Jayce
Introduction
In the Chinese badminton community, the four combinations of Yasi, Yellow Duck, Dongdu and Desha have been honored as the “Big 4” because of their superior strength in mixed doubles. Since the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the gold medals in the WBF Super Tournament have almost been won by these four combinations. Recently, it seems that among the Big 4, the Yasi combination is particularly strong and stable, and it is the leader among them, while the strength of the other three combinations is also not to be underestimated.
The Yellow Ducks, who beat Yasi to the top of the Tokyo Olympics, and the De Chambers, who are among the top mixed doubles players with their 2021 World Championships title, and the Tohatsu team, with their All-England title and World Championships runner-up honors to their credit. As a racket favored by Olympic Champion Huang Dongping and World Champion DeChiapo to compete in this year’s biggest international event, the 2022 World Championships in Japan, I am looking forward to it.
Appearance Painting
ARC 7PRO is largely the same as ARC 11PRO in terms of the style of paint design. The pearl gray color scheme is low-key and elegant, and the integration and collision of yellow-green color gives a stronger visual impact, which exudes passion and vitality at all times, just like the sport of badminton.
At the same time, the racket frame is decorated with straight line elements and silver, gray and yellow colors, adding a bit of sharpness to it. Just as YONEX’s slogan for the ARC 7PRO – Sword and Sword, Born for Battle – reminds us of our youthful dreams of immortality – the wind and the sword. -The ARC 7PRO is a great way to get rid of evil spirits, and it’s a great way to get rid of evil spirits, and it’s a great way to get rid of evil spirits.
Practical experience
The main character of this review, ARC 7PRO, is 4U G5; origin: Japan; marking stringing poundage: 19-27LBS. the frame is 76 strings holes, the racket body is 675mm in length, the cone cover design is the same as the ARC 11PRO – E.-B.CAP plus. the stringing is YONEX ABBT ball string, pulling the stringing poundage: 26LBS.
In terms of design, the ARC 7PRO is largely consistent with the ARC 11PRO, with the difference being that the ARC 7PRO adds a small modification to the center stick and frame to create a more appropriate flex and torque. In my opinion, the parameters can only be used as a starting point to understand the racket, the only way to have a clear understanding of the racket is to have experienced it, I uphold the spirit of “practice is the only criterion for testing the truth”, the ARC 7PRO as a daily use of the main racket, and record the use of feelings in different situations! I will use the ARC 7PRO as my main racket and record my experience in different situations.
The ARC 7PRO has a box frame, with notches on the top and bottom, and a non-notched frame in the center. Compared to conventional rackets with box frame design, ARC 7PRO’s slimmer frame and smaller swingweight design gives me the most intuitive experience of a speed racket when I first put it in my hand, but due to its box frame design, ARC 7PRO has a better stability when hitting the ball.
Due to the new generation of ARC PRO series with more improvements in materials and technology, the ARC 7PRO delivers crisp feedback when hitting the sweet spot, but not so much when hitting the non-sweet spot. Unlike the sugary fullness of the previous ARCSABER series, it adds more crunch and toughness into the batting feedback. The use of higher modulus carbon compared to the previous Bow & Arrow series has increased the stiffness of the frame and mid-range, and the addition of PB elastomers and the use of a beak cone cap has resulted in better pointing and ball speed, but at the expense of some of the feel of the ball.
Judging from the endorsed players and fixed parameters of the ARC 7PRO, I think it is a racquet that is more oriented to the front-center game. In the daily playing activities, it is suitable for players who are more involved in mixed doubles, especially those who mainly play in the front-center court. In this regard, the ARCSABER 7PRO performs as I expected it to, with a flat draw and fast blocking that is almost stress-free, a low swingweight design that greatly reduces the user’s exertion in the front-midcourt fast-paced confrontation, and a large frame that allows for quick and steady draws, net releases and points, a large frame that allows for easy transitions between offense and defense, and a net game that maintains the consistent standard of the ARCSABER series, with a clearer feedback of the stroke that allows for easy adjustments of the power and angle of the stroke. The clearer feedback allows us to adjust the power and angle of our shots.
The racquet’s performance in the backcourt is the most important part of most players’ concern. For the long ball, it was crisp and directional, but it was difficult to use the weight of the racquet itself, which required the user to have a higher level of power. The slice was not bad, with a high stability and speed that made it easy to control and at the same time hit threatening slings. Unfortunately, the performance in the kill shot is a little short of the ability to make a final decision, but the high stability and directionality of the racket makes it more possible to hit the drop shot and change, and the backcourt consistency is as difficult as the front-center, and can even be said to be easy to write.”
It’s worth noting that the ARC 7PRO gave me a somewhat different feel for hitting the ball in different power situations. In the middle and back of the court, I could feel a significant deformation of the ARC 7PRO’s center stick during big power shots such as draws and kills, which, combined with the torque of the ARC 7PRO’s frame having a more appropriate flex, made our power shots more comfortable. After returning to the front center, the feedback from the racket changed back to hard, with faster and more accurate shots.
Summary
The ARC 7PRO is a fast and stable racquet with a control-oriented balance, suitable for doubles players who play in the front-center of the court. The low swingweight design greatly reduces the threshold of this racquet, and the use of a slim box frame gives it both speed and stability, making it more at home in the front-center of the court, as well as in passive defense. In the high ball and hanging ball, we need to concentrate our power to hit the ideal effect, and the lack of attacking power makes it difficult to create sufficient threat in the backcourt offense, but it has more possibilities in ball control and line changes.
