Sun Power

Found this old shuttlecock in a hall I frequent.

Not used before and has all the hallmarks of a budget product.

Chao Pai Red

Just realised I did not add the review of the Chao Pai Red shuttlecocks to the blog - always thought I had😕

From distributor

When we used the shuttlecock in the past, we found the flight characteristic(s) to be superb and provides very nice feedback upon contact.

Unfortunately, the Chao Pai Red is not durable enough for a heavy smashing game (otherwise ok) - we used up a tube in less than 30mins vs 1hr for our defecto standard. I bought 5-tubes for our initial test and ended up selling the remaining 4-tubes to the group in the next court - they loved it.

The Chao Pai Red is not cheap as it is one of their better products. 

Hence the Chao Pai Red is more suitable for games with non-heavy smashers as it provides much better value than the more establish brands eg RSL Classic Tourney.which has a durability issue as well.

Kansa KS7718

Came across this budget looking product in a hall I frequent.

Not used before. Added to the library for future update.

Protech Platinum

Found the following in the hall I was playing at, not tried before and it is suppose to be one of their primo item.

Label on back of shuttlecork, Protech Platinum

Protech Platinum with 3-layer cork

Victor AirShuttle (aka BWF Air Badminton) shuttlecock (***UPDATE***)

During the Covid lockdown period, known as "Circuit Breaker" (aka CB) period in Singapore, one of my regulars advised he bought a tube to try with his kids.

The feedback is that it's more viable for playing in the outdoors and whatever you do - DO NOT USE YOUR BETTER racquets as the AirShuttle is build sturdier and thus heavier than your normal shuttle. Therefore there is much potential for racquet frame damage and for sure will put a smile on your regular stringer's face eg broken strings!

Thus do use your most un-wanted racquets when playing with these AirShuttles - the feedback received was fun for the kids outdoor.

BWF presentation - Biomechanics study of the Smash

A interesting video presentation for the COVID19 break.

This video is a BWF 2017  presentation on the bio-mechanics of the badminton smash - why and how some players smash harder than others.

Enjoy!

Easy way to determine the sweet spot of a badminton racquet

Since the country is on stay home situation, I will not be able to review any shuttlecock(s) for a while.

Thus am taking this opportunity to inform on other methods which can assist with shuttle flight.

The follow vid presents a quick and easy way to determine the sweet spot of your badminton racquet.

Hitting the shuttle at the sweet spot enables the optimum transfer of energy from your racquet to the shuttle with a nice sound - it's like comparing the sound from a rifle shot vs a pistol, it's very distinctive.

Another tip is to use a darker coloured string. You can then see the residue white marking(s) on the darker string after hitting the white head of the shuttlecock.

Found the following on the net when Googling for a detail explaination of why you try to hit the shuttlecock at the sweetspot.

How to watch Blocked BWF games - live streaming or recent recordings

Enjoy!!!

or 

Youtube instructions with sample