A badminton racket is manufactured to strike a shuttle. Unfortunately if there is a clash of rackets on court then your racket is at risk. Sometimes there’s a clash and the frame remains intact with a little chunk of paint missing. Other times there’s a definite crack in the frame which will ultimately lead to the frame breaking. Of course, there’s also situations where the frame folds completely.

I’ve witnessed incidents where each of these scenarios have taken place. You cannot predict the outcome. Every racket is at risk from a collision, either with another racket or the court. Yes, I’ve seen frames hit the floor and yet the player swears they haven’t touched anything when the racket broke.

On average the weightier rackets tend to be more resistant to complete collapse after a collision but this will really depend on the nature of the incident.

Whilst this may not help you to much, the answer is all rackets break in time when not used for the purpose they were manufactured – to strike a shuttle. Aside from that any racket will last considerable amount of time if looked after and not strung to tight.

Paul