Zack

As the saying goes..”there are measurements…and there are measurements.” The previous world record was measured in a competitive situation. Now it seems that laboratory testing is allowed. Oh well.

Funny how Tan Boon Heong has been unable to generate the same power in competitive matches. I watched him play at the World Championships. According to Yonex he should have been hitting consistently high powered smashes beyond 300 km/h. If so, why is his opponents retrieved so many smashes in the game and won? If he hit anywhere near 456 km/h then he would have won the tournament.

A racket will not act like a magic wand and suddenly create all of this power in a player. Powerful smashes are as a direct result of a number of important attributes…

1) correct technique

2) fitness of the player

3) genetics of the player

Notice I don't include the racket or strings in my top 3, simply because if a player has the above then they can literally hit with anything although I would suggest a stiffer racket is less likely to break.

Paul

I'm getting a lot of mixed messages about Z Speed and from all I've read this is not a head light racket. in fact it reads as though it's bordering on head heavy. Whoever heard of a head heavy Nanoray?

So, on the one hand Yonex have yet again got the market frenzy going however this time the specs seem to have caused so much confusion, there is a huge amount of resistance to this racket. Shame.

Paul