How to choose a racket based on your style？

Jayce September 2, 2024 2 0

The racquets in the hands of the players are not only dazzling, but they are also the result of high technology. A good racket can not only help them achieve good results, but also protect their bodies and reduce sports injuries. However, players of different sports have different characteristics and use different racquets. Even if the models are the same, the players themselves will change certain details of the racquets according to their own characteristics, so as to make sure that the racquets are more suitable for their own needs.

Singles players such as Lin Dan and Park Sung Hwan use racquets with a stiff centre stick, which is strong enough to withstand the power that erupts during their kills, and a heavy head, which adds to the stability of the kills. Doubles players such as Lee Yong Dae, Lee Hyo Jung, Cai Yun, Fu Haifeng, etc. have relatively softer shafts in their rackets. This is due to the fast speed of doubles matches and the many changes at the net, which require players to be flexible at all times, so this kind of racket makes them play better.

In addition, players have a lot of tricks to increase the flexibility of the racket, wrapping tape around the handle is one of them. Lin Dan’s racket has a layer of coarse-textured cloth wrapped around the handle, which, needless to say, is used to increase the friction of the handle, so that when holding the racket, even if the palms of the hands are sweaty, the stability of the grip can be maintained to the greatest extent possible. You know, stability is especially important for players like Lin Dan to kill as a killer. However, Lin Dan said: “The coach said this is not good, it is easy to hurt the hand, but I have been used to it, since childhood, so wrapped, playing to the present is not much of a problem, in fact, quite good.”

For doubles players racket, the tape will generally be wrapped more on, a stringing division said to have seen the tape wrapped to the middle of the middle of the racket, “the middle of the rod is only about 10 cm of the length of the light, the following parts of the tape are wrapped.” This is also due to the fact that doubles net requires quick and flexible changes, and the grip allows the racket to be as short as possible. It is like the short sword in the weapon, which is more capable of making quicker moves to win in a short match at close range.