How to Choose the PERFECT Racket Tension (badminton tip)

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[Kuantrz]

What string you are using will also determine what tension is "right" for you. A thicker soft feeling string like BG65 will be more forgiving at, lets say 27lbs then BG80 at the same tension.

[dickymaulanahadinata]

I'm a beginner player. Start playing badminton for less then a year. Currently i feel comfort using thin string (0.61 - 0.63) with 26 lbs tension

[JettroTjie]

I play for a lot of years now in the regional divisions, but I never really tried playing with a higher tension (I don't know if it's the culture here not to play with such tensions, or something else). Just last year I moved up from 23+24lbs to 24+25 lbs for my own racket, I do feel an improvement in a lot of shots, but also the feeling when I miss the sweet spot. A lot of the players in my club usually use 22-24lbs tension in their rackets.

[edogaktop]

I used to play with 26-27 lbs but after I stopped playing everyday and started playing once or twice a week, I started developing elbow pain. I assume as my skill deteriorates, I have much less accuracy and miss the sweet spot much more often. It didn't help that at the same time I also started playing golf. Now I only play with 24 -25 lbs of tension. The shuttle feels a bit "sluggish" and bounces off the racket face at a slower speed especially when I am playing at the net but not having elbow pain is a good trade off.

[rawjugv.u]

It seems like your video its suddenly cut at the end without proper end closing speech

[stevevanbergen]

I live in Belgium and strung rackets for players from recreational beginner level to European sub top youth players. The lowest category of players play with plastic shuttles and will have enough at 8-8, 5kg tension. The highest tension request I had over the last 5y, was 13, 5kg and that is very rare. Competitive players mostly ask tensions between 10 to 12kg.
So I was a bit surprised by the tensions in this video.

[kats]

Idk why but the edge is the sweet spot for me

[demon-ized]

Me who playing with 30lbs and still smash with edges 🥲

[eskyleracademy]

Do you have a tutorial how to serve and receive in proper way?

[TheAcrux]

I know someone playing with about 19 pounds and he plays so unpredictable and powerful with it. So it‘s wrong to say, that 18-22 lbs is only used by free time players.

[ydcjydcj]

I bought voltric racket and stringed with 32lbs just to know what it feels like. I'd say hard to control the shuttlecock

[andrelombard]

I spoke to the 3x Canadian national men's over 30 singles champion, strings all his rackets at 18lbs and never breaks strings... crazy

[FrancePlaysCodm]

Do higher string tension causes injury or something if going up a couple of lbs/pounds? example i'm using a 26lbs string tension then i increase it to 28lbs?

[VJJosh]

Bro I'm 11 years old which racket did I use i have yonex nanoray 6000i lbs is 20 can i use astrox lite 27i or arcsaber 7 play or nanoray

[NodrogMacphee]

If your a big slice shot maker ie left handed playing with a right handed player, should you have looser strings ? I find a I damage my inner strings quite a lot.

[evansphenomenal]

Funnily enough, Akane Yamaguchi goes with 24 - 26, but she's far from minimally trained 😄

[oakland]

Do this guide already account for tension dropping? Tension will drop as soon as you finished stringing. There is an app that measures string tension and my tension will drop around 3 lbs after a week and pretty much settle around there until it snaps in about 1-2 months.

[beck]

I'm stuck at 25 for a while now, playing with cheap feather shuttle.