Once I tailweighted my racquet I put strips of lead tape at 1-3-5-7 such as you recommended. First I eliminated the manufacturing unit grip and I added the lead tape on to the picket deal with after which I re-gripped it. The lead tape is actually skinny and you’ll’t really feel it in any respect. So as to make the swingweight keep the identical, the lead tape must be added proper on the axis of rotation (or the place the racquet pivots in your grip). I took a few apply swings after which marked that on the picket deal with.
I took off the tip cap to go searching any my racquet had some form of plug within the gap there. I feel that including the lead tape to the picket deal with is a greater thought than attempting to shove it contained in the deal with or including it beneath the tip cap (which might enhance the swingweight of the racquet barely as a result of the added swingweight is the mass you added instances the sq. of the gap from the axis of rotation. So added mass under the axis of rotation additionally will increase swingweight).
Proper, it is essential to know you can’t make a racquet lighter or make it have a decrease swingweight except you REMOVE materials. What you find yourself with is a racquet that has principally the identical swingweight however a heavier static weight.
The thought in tennis is to assist the racquet resist the momentum of the tennis ball by including to it is inertia. The stability of energy may be very completely different in tennis with a the ball weighing 5oz and racquets weighing 9-14oz. The ball actually pushes the racquet again if you return a tough hit (like a serve).
In badminton the birdie weighs 5g and racquets weigh 84-91g so the birdie does not push the racquet again as a lot.
That stated, I took a racquet that was 85g and 285mm stability unstrung and and 91g and 285mm when strung and overgripped and added 6g of lead tape to the deal with. So now it weighs 97g racquet and has a stability of 268mm. Once I play with it, it seems like the identical racquet that it was earlier than, however extra so. It is simply as straightforward to maneuver round for fast pictures however I really feel that I’ve slightly further energy on these fast drives. And after I do attacking clears I really feel just like the I really feel much less resistance or influence from the birdie. The feeling is like I am cleaving by means of the birdie. The impact is that I can hit it simply as far with much less effort. So in that sense the facility of the racquet has been improved. It does not appear to have any impact on my smashes although.
All in all I might name it a hit and say that it’s a fairly straightforward strategy to get an enchancment in energy (or lessened resistance from the birdie) with out turning into head heavy or more durable to maneuver. I would similar to to level out that I did this with a comparatively gentle and simple to maneuver racquet.
If you happen to tried the identical factor with a racquet that was already maxing out your skill to maneuver then the additional static weight might make a distinction. Caveat emptor. YMMV. IMHO and all that.
