Badminton Shoes | Badminton Equipment - Other | Discussion Forum

Rahul,

I personally think that shoes are the most important thing for any badminton player. Much more important than clothing and racket.

Wearing the wrong type of shoe could be dangerous for you given the full range of dynamic movements involved in badminton, but given that, I would expect most indoor court shoes should be fine. I would personally recommend buying a good pair of Yonex shoes (i usually get the mid range yonex shoes) simply because they last well and the padding in them makes them really comfortable, and actually feels so much bouncier than a lot of regular trainers (which is good for jumping!).

A good pair of shoes, in my opinion, really is worth it. But if you do get a good pair, please please please don't wear them except on court – no point in spoiling them eh?

Matt

Thanks guys for your help. I'll defo invest in a good pair of Badminton shoes as currently using some running trainers (ooops).

Have seen some Yonex SHB58 and the SHB 101 which are not too overly priced. 

This should get me started.

You might want to think about the width of your feet too when getting shoes. I had a nightmare trying to get new shoes till I brought some Prince shoes that were narrow, so when I do these up they really grip my feet where if you have wide shoes with narrow feet you will find your feet moving around a lot inside causing blisters and sore toes.

In theory Yonex would be the way to go as they have badminton shoes but you could always try squash shoes as the playing surface is about the same as most badminton halls. Which reminds me, some Yonex shoes are designed for the fabric carpet type courts that the professionals play on, so if you used them in a sports hall (generally a tad dusty), then they will become useless as you will slide around everywhere. So check the bottom of the shoes and that they are not totally rock hard.

Just my 2p

Bright orange?!

You've been Tango'd!

I know some people who swear by some of the Karakal court shoes.

I don't think the make is all that imoprtant, as long as they are fit for purpose – injury prevention in a sport dominated by fast, explosive movements in multiple directions.

Matt