On my Sunday club night I dug out the racquet I had strung in Dec 2006 with the Strength Power nano 70 string at 26/27 for use as a demonstrator, and played about 3 games then switched back to my PG66 which was strung at 17/19 in Aug 2006. (or it might have been the PG66 at 16/18 also from Aug 2006) All racquets are Carlton Airblade AS-Ti (oval) All I noticed with the 26/27 was a difficulty getting a good length and some temporary soreness in the shoulder and elbow. I might replace the PG66 @16/18 with PG66 @ 26/28 for the taneepak "what have you got to lose" challenge
Good, let us know how it goes. BTW, try to use less arm swing but more wrist snap and forearm. This will reduce soreness in the elbow and shoulder, and if done right will even increase the shuttle speed.
update: I strung my AS-Ti with PG66 at 26x28 played a few games with it and found it much as expected. power (that I could get out of it) a bit better than the SP Nano 70, but less than at my normal tension range. It felt a bit better for drives, but not enough to make me put up with the power loss. It felt a bit better 2 days after I first played with it, so it may need a bit of playing in.
Try to use more wrist snap by cocking your wrist bent at about 90% backwards with the handle held loosely, and then uncock your wrist as you hit the shot, which means your wrist will go through at least a 90% travel. The cocking and uncocking of the wrist must go through this 90% or more pivot. This pivoting of the wrist is added speed and will increase the swing speed of your shot-very crispy and fast if you get it right. It is like using a giant pair of scissors in which your hand moves a little when doing a cutting action but the blades at the tip-in badminton it is the racquet tip-move at an accelerated speed. If you find this difficult, another way to do this is to cock your wrist by bending your wrist foreward and then uncock it as you hit the shot.This will ensure an automatic wrist snap action, as you will have to bend your wrist backwards from its foreward position to hit the shot.
wait a minute.... Taneepak: "try 30lbs, it's the best" Neil: "Ok, I tried it, didn't like it" Taneepak:"you technique is wrong then" what the hell?
Hmmm..so the mystery continues.. ...and has taneepak run out of explanation(s) in figuring out what's wrong??..
nah he's Taneepak..he'll think of something... the racket is obviously off-spec...or the gripsize is wrong..the racket isn't balanced properly..the buttcap isn't big enough..the paint is too thin...
At this rate how will he ever find customers to buy his next on-spec-more-powerful-than-ti10 rackets ?
Well, Already he seems to be doing fine selling racket to people who want to prove him wrong by testing it themselves. He's Eepak. No need to worry about him.
Or we could look at it this way: I'm not a top player and I never will be. I can't swing as fast as a top player, even with all this new technology. I don't need a super-stiff racquet. I don't need super-high tension. I play better with lower tensions. I'm happy to accept that some people play better with higher tensions. Adapt to the fact that not everyone does.
i agree with neil. i accept the fact that i dont necessarily need high tension strings or super stiff racket. as long as i enjoy the game and the shot are not totally sucky, i am okay with it
Hi Kwun, I have a basic question. I couldn't find the answer in any posting. I'm sure you can help me. Mains is the same as? Horizontal? Cross = Vertical? or the other way around. when you say 20/22, is it means mains/cross?
What about the 1st question. Mains = ? Cross = ? if I read from kwun post, he will string mains first then Cross. Which mean, mains = vertical and Cross = horizontal. Am I correct?
