Racket Buying Guide

features of rackets

• flexibility
  • ranges from 'flexible' to 'stiff'
  • flexible rackets are better for beginners (generates more speed)
  • flexible rackets are better for people with shoulder injuries as well
• balance
  • three categories mostly: head light, even balance & head heavy
  • playing style comes into the picture here to decide perfect balance for ourselves.
  • head heavy racket gives more power to your smashes.
  • for net players, who like to play fast & flat games, head light rackets are better.
• weight
  • 6U is the lightest (70-75g)
  • 2U is the highest (90-94g)
  • lighter rackets are more preferrable for beginners.
  • 4u & 5u seems good options.
• grip size
  • G4 (larger grip), G6 (smaller grip)
  • better to go with thinner grip as we can always cushion or extra grip around it.
  • smaller grip is better for people with smaller hands as well (not me :P)
• string tension
  • each racket mentions what's the max tension their strings can take
  • higher tension is more suited for intermediate & advanced players.
  • if the material quality is good, you can get racket's tension increased even more than the recommended value.

Other Tips

• avoid aluminium frame rackets. graphite is the best.
• 28lbs - 32lbs is good tension range.