How To Choose & Buy Best Badminton Racket -Complete Guide 2022

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The best badminton racket is fundamentally determined by its weight and stiffness, and its shaft is the primary structure that directly transmits the hitting feel of the racket. Conceivably, “The shaft is the soul of a racket”. Choose & buy your best badminton racket suited to your style of play and improve your skills in the game that gives you the best result to come out as a shuttler.

Complete Guide Rules To Choose & Buy Your Best Badminton Racket

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Let’s Understand In Brief:

  • GRIP: Ranges from G1 to G6.
  • WEIGHT: From U to 5U.
  • HEAD SHAPE: Oval shape or isometric/square shape.
  • SHAFT FLEXIBILTY: Ranges from flexible, medium, and stiff.
  • BALANCE: With heavy head, balanced, and light head.

Racket GRIP

Almost all rackets come with the standard grip i.e G4 size range. This size range is found in all racquets. A smaller size grip allows more finger power/wrist action to be used whereas a bigger size range utilizes more of our arm. There are many other ways to grip a racquet/racket according to your playing style.

  • G5 grip size is specially designed for player with small-size hands.G1/G2 are for player with large-size hands.

BEST BADMINTON RACKET LEADS TO -> MORE ARM POWER<=> MORE FINGER/WRIST POWER

Types Of Grip:

  • Backhand gripForehand gripAttacking/Smashing grip/Pan grip

Racket Weight

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Most badminton rackets usually weigh between 85-92gm(Without the string and grip).

  • Heavy racquet(2U/U) is considered as a power badminton racket.A Light racquet gives you better control on shuttle.

Head Shape

  • OVAL SHAPE: This shaped rackets has smaller sweet spot and delivers more power only when spot is hit. Provides better control to player and can perfectly execute desired shot and make the shutte to drop. These shaped rackets are recommended for advance level player.
  • ISOMETRIC SHAPE: This shaped racquet have more squarish head as comparison to an oval. It has larger sweet spot for begginer to play effecetively.These spot make easy to hit without loosing more power.

Shaft Flexibility

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The shaft is the soul of the badminton racket as we discussed before. It can be flexible or stiff depending upon the material. The shaft area lies between the handle/grip and strung/T-joint area of the frame.

Balance

The racket balance or balance point of a racket refers to the weight distribution in a racket and can be known by where the center of balance lies in the racquet, starting from its base.

  • “Heavy head rackets” feel heavy at racket head and generates more power in your smashes.”Light head rackets” are mostly suited for net players.”Even balance rackets” gives good feel and flexibility to all-round players.

String Tension

Strings are the only point of contact between the shuttle and the racket, and so are key to a player’s ability to strike the shuttle effectively. If you’re a beginner-level player then it’s more important to just enjoy the game; however, for developing and elite players, string customization can bring huge benefits but the string tension increases the sweet spot reduces and the racket became more concentrated.

Material

Badminton rackets are made up of different types of materials like wood, Steel, Carbon Fiber, Aluminum, and Graphite, etc.

Our recommendation on
basis of player level: BEGINNERS/INTERMEDIATES/PROFESSIONALS

Grip: G4/S3 G4/S3 G4/S3 
Weight: 3U/4U2U/U2U/U
Head shape: Isometric/oval
Balance: Balanced Head Heavy/ Light Head Heavy
Material: Stell/AluminumAluminum/GraphiteGraphite
String Tension18-21lbs22-28lbs25-35lbs
Flexibility:Flexible/Stiff
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