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Sunday, June 23, 2013

How to prevent a broken badminton racket handle

Every badminton player has a favourite badminton racket. Some of them may stick to use the same racket for as long as they can. Some for over 20 years! As long as the head frame and shaft is in good condition, there's no reason you should retire your racket, unless the worst thing happens. Broken racket handle that is.

Badminton racket frame and shaft may be made from the best graphite material, and technology has driven in to improve the performance of every racket there is. Frame and shaft may last a lifetime, but racket handles don't. 

There are some people who would go all the way to fix and repair the handle. Some wood crafting experience is definitely needed there. Then there are a couple of websites that has wooden racket handles available for sale in different shaft diameters available.

Badminton racket handles are generally made from wood. The quality of wood has never been a question to anyone especially players. Quality of wood used would in fact affect the weight of a racket, the better the quality, the heavier it could be. Weight is something that can also affect the balance point and the feel of badminton rackets.

Wood absorbs sweat and could break the rackets easily when the wood is soft. Therefore, the wood surface should be sweat proof. How to achieve a dry racket handle surface?

Here are some tips to prolong the durability of your racket handles.

Before wrapping any grips over the racket handle, be it towel grips or overgrips, ensure that the wood racket handle is dry all the time. Make it sweat proof by first wrapping it with a layer of plastic cover. New rackets normally come with shrink wraps made from polymer plastic.

Another option is to use a layer of cellophane tape wrapped around the wooden badminton racket handle first. Change the cellophane tape at each change of grip if necessary.

A good racket is hard to find. It is very personal to you and you would not lend your favourite badminton racket to anyone, would you? Try this simple tip to care for your rackets to keep it safe and healthy! 

Please comment if you have any other tips on how to care for badminton racket handles!

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Apacs Badminton Training Racket 120g, 140g, 160g, 180g and 200g


A lot of top badminton players in the world uses various training techniques to improve arm and wrist strength, and to warm up prior to a match. One of the conventional way was to use a squash racket as the training racket.

This is because of the heavier weight of the squash racket, making it suitable for resistance training. However the squash racket is still not a badminton racket, playing or practicing with the squash racket does not give you the feel and touch of a badminton racket.

Knowing this limitation and the needs of a proper badminton training racket for fellow badminton players, Apacs research & development team created a range of training racket specifically to solve this problem.


  • With these new training rackets, players can now use them to strengthen their arm and wrist works, thus improving overall shots consistency, accuracy and power.

  • The range of rackets available are W-120g, W-140g, W-160g, W-180g and W-200g. So the selection can be based on your level, limit and preference.


  • The Apacs Training Racket is also recommended to be used in a normal game as the heavier racket will indirectly train your arm and wrist work, making your shots and smashes more powerful and stronger overtime. 

  • This racket is highly recommended for all serious badminton player and to those who wanted to improve the skill and strength level.

  • A well worth investment to improve your game and also this racket is one of the best price in the market.





APACS Training W-120 Specifications
Frame Meterial:Hi Modulus Graphite
Shaft Material:Hi Modulus Graphite
Flex:Stiff
Weight:120g
Length:670mm
Max Tension:26lbs
Balance:330 +/- 5mm
Grommet:72 Holes
Head:Isomectric head

APACS Training W-140 Specifications
Frame Meterial:Hi Modulus Graphite
Shaft Material:Hi Modulus Graphite
Flex:Stiff
Weight:140g
Length:670mm
Max Tension:26lbs
Balance:320mm +/- 5
Grommet:72 Holes
Head:Isomectric head


APACS Training W-160 Specifications
Frame Meterial:Hi Modulus Graphite
Shaft Material:Hi Modulus Graphite
Flex:Stiff
Weight:160g
Length:670mm
Max Tension:26lbs
Balance:310mm +/- 5
Grommet:72 Holes
Head:Isomectric head


APACS Training W-180 Specifications
Frame Meterial:Hi Modulus Graphite
Shaft Material:Hi Modulus Graphite
Flex:Stiff
Weight:180g
Length:670mm
Max Tension:26lbs
Balance:300mm +/- 5
Grommet:72 Holes
Head:Isomectric head

APACS Training W-200 Specifications
Frame Meterial:Hi Modulus Graphite
Shaft Material:Hi Modulus Graphite
Flex:Stiff
Weight:200g
Length:670mm
Max Tension:26lbs
Balance:305mm +/- 5
Grommet:72 Holes
Head:Isomectric head

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Thursday, June 17, 2010

Apacs Racket Weight Guide

Apacs Racket Weight to U Guide:

2U (90.0 - 92.9 g)
3U (87.0 - 89.9 g)
4U (84.0 - 86.9 g)
5U (80.0 - 83.9 g)
6U (77.0 - 79.9 g)

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

How To Wrap A Badminton Racket Grip Video Guide

Do you know the right technique to wrap a badminton racket grip?
Learn how to grip the racquet in this video clip.


Thursday, April 29, 2010

Badminton Racket String Tension Guide

Below are some string tension guideline:


Beginners: 19-21 lbs

Intermediate: 22-24 lbs

Advanced: 25-27 lbs

Professional: 28-31 lbs

Monday, December 22, 2008

BWF World Super Series Master 2008 Finals Results

Malaysia bags away 3 titles in this year World Super Series Master Finals:
World No. 1 Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia beats Peter Gade of Denmark 21-8, 21-16 to win mens singles title.
Malaysia Khoo Kien Kiat, Tan Boon Heong beats Jung Jae Sung, Lee Yong Dae 21-18, 21-14 to wins mens doubles title.
Followed by womens doubles Chin Eei Hui, Wong Pei Tty beats Vita Marissa, Liliyana Natsir of Indonesia 21-15, 22-20.

The mix doubles was won by Thomas Laybourn, Kamilla Rytter Juhl of Denmark beats Nova Widianto, Liliyana Natsir of Indonesia 21-19, 18-21, 22-20.

Zhou Mi beats Wang Chen 21-14, 21-18 both from Hong Kong to win the womens singles title.