Friday, December 14, 2012

Yonex Nanospeed 800-A marvellous racquet



Memories of a Great Intermediate level racquet:


The Red Nanospeed 800 Made in Taiwan racquet was a "Repulsion"


racquet with immense power on the swing and was also very light


 and flexible allowing quick shots and returns.


What was really unique about this head light racquet was the very 


flexible,  light but strong head which generated a lot of power in 


smashes.The racquet is basically head light,powerful both for clears


and surprisingly also for smashes, almost as sharp as say,the Ti 10.


The secret is in the sharp edges and aerodynamics of the frame 


and the slim medium Nanotube shaft. It is versatile enough to  suit 


any player and any type of the wide range of shuttlecocks.To


me the tapered frame design and light head allowed quick turns of 



the wrist and made easy the rapid and wristy delivery of deceptive


cuts and slices supplemented by the strong shaft that allows very


powerful hard shots.The long swing required to generate power 


also has an additional advantage in enabling last moment twists of 


the wrists for deceptive strokes.It does lose out a little bit though 


in control. 

The closest equivalent of this racquet to me is the Ti10 and Ti8.


The Nanospeed 800 was later altered to a white coloured Balanced


Racquet which lost all the properties in speed and sharpness of 


offensive overhead shots of the older model.

Subsequently the racquet model was withdrawn and its closest


equivalent(only to the white Nanospeed 800) is another balanced 


racquet Nanoray 60. 


Since then I have yet to discover another racquet as versatile to me


as the red version of the Nanospeed 800, maybe it exists in advanced 


models such as the Nano9900 or Nanoray 700 series.


It is possible that the red Nanospeed 800 was an experimental racquet


made in Taiwan that turned out so well that it was quickly withdrawn 


and re-packaged as another high end model.  


This article explains the advantages of light racquets quite clearly :


http://www.badmintonalley.com/category_s/154.htm


Very close equivalent :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqQDTfk7Skk-

Nanospeed 9900


http://badmintan.blogspot.com/2011/09/yonex-nanoray-700-rp-review.html







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