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Topic: BADMINTON.....LIKE IT???? (Read 3222 times)
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 Jun 20, 2007, 09:59:53 AM | #11 |
BAO CHUN LAI
Bao Chunlai (Simplified Chinese: 鲍春来, pinyin: Bào Chūnlái) (born February 17, 1983 in Changsha, Hunan province) is a male, left-handed badminton player from the People's Republic of China.
Bao played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, defeating Shoji Sato of Japan in the first round. In the round of 16, Bao was himself defeated by Park Tae-sang of Korea.
Bao reached the men's singles final at the 2006 IBF World Championships losing the final against Lin Dan. In 2007 he reached semi-final in the Korea Open Super Series.
Birth name 鲍春来
Date of birth February 17, 1983 (1983-02-17) (age 24)
Place of birth Changsha, Hunan province
Height 190 cm
Weight 78 kg
Men Singles
Country P. R. of China
Handedness Left
Highest Ranking 2 (March 15, 2007)
Current Ranking 2 (March 15, 2007)
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Jun 20, 2007, 07:22:41 PM | #12 |
Some Littke knowledge on Badminton
I would like to point out that no badminton equipment can replace proper badminton skills. If you think you can spend US$200 on a racket and you can instantly play better, you are 105% wrong. A good set of equipment can only bring out the potential of a player with good skills. No equipment can fix your bad skills. Instead, I recommend you spend your money on some good coaching lessons. It will make much more difference in your badminton game than a shiny new racket.
I chose to list the equipment in decreasing order of important, in other words, I reckon that the badminton shoes is the most important equipment that a badminton player has, while their clothing is the least important.
Shoes
Contrary to popular belief, a good set of badminton shoes are the most important piece of equipment a badminton player can have. Badminton players move around the badminton court at an amazing pace, dashes and changes directions on every stroke of the rally, twisting and turning and lunging. All these movements are supported and made possible by the biggest unsung hero, the badminton shoes.
Badminton shoes are designed for badminton movements; a thin but well supported sole with good lateral support keep the player’s feet close to the ground, this allows for fast and ankle bending directional changes with lower chance of injury; light weight for faster feet movement; surface hugging gummy soles to grip the indoor surface without slipping.
The amount of torture we subject our lower body to can clearly be seen in people’s badminton shoes. A good pair of badminton shoes used by a decent player sometimes last only 3-6 months. At the end of its short life, you will find soles that are worn to the inner support, insoles that are worn through, strong upper leather that gave up and split due to the immense force exerted at it.
Pick your badminton shoes with care, make sure you choose the pair that fits the shape of your feet and thus the most comfortable.
And whatever you do, do not wear running shoes or any other thick soled shoes. They keep your feet too high up in the ground and all it will take is one deep lunge to have your ankle sprained. From then on, you will be in excruciating pain for days and the injury will affect your badminton game for years to come.
String
The number two unsung hero of the badminton equipment is the badminton string. Afterall, it is the string that is in contact with the shuttle on every stroke. How the string interacts with the shuttle is crucial to the feel of each stroke. Depending on your skill level and the style of your game, you should pick a string and tension that is suitable for your game. String manufacturers usually have ratings of different string characteristics at the back of the string package. Pick the items that are most important for your game.
String tension affects the playability of the string as much as the string itself. The general rule of thumb is that the harder you can hit, the tighter your tension can be. A higher tension rewards a hard hitting while robs power from a light hitter. On the opposite end, a lower tensioned string helps light hitter with a better timed trampoline effect.
There is always the temptation to go higher in tension, but this is a case of bigger is not always better. Higher tension does not give you more power as mentioned above, beginners should always start with lower tension of around 20lbs, adjust it to 22-23lbs when you progress to intermediate and only go up to 25+lbs if you are gain more power in your technique. Using the inappropriate high tension will make the racket unresponsive, decreased power, and will easily cause injury.
Good brands for badminton strings are: Ashaway, Gosen, Mizuno, Yonex.
Recommended tensions: beginners: 19-20lbs . intermediate players: 21-24lbs. advance players: 25+ lbs.
Grip
The number three unsung hero of badminton equipment is the badminton grip. Similar to the string being the interface to the shuttle, the grip is the interface to the badminton player’s finger and hand. The game of badminton comprises of many very delicate movements and fine control from the player’s finger and wrist. A proper grip ensure that there is proper actuation and feedback to and from the racket.
Three major factors affects the characteristics of the grip: type, size and tackiness.
Badminton grips falls into two different type, towel and synthetic. The choice of which are personal preference. Towel grip are softer, provides good sweat absorption, but at the same time, is more prone to germ accumulation and needs to be changed often. Synthetic grips are less messy and less prone to accumulation of germs, however, they are not as good as towel grips when it comes to sweat absorption.
The proper grip size to use depends greatly on the player. Obviously a player with larger hands will prefer a larger grip and vice versa. It is often tempting to use a large grip, a large grip gives the false feeling that the racket is lighter and more maneuverable. However, one must again understand that badminton is comprised of subtle, agile and delicate movements in the fingers and wrist, a smaller (but not too small) grip will allow for higher agility and maneuverability of the racket.
Racket
Often times badminton players give the racket the most emphasis. If you go into badmintoncentral.com and you will find that most of the discussion centers on the racket. While the racket is certainly an important equipment, the importance of which is often overrated, and that is the reason why I put the Racket almost next to last in our recommendation list.
The badminton racket is the middleman when transferring force from the player to the shuttle, sitting right between the grip and the string. A badminton racket can be categorized by a few characteristics: shape, stiffness, weight, balance.
Virtually all badminton rackets are made of carbon fiber or graphite. Some manufacturers choose to put in extra ingredients into the racket material like titanium or recently nanocarbon. I want to emphasis that they are only addictives, the 99% of the racket is still graphite and the extra benefits of the additives are very marginal.
Badminton rackets comes in two major head shapes: Isometric/square and Oval. Oval is the traditional racket shape, it is a slightly bottom heavy oval, almost the shape of an egg. Oval rackets in general have a small but more concentrated sweet spot. Oval fans like the concentration of power around the sweetspot of the racket. The shape is the Isometric or square which became more popular after the early 1990’s. The Isometric head has a wider and more squared top half of the racket head. The advantage of the isometric is an enlarged sweetspot which give off-centered hit a better response.
The effective stiffness of a badminton racket is similar to the effective of string tension. So I will refer you back to that section. A stiffer racket has the similar effect as a higher tensioned string, while a flexible racket is similar to the lower tension string.
Rackets comes in different weights. Normally the racket alone weighs between 80-95g. Different manufacturers have different rating system, the most popular of which is Yonex’s U system, U = 95-100g, 2U = 90-94g, 3U = 85-89g, 4U = 80-84g. a racket’s weight determines how fast one can swing a racket, the lighter a racket, the faster one can swing it with the same force. In general, a lighter racket is more maneuverable than a heavy one. However, before everybody goes out and buy the lightest racket, I also want to point out that lighter isn’t always better. A light racket is less stable than a heavier racket, more force is necessary to keep its path, furthermore, a heavier racket has a larger momentum and thus more effective in transferring its speed and power to the shuttle.
The final racket characteristic is the balance of the racket. Head balanced racket is becoming more popular recently. Head balanced rackets have more mass near the head of the racket. A head balanced racket is more stable and have higher angular momentum when swung. On the contrary, a even balanced racket is more maneuverable.
As you can see, none of the different properties of the above characteristics are strictly better than other. Some players prefers slightly heavier rackets, some prefer slightly lighter, some like even balanced, some like head balanced. What I want to point out is that ultimately, it is a person’s skill level and style that determines what racket is suitable, go try them out if you can to see what fits.
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Jun 21, 2007, 01:39:12 AM | #13 |
| I only played badminton when I was little, and it's a pretty nice game to play, but tennis is a lot better. |
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Jun 21, 2007, 08:44:31 AM | #15 |
MEN TOP DOUBLES
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Fu (付).
Fu Haifeng
Personal information
Birth name 付海峰
Date of birth January 2, 1984 (1984-01-02) (age 23)
Place of birth Jieyang, Guangdong province
Height 180 cm
Weight 70 kg
Men's doubles
Country P. R. of China
Handedness Left
Highest Ranking 1
Current Ranking 1 (March 15, 2007)
BWF profile
Fu Haifeng (Chinese: 付海峰, pinyin: Fù Hǎifēng) (born 2 January 1984 in Jieyang (揭阳), Guangdong province) is a Chinese badminton player from the People's Republic of China.
Fu competed for China in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Cai Yun. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Keita Masuda and Tadashi Ohtsuka of Japan in the second. In the quarterfinals, Fu and Cai lost to Jens Eriksen and Martin Lundgaard Hansen of Denmark 3-15, 15-11, 15-8.
Badminton champion Fu Haifeng has also set the official world smash record June 3, 2005. The actual bird speed was measured at 332 km/h (approximately 206 mph), making badminton the fastest racquet sport in the world.
Together with Cai Yun he became the 2006 World Champion in men's doubles.
[edit] Major achievements
Rank Event Date Venue
World Championships
1 Doubles 2006 Madrid, ESP
Semi-Finalist Doubles 2003 Birmingham, GBR
Thomas & Uber Cup
1 Team 2006 JAPAN
1 Team 2004 Jakarta, INDONESIA
Asian Championships
1 Team 2006 Doha, QATAR
World Grand Prix
1 Doubles 2007 Singapore Open Super Series
1 Doubles 2006 Macau Open Championship
1 Doubles 2006 CHINESE TAIPEI OPEN
1 Doubles 2005 Yonex Sunrise Hong Kong Badminon Championship
1 Doubles 2005 YONEX ALL ENGLAND OPEN
1 Doubles 2005 YONEX GERMAN OPEN
1 Doubles 2004 SWISS OPEN
2 Doubles 2006 CHINA OPEN
2 Doubles 2006 CHINA MASTERS
2 Doubles 2005 PROTON MALAYSIA OPEN
2 Doubles 2004 DJARUM INDONESIA OPEN
2 Doubles 2004 YONEX OPEN JAPAN
2 Doubles 2003 YONEX GERMAN OPEN
2 Doubles 2003 PROTON EON MALAYSIA OPEN
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Jun 22, 2007, 10:48:57 AM | #16 |
Koo Kien Keat (Simplified Chinese: 古健杰, born September 18, 1985 in Ipoh, Perak) is a professional badminton player from Malaysia. Besides being a men's doubles player, he also represents Malaysia in the mixed doubles event. He started his career at seventeen years of age and has won the Asian Junior title.
Education
He started his studies at St. Michael's Institution in Ipoh, Perak. Later, he got an offer to go to Bukit Jalil Sports School. He studied there till he sat for the SPM (Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia) examination.
Men's Doubles
Year Tournament Venue Round
2007
Indonesia Super Series Jakarta, INA Semi-Finalist
2007 Asian Badminton Championships Johor Bahru, MAS Runner-Up
Swiss Open Super Series Basel, SUI WINNER
Yonex All England Super Series Birmingham, ENG WINNER
Yonex Korea Open Super Series Seoul, KOR Semi-Finalist
Proton Malaysia Open Super Series Kuala Lumpur, MAS WINNER
2006
Asian Games XV Doha, Qatar WINNER
Yonex Japan Open Tokyo, JPN Runner-Up
Chinese Taipei Open Chinese Taipei, TPE Semi-Finalist
Proton Malaysia Open Kuching, MAS WINNER
Singapore Open Singapore, SIN Quarter-Finalist
Commonwealth Games Melbourne, AUS WINNER
Wilson Badminton Swiss Open Basel, SUI WINNER
2005
Denmark Open WINNER
Djarum Indonesia Open Quarter-Finalist
XIV World Championships 2005 Anaheim, USA Semi-Finalist
Proton Malaysia Open Malaysia Quarter-Finalist
Siam Cement Thailand Open Thailand Quarter-Finalist
23rd SEA Games Philippines Quarter-Finalist
Yonex German Open Semi-Finalist
2004
Chinese Taipei Open Taipei, Taiwan WINNER
Singapore Open Singapore, SIN Semi-Finalist
China Open Guangzhou, CHN Quarter-Finalist
French Open International WINNER
2003
Malaysia Satellite WINNER
2002
Asian Junior Championships WINNER
World Junior Championships Johannesburg, South Africa Semi-Finalist
Mixed Doubles
Year Tournament Venue Round
2007
Yonex Korea Open Super Series Seoul, KOR Quarter-Finalist
2006
Doha Asian Games XV Doha, Qatar Semi-Finalist
World Championships XV Madrid, SPA Semi-Finalist
Commonwealth Games XVIII Melbourne, AUS Semi-Finalist
2005
Denmark Open Semi-Finalist
Djarum Indonesia Open Quarter-Finalist
Hong Kong Open Hong Kong, HKG Semi-Finalist
23rd SEA Games Philippines Semi-Finalist
2004
Djarum Indonesia Open Semi-Finalist
Singapore Open Singapore, SIN Runner-Up
Chinese Taipei Open Taipei, Taiwan WINNER
China Open Guangzhou, CHN Quarter-Finalist
Asian Badminton Championships Kuala Lumpur, MAS Quarter-Finalist
2002
Asian Junior Championships Runner-Up
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Jun 22, 2007, 10:50:37 AM | #17 |
Tan Boon Heong (Simplified Chinese: 陈文宏, born September 18, 1987 in Alor Setar, Kedah) is a professional badminton player representing Malaysia in the men's doubles event.
He was previously paired with Hoon Thien How, with whom he won the World Junior Championships in 2004 and a silver medal at the 2006 Asian Badminton Championships.
Nearing the Doha XV Asian Games in 2006, Rexy Mainaky (the Malaysian doubles coach) decided to split them up and partner Tan Boon Heong with Koo Kien Keat instead. This move, nevertheless, proved to be spot-on as this pair went on to become the Asian Games champion, winning the gold medal in their maiden outing.
They also became the first qualifiers to win the Malaysian Open title in 2007.
Major Achievements
Men Doubles
Year Tournament Venue Round
2007
Indonesia Super Series Jakarta, INA Semi-Finalist
2007 Asian Badminton Championships Johor Bahru, MAS Runner-Up
Swiss Open Super Series Basel, SUI WINNER
All England Super Series Birmingham, ENG WINNER
Yonex Korea Open Super Series Seoul, KOR Semi-Finalist
Proton Malaysia Super Series Kuala Lumpur, MAS WINNER
2006
Asian Games XV Doha, Qatar WINNER
Yonex Japan Open Tokyo, JPN Runner-Up
Yonex Sunrise Hong Kong Open Hong Kong, HKG Quarter-Finalist
Thailand Open Thailand Quarter-Finalist
Macau Open Championship Macau Quarter-Finalist
Singapore Open Singapore, SIN Quarter-Finalist
2006 Asian Badminton Championships Johor Bahru, MAS Runner-up
China Masters Quarter-Finalist
2005
Malaysia Satellite Runner-up
2004
Singapore Satellite Singapore, SIN Runner-up
World Junior Championships Vancouver, CAN WINNER
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at sudirman cup, but i think is more give new experience to indonesia young player, regeneration is important now.