What is stroke consistency?
It is the ability to hit the shuttle within the a small area on the string bed, shot after shot.
We have seen video of the professional players under-going training using several high speed cameras with computers performing body motion analysis in order to optimise their competitive performance. This includes hitting the shuttlecock within the sweet spot to optimise the transfer of energy from the arm via the racquet, to the shuttlecock.
Unfortunately for us (aka the non-professional), we will never have access to such facilities nor can we afford to purchase such specialise equipment for a single purpose.
Luckily there is the old fashion methodology for the non professionals.
PRO is the cost of a restring.
CON is will take a while before we can see the results - not within the few minutes as per for the professionals with the high tech setup.
The methodology in-question involves reviewing the areas of fraying on the racquet stringbed.
The following pix is my own racquet. String brand is Gosen and the string thickness is 0.63mm. Used for about 12 badminton sessions so far.
It is the ability to hit the shuttle within the a small area on the string bed, shot after shot.
We have seen video of the professional players under-going training using several high speed cameras with computers performing body motion analysis in order to optimise their competitive performance. This includes hitting the shuttlecock within the sweet spot to optimise the transfer of energy from the arm via the racquet, to the shuttlecock.
Unfortunately for us (aka the non-professional), we will never have access to such facilities nor can we afford to purchase such specialise equipment for a single purpose.
Luckily there is the old fashion methodology for the non professionals.
PRO is the cost of a restring.
CON is will take a while before we can see the results - not within the few minutes as per for the professionals with the high tech setup.
The methodology in-question involves reviewing the areas of fraying on the racquet stringbed.
The following pix is my own racquet. String brand is Gosen and the string thickness is 0.63mm. Used for about 12 badminton sessions so far.
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| Fraying on my own racquet stringbed |
The following are the idealogy behind the fraying.
If the fraying occurs within a small area in the sweet spot, your stroke timing is consistent. Professionals will have a small round spot of about 3.5-5cm diameter within the sweet spot on their racquet stringbed.
If the fraying occurs within a larger area in the sweet spot, your stroke timing is good.
If the fraying is larger than the sweetspot, your stroke timing is not as consistent as it should or could be.
If the fraying is outside the sweet spot, your stroke timing need to be changed.
Recommend you restring with a darker string if you wish to determine where you are hitting the shuttle on the stringbed.
Why?
Since the head of the shuttlecock is white, the shuttlecock will leave white residues on the dark colour string upon contact. Hence you can then see the residues. This will provide an idea where you are hitting the shuttlecock on your racquet stringbed.
