Yonex Badminton Racket Recommendations | How to choose a Yonex badminton racket
If you are wondering which racket is right for you among the Yonex badminton rackets, please read today's post carefully.
Yonex Badminton Racket Recommendations | How to choose a Yonex badminton racket (1) - Head weight
Yonex Badminton Racket Recommendations | How to Choose a Yonex Badminton Racket (2) - Shaft Stiffness
Yonex Badminton Racket Recommendations | How to choose a Yonex badminton racquet (3) - Grip size
Yonex Badminton Racket Recommendations | How to choose a Yonex badminton racket (4) - Racket weight (3U, 4U, 5U)
Yonex Badminton Racket Recommendations | How to choose a Yonex badminton racket (1) - Head weight
First, if you access the Yonex website, you can see a variety of products.
Among them, move to the "Home/Badminton/Racket" category.
Then you can check out the various racket lineups.
There is a lineup such as "Astrox", "Nanoflare", "Duora", "Voltrick", "Arc Saber", "Nano Ray", and "Muscle Power".
The table above shows the main characteristics of each product lineup.
The main characteristics are as follows.
"Headheavy": heavy when swinging (when making a stroke)
"Headlight": Lightness when swinging (when making a stroke)
"stiff": the racquet is stiff
"Flexible": The racquet is soft.
Let me explain a bit more.
"Head-heavy" means that the head of the racket is heavy, so it takes a lot of strength to swing it.
Instead, when you hit the shuttlecock, a lot of power is applied.
Therefore, when attacking from the rear (behind the court), you can attack with strong attack power.
However, the downside is that it is heavy so you lose your stamina quickly.
The head is heavy, so it's difficult to defend.
Also, the back attack is good, but in the front (front of the court), you have to move the racket concisely, but it is difficult to move concisely because the head is heavy.
As you can see above, Yonex's representative head-heavy lineup is "Astrox".
It is mainly used by behind of court players in doubles or singles players.
(** The behind of court is a position that is mainly responsible for attacking from behind the court through smashing and dropping in doubles.)
So, which racquet is right for front of the court players?
yes~ that's right!!
Headlight-oriented "Nano Flare"!!
The weight of the head is light, which is an advantage for net play in front of the court.
This racquet is suitable for pushing with a simple swing.
And since a quick swing is possible even when driving, it is suitable for finishing play from the front while hitting from the rear.
And because the head is light, it is possible to react more quickly when defending.
This is my favorite lineup.
Then, what racket can properly mix back and front play?
(** A play style that allows you to play the front and back positions appropriately is called "all-round")
yes yes~~
It is "Duora" located in the middle of head-heavy and headlight propensity~~~
If you use it well, you will be able to catch two rabbits, front and back.
Now, if you use Al hahahaha
However, as you build up your skills, you will find out which position you score better in front or back, and since you choose a racket according to this tendency, there are more club members who choose Astrox or Nano Flare rather than a duo that can be in the middle. I think~~
And in addition to the three lineups above, there are Voltric, Nanoray, Arcsaber, and Muscle Power.
These lineups are racquets before the racquets described above were released.
Voltric - Head Heavy
Arcsaber - Head Heavy/All-round
Nanoray - Headlight
Can you feel it just by looking at it?
Voltric -> Astrox
Arcsaber -> Duora
Nanoray -> Nanoflare
It seems that the lineup of has been replaced.
So, when choosing a badminton racket, should we only consider the head weight of the badminton racket?
In addition to head weight, there is a very important factor when choosing a racquet.
it is~~
The stiffness (hardness) of the racquet shaft.
(** Shaft: It means the body (skeleton?) of the racket.)
Yonex Badminton Racket Recommendations | How to Choose a Yonex Badminton Racket (2) - Shaft Stiffness
Let's take a look at the table below again.
There is something called “feeling at impact” in the racket propensity.
It is the rigidity of the racket shaft that determines the feel at impact, such as "soft shot feel" or "hard shot feel".
The more flexible the racket, the softer the feel at impact.
Think of a rubber toy bat among baseball bats and you'll understand.
On the other hand, what if the racket is stiff? The shot feeling will be hard, right?
If you think of wooden materials or aluminum among baseball bats, you will understand right away.
You can also check the hardness of the shaft at Yonex.com
It is also written on the racket shaft, so make sure to look for it.
Then, if the shaft is hard, the shot feeling is hard. What does this mean?
The harder it is, the less kinetic energy is lost when hitting the shuttlecock with the racket.
The power of the player swinging the racquet is transmitted directly to the racquet.
Then, since there is no loss (loss) of power, of course, the harder the racket, the stronger the attack power, so should I use a hard racket?
You should make your decision based on your strength and training level.
The harder the shaft is, the more the burden is accumulated on the body because the force of impact is transmitted to the body as it is.
So, if you use it, you may get a bunch of wrists, elbows, shoulders, etc.
The person who uses the racquet should receive systematic training, and use it while constantly doing strength training and stretching.
It's a workout to get healthy...
If you play badminton for a long time, it becomes unhealthy hahaha ;;;
So, in conclusion, the following choices are possible.
If you are an avant-garde player and want to try an extremely hard racket, try the "Nano Flare 800".
If you are a back-end player and want to try an extremely hard racket, try the "Astrox 88D".
When you choose and use it like this, it puts strain on your body~
Then you can come down with a racket with a soft tendency one or two steps!!
And usually~~ I used high-end racquets for players like this among beginners, but there is no abnormality in the body! Those who do are not using the racket at all! Ha! means... Unfortunately!!
The racquet head is heavy.
Shaft is tight
If you want to distinguish this feeling to some extent, you will come to a sense when you receive some systematic lessons or training and exercise.
Yonex Badminton Racket Recommendations | How to choose a Yonex badminton racquet (3) - Grip size
Below is the screen when selecting a racket at Yonex Korea.(I'm South Korean)
As you can see above, you can check the item called “grip size” in the screen options.
grip size = grip size
There are grip sizes from G4 to G7.
The larger the number, the smaller the grip size.
In Korea, Yonex rackets are usually released in G5 size.
The G5 size is the size most common men in Korea use.
Smaller rackets such as the G6 are currently not being released in Korea.
(I can't find it on the website)
In the case of the G5 size, I think it's a bit big for female players.
So I sanded the wood of the grip and…
I sometimes hear stories about making it thin and using it.
Occasionally, in the case of models released targeting female players, the grip size was released as G6, but it is not visible now.
Arc saver 9FL was G6 before, and when I bought it for my wife, I remember that the grip size was just right.
** Arc saver 9FL is discontinued.
If the grip size is too thick, it is difficult to switch grips such as forehand/backhand, and it is inconvenient to use the wrist.
Conversely, if it is too thin, it will be difficult to use the strength of the arm well.
So, the grip size of a badminton racket is also an important factor in choosing a racket.
Yonex Badminton Racket Recommendations | How to choose a Yonex badminton racket (4) - Racquet weight (3U, 4U, 5U)
If you choose a badminton racket!!
3U, 4U, 5U, etc.
I think the recent trend weight is 4U!
“How much difference would there be between 3U, 4U and 5U?” There are many people who do it.
How many swings do you make in one game?
What if you are a player who focuses on smashing and driving?
How many games do you guys play a day?
If you play a lot, there will be people who play more than 7-8 games.
Then a few grams of racquet weight could make a big difference.
So you can't underestimate a few grams.
The advantage of having a heavy racquet is that even if the racquet swing is not fast, heavy attacks are possible due to the weight of the powerful racquet.
On the other hand, to create strong attack power with a light racquet, the swing speed must be fast.
In general, those who have just started playing badminton have a slow swing speed, so when using a heavy racket, they can attack with strong power.
On the other hand, club members or players who have accumulated power through systematic training create strong power even with lightweight rackets because their swing speed is fast.
Therefore, if you want to make a strong attack, but you are a beginner and your swing is slow, it may be better to use a 3U racket (assuming that your strength will support it instead..)
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by kuveminton
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