How do you know when to restring

eagle SG

your racket?

And how much does it usually cost?

zodi SG

when the string breaks after a fierce smashing session... Embarassed

hehe besides the above occurence, usually depends on whether you play regularly or not lor..

if regular, see if you very fierce player or what... if very fierce, some may choose to restring every few months.... else, restring once a year or when you feel that the racquet has lost its tension... really up to individual player...

so how often do u play & where? Very Happy

eagle SG

now holidays, played twice a week at Hougang

But I play non-peak hours Embarassed

zodi SG

oooo hougang sports hall got a lot of courts ah...

hee dat's the advantage of being a student, can play non-peak hrs~!

glad to know there're fellow shuttlers out there in this forum! Mr. Green

eagle SG

Maybe one day can join you all.... I think playing with the same group of people, cannot really improve much

My greatest improvement was when I played with colleagues during IA.... Became one of the worst players there, but then because of that, I learned a lot a lot... So now I better than last time liao... although still need more major improvements... At least now I know whether my return is good or bad no matter whether the opponent managed to return it a not

zodi SG

hope that day comes in this new year!

yeah, we play on sundays @ gombak wif another grp from vr-zone as well. great to interact wif players of different levels!

basically our grp is a leisure grp so we welcome anybody game for a good sweat/laugh/sometimes makan session!

for more competitive play, you may wanna check out the folks at www.badmintoncentral.com Mr. Green

eagle SG

What do you mean by leisure? With lots of smacks and smashes? Or just rallying?

bryanw SG

how much 2 bk the courts at the sports complex?

zodi SG

mixture of everything. Mr. Green

sometimes gotta take into consideration the gal gal on the opposite court mah. don scare the ladies away. Twisted Evil

eagle SG

hmmm, I would love to join you all to learn more Very Happy

Just that location a bit far Sad Time also might be tight cuz of school...

zodi SG

peak hours rate @ $7.40. vs off-peak hours @ $3.50

sheringam SG

Once I broke 2 strings in a day. Shocked

As long as you can handle comfortable with, you can restring any tension you like.

I restring to yonex bg66 at 28lbs. If hit correctly, you will always get the loud "BOOM" sound. Laughing

zodi SG

u mean when u hit the person u get the sound?! Shocked Twisted Evil Laughing

i think i only let out a *ouch* & *roar* when you hit me THAT TIME lor... Mad Evil or Very Mad

eagle SG

Actually how many pounds to restring is best... I like to hit far and back...

RaTtY8l SG

24 pounds normal ba. Laughing

zodi SG

frankly i don recall my exact tension as well.. coz usually i let someone else decide for me... Embarassed

but from what i rbr, tension depends on the racquet's range and string type as well....

so eagle, wat string & racquet u using?

sheringam SG

If you want to produce the sonic "BOOM" sound from your smashes, you should try 28lbs. Very Happy

If you hit correctly, your smashes will always get the sonic "BOOM" sound. Shocked

How many pounds to restring depends on individual.

Start with lower tension like 21-22lbs first and slowly increase.

You must be able to hit baseline to baseline effortlessly numerously before you increase the tension. Very Happy

sheringam SG

24lbs to start with is too high liao lah.

eagle SG

dunno leh... still my first self-bought racket... Some Yonex Isometric....

eagle SG

baseline to baseline depends on shuttlecock... If Yonex Areosensa 10 then can. If plastic shuttlecock then need quite a bit more strength.