AhMaD's ReVieWs

Hello dear readers! Its been a long time since my last post but it was because i am a student and had exams. Well my personal details apart, I am today, discussing, a difficulty that i first experienced, when i started playing badminton. Background I started playing badminton when i was 12 years old. At that time i played with local made rackets and local strings. For 4 years i played like that but in college when i was selected for college team, i decided to go professional. I bought my racket that was Yonex Armortec 700 and strung it with yonex bg66 ultimax. I was overjoyed to play with it. Despite having low coaching and low skills i was able to beat the top seeded players in "All college's badminton tournament" and reached semi final but lost to a 10th seeded player. Now i when analyzed myself today, i got a point that bg66 ultimax was a power string and have optimum repulsion plus hitting sound but durability was low. i even snapped strings within singles e

To start of today I would like to admit that my favorite player is and always will be “Lin Dan” due to his attacking game but some days before I came across a racket in market(when I was just wondering around) that was Yonex Voltric 80 red limited edition (used by Lee chong Wei). I just was lost in its amazing colour and paint job. I decided to buy that.. So now, playing for 4 hours with my racket, I've decided  to write a review about this ridiculously overpowered masterpiece. Let me tell you that I'm not a professional badminton and this review is bass ed on my estimation of the racket to my playing style and experience with it.  If anything, I'm an intermediate level player looking to improve myself by playing often and taking the lessons that I learn from the court away with me as pointers, also consulting online coaches for my techniques. With that said, lets start with the review. Yonex Voltric 80 red limited edition Specifications  Dry weight

Racket: Apacs Tantrum 200 Specs : 3UG2  Flex: Stiff- Balance: 285+/-5 mm  Strings(I used) : Ashaway Zymax 65 Tension: 27lbs  Grip: original grip + wilson one(provided free with racket, don’t know which one is it)  Technology : Isometric head, Super P-F frame, Hi-modulus graphite(Toray M30 and M40 grade graphite)  First Impression: Initially , I believed, this color looks a bit cool and peaceful, with light green as the main color with delicate colors of gray, silver and black. The racket looks enjoyable and is 'well-built'. For the first time I handle it, the racket feels even balance, solid and somewhat stiff. Frame shape is rather standard isometric. The 'T-joint' and shaft is rather thick. Warm Ups: The racket indeed feels really solid. But as normal, I start off with baseline to baseline shots. Clears are decent, feels like mid flex in terms of stiffness when I attempted overhead shots. Racket head is stable and well balanced. Reaction time is ab

Well to start i would admit that I've not had a good impression for Li- Ning  rackets. They're really Expensive and their design sense needs a hell lot of improvement. Whenever i go the shop i see all of their rackets hanging off the racks store, usually dusty and not really in a rush to go anywhere. But that was until I got one of this. The Li- Ning  Woods N90-II proved to be a really good racket both offensively and on the defense. While weighing a tonne, the racket somehow allows a very delicate and overwhelming sense of control and speed. I would even say that it's right up there in terms of usability with the  Yonex   Voltric  80 (which in my opinion is the best  Yonex  has ever made). First off all, the N90-II looks like a very fiery dream. It screams made in CHINA, and might even impart some of the skill of their best players to you. Its been two months since getting my hand on a Li- Ning  Woods N90-II to write this review, mainly because I don't reall

Flex: Extra Stiff Balance: Headheavy Composition (Frame): U.H.M. Graphite, gForce Ti Composition (Shaft): H.M. Graphite, Ultimum Ti Weight / Grip Size: 4U(80.0-84.9g) / G4 and 3U(85.0-89.9g) / G3, 4, 5 Technologies: Power Armor system, Isometric, Built in T-joint, Ultimum ti, C.S. Cap Review Date : 4th April 2009 Racket Type : Yonex Armortec 700 SP Specs : 3UG4 Balance point: 295+/-5 mm Strings: Yonex BG66 Tension: 27lbs 1 Piece Stringing Stringing Machine : Pacific Stringing machine Grip: Yonex cyber plus beta + Babolat syntec Overgrip Shuttle Used: RSL tourney 1 First Impression: This racquet has a very distinct color, bright red. The top part of the racquet from 10 to 2 o'clock is the usual power armor system with the micro titanium tape on top of the grommets. The bright red color starts from the shaft all the way up to the t-joint and and black color starts at 6 to 8 o'clock. Red then continues from 8 to 10 o'clock. Similar on the right side. Warm Ups: Clears ar