3 months in preparation for Singapore Under-18 High School tournaments (that was 20 yrs ago) Played as Singles in tournaments because smashes or attacks too weak for doubles. More of an arm player than wrist player.
Racquet: Victor Fung-2000 Ti Original Grip size: approx. Yonex G5 Over Grips: 1 thin grip replacing the original Handle Circumference: 8.0 cm (+/- 1 mm) Racquet: Yonex Ti-10 long Original Grip size: Yonex G5 Over Grips: 1 medium-thin grip over the original Handle Circumference: 8.5 cm (+/- 1 mm) Hand Length: 18.3 cm 2nd Finger Length: 8.2 cm Gender: Teenage Male Country of Residence: Canada Coaching: coached for 13months(.5hr/week, for the basics) Level of play: Beginner Discipline: mix of all 3 disciplines, in the order of MD, MS, MX
Here's a plot of middle finger size (vertical) vs. grip size (horizontal.) The data is all over the plots. A weak terndline shows that the smaller the finger size, the larger the grip that player use. Ironic isn't it? Note the large deviation of the data points from the trendline, which means it's most likely noise and not statistically significant. Someone can calculate the r^2 value to verify.
1) grip circumference: 10.5 cm 2) hand length: 21 cm 3) 2nd finger length: 9 cm 4) gender: male 5) no (not by a coach at that high level) 6) league 7) singles, doubles, mixed (preference is doubles)
Sorry for the long reply. Here is my details. AT 700 Original Size is G3 Grip removed , towel on wood 9 cm +/- 1mm Gosen wpp 3500 Original grip 8cm Hand Length 18.5cm 2nd finger 8cm Male No coaching Regular Club player Singles and Doubles player.
I used to play with small grips. When using YY racquets the largest grip size would be 4. I may be mistaken since I have not been using YY racquets for a long time years, I believe there were grips size of 4.5/5. I usually go for the smallest grips available. 1) 8.5 cm 2) 21 cm 3) 9 cm 4) Male 5) 4 years with former international level players 6) Social level (would love to play at Kwun's level again) 7) Played singles, doubles and mixed doubles
Thanks Viver. Which discipline would you say was your main one whilst learning the game under a coach, singles or doubles? Can other BF'ers provide their data as well? The larger the dataset, the more meaningful the theories that can be generated. Thanks in advance
Both singles and doubles, though I preferred singles in those days. In the club where the training was most intense, there were no girls and therefore no mixed, though we were made aware some differences. I later learned a bit more about mixed doubles with a Chinese lady player, now in Australia.
1) 8.5cm 2) 19cm 3) 8cm 4) M 5) 8 years by former China team and Hong Kong team members until now 6) Social , I think I am a retired player 7) Double
