Toddster J Aubin wrote: > i have always been told that," the tighter the strings the more > control; the looser the strings, the more power." i don't think that > there has been any "scientific" testing to prove or disprove this theory. > as for a recommended tension, just email me your model type and brand In contrast to tennis it is generally recognized in badminton that lower tensions optimises control while higher tensions provides more power (shuttle velocity). This was summarised by Pat Davis in 1979 in Complete Badminton. There is a study paper written by Chea Swee Ming, and is published in the British Journal of Physical Education No.12 Winter 1992. It is titled 'Shuttle Velocity and Control in Badminton Strokes: A study of the effects of string tension manipulation among some Skilled Players in Negara Brunei, Darussalam'. Ming's study set out to quantify Davis' observations and tended to confirm those observations, but he also concluded that although a higher tension may be prefered for power, a skilled player can adapt to a lower tension and yield similar results after some adjustment. An interesting note though, that in his study, string tensions greater than 20 lbs the string bed approaches an unresponsive stage commonly refered to as 'dead tension'. Regards, Randy (From dknet mailing list, Thu, 30 Jan 1997 03:25:09 -0800)