Hi and welcome!

I’ve had the same problem, but backwards. I
had to get used to plastic from playing feather. Everyone around here
plays plastic, and I have to say once you get the hang of playing with
(good quality) feather shuttles, it’s like a lingering dream always
haunting you. The control and response you have with your shots and the
feeling are something you’re definitely going to enjoy.

Of
course, replacing your shuttle every few rallies is going to give
credence to the saying that “badminton is the poor man’s golf”.

I
haven’t been around long, but if you have any questions about, well,
anything badminton-related, ask Paul. He’s a top-notch coach who really
cares about your progress. It’s a resource BadmintonCentral doesn’t
have readily at hand.

Hope you’ll feel at home on the forum.

Hi and welcome.

I would recommend that you use either plastic OR feathers, one or the other if you can. Otherwise it will take you an age to get used to either and you will struggle with both plastics and feathers in my opinion.

With feathers I think you need to hit the shuttle sooner and also adjust the amount of power you use as they tend to be the heavier shuttle, once they get going, they get going so may seem to travel further. Otherwise you will struggle just to get it to the back line right, it will either go miles out or mid court.

I would have to agree though, once you have gone to the dark side (using feathers), you will never want to go back again (using plastics) and once your hooked, thats it!

But plastics and feathers shuttles just don’t mix. Out of interest, how come you are using them both? Is it for different clubs?