Badminton strings

Badminton strings.

O.k choosing a good badminton racket is important. But if you have no strings you could only hit the shuttle with your frame , and that would be hard!. Badminton strings vary from company , gauge size , price and tension.

Many company's are starting to sell strings. But to be fair yonex strings are by far the most used and I prefer them.There are a few other brands which I like , like titan's badminton strings , ashaways bamdinton strings but my favourite has got to be yonex's strings.

Most International players use yonex's strings , but this should not effect your choice , just choose a string which suits you!

First of all tension.

Tension varies from players. Factory strings come in at around 18lbs , which is quite low. Most international players get 30lbs+. The string tension you decide to get will effect your badminton racket a lot! If you get your racket with factory strings , then change it to 30lbs - nearly every single player I have spoken to has said they can immediately sense a different feel. When playing with low string tensions , the strings are supposed to offer more power and less control , and on the other hand a badminton racket with high string tension offers more control and less power.

( This has given me an idea , I'm going to go into the science of badminton , and I still need to get the definitons of the techincal stuff and what it does.)

When you change from high to low tensions you can feel a considerable amount of change , power. If you play with a badminton racket that is strung at 30lbs for a week , then change to another badminton racket that is 21lbs - it feels like you have amazing power ,because when the strings are at higher tension - they offer less power.

O.k the other factor apart from string tension is string gauge.

String gauge or string thickness is the diameter of the string.

The thickness of the string does matter.

O.k in terms of durability , the thicker string offers more durability because there is more of it. Thin string is the opposite because there is less of it , so it will snap easier.

Thinner badminton strings should offer you mroe power and control because it bites into the shuttle base - this also gives the thin strings more power.

Theres also another reason why thinner strings offer more power. Thinner strings recieve less air resistance , making it easier for the person to swing there racket faster due to the decreased amount of air resistance. This decreased amount of air resistance offers the player to swing the racket faster than normal , thus resulting in increased power. Interesting huh? I was shocked when I learnt all this stuff , when I first started.

Thats really it , thinner strings are better , but not in terms of value for money. If you want your strings to last a lot longer , and save yourself quite a bit of time - then choose larger sized gauge strings.

Thats really all about badminton strings.

I don't know what else to write about.

If you want to contact me you can always email me at krisddon@hotmail.co.uk

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Hope this helped everyone - now go choose your strings :-)