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How to use a heavy trainer racket – any ideas ??? (8 posts)

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Sulismies said 7 months, 3 weeks ago:

I just bought a Fukuda 135g+ trainer racket and had my first go with it: some basic drives, clears and net play for something like 30 mins.

Heavy stuff

But when returning to my ordinary badminton racket, the feeling was really strange: the ordinary racket was so light ….

I think I will continue using the heavy trainer racket for couple of weeks every now and then. I’ll see if it has an effect on my game. Wether that be good or bad, I cannot foresee yet

Does anyone have any experience (once again, good or bad) in using a heavy racket (say a squash racket) for badminton training?

Any ideas for a more systematic approach to training usingh such a racket are appreciated

By the way: Badminton Life looks great, hopefully there will be many people joining this community.

Best greetings from Finland

padawan

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Emmet Gibney said 7 months, 3 weeks ago:

I would avoid using it for net play simply because that’s a more “touch” based skill. You need very fine movements, and training with a heavy racket probably won’t help you very much there.

For drives, and overhead strokes it’s probably a great idea, especially for that “snap” at the end of your stroke. We used to use squash rackets as they didn’t have the training rackets yet. Just be careful not to over do it as it can be pretty hard on your forearm and wrist. I’d be willing to bet Taufik used something similar to train his wrist

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Sulismies said 7 months, 3 weeks ago:

I think that’s a good advice: I’d better use the trainer racket for drives and overhead strokes.

And yeah, surely it is the “snap” I am looking for

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rasmussen said 7 months, 3 weeks ago:

I find that it is a very useful way to improve your “finger power” and finger power is probably three-quater of the “snap”. I also used a squash racket and sometime just a normal racket with a cover. I wouldn’t be so afraid to try to use the heavy racket to improve your finger power when you lob from the net. Try to see how it works out and expect that it will take some time before you get used to switch forth and back between your normal racket and the heavy racket. Of course, if you find that it simply doesn’t work for you using the heavy racket to improve your net lobs, then just skip it
/Peter Ras

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Mel Wyatt said 7 months, 3 weeks ago:

I have been using a trainer racket for some time now. It does feel strange to go back to your normal racket atfer using it, but it really does get easier the more you become used to it. One tip I was given was to try using an overgrip to increase the size of the grip to a little bit thicker than what you are used to: it seems to help when you switch back to your normal racket. If you stick with it, you will really notice an improvement not only in your strength, but also technique: it is hard to generate power with poor technique with a trainer racket.
Mel

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strobo said 7 months, 3 weeks ago:

have you guys had any experience with a power ball?
I just got one and i was wondering if it has th same effect for wrist and finger power.

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Sulismies said 7 months, 3 weeks ago:

Wow,

this is really an awesome site. Many thanks for your comments Peter.

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Mel Wyatt said 7 months, 3 weeks ago:

Yep – been using one of those for quite a while too!
Figure I will try anything that might give me that ‘edge’ !
There are quite a few vids on YouTube which give some ideas on different routines you can try. It builds up conditioning, but because it is specific to the game, I think the trainer racket has made more of an impact to my game.

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