Thank you so much for your replies, I'll look into the graphite ones available and hopefully buy one this weekend!

I'll let you know which one I choose along with my verdict.

Thanks again!

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Hi Foxton,

Given that you've written £10 in your post and described Decathlon, I assume you're in the UK. Best bet is to find yourself a sports-direct outlet and take a look through their range. You normally get a tidy priced (£25) Dunlop range of rackets that should fit the bill nicely. To give you an idea, the rackets will claim a weight of around 160 or 165g and will claim to be a graphite / carbon / titanium material.

I've seen these models take a hell of a lot of punishment on the walls and floors without breaking and they will certainly prove to be the best value for money for you without being likely to deform.

Aluminium rackets are cheap but they deform easily. As you move up in price generally you move down in weight and the frame compositions change. Lighter rackets are fantastic for improving your game, but only once you've got used to avoiding walls and floors as the lighter rackets are much easier to fracture than the heavier ones! I now use a 137g dunlop which breaks very easily if you catch the wall wrongly. Other people at my club have broken 4 of these models in a month as they hit the wall more often than me, you don't want to get into this situation when starting out as it will cost you a fortune!

Drop me an email if you want any help with models or UK sources for equipment

bi zarre_ adz @ yahoo. com  (without the spaces)

Cheers

Adz

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hi foxton99

the racket you bought was an aluminium racket, which do go out of shape easily. if you switch to a graphite racket you won't have that problem although, because they are stiffer, they can break.

i recommend that you buy a low priced graphite racket (be carefull that no one sells you a composite racket which has a graphite shaft and an aluminium head)

there are plenty of posts on this subject and rita normally adds some tags which enable you to view relevant content in the menu to your left.

the link to the racket below is a good example of a relatively cheap racket which is quite durable. for the money, there are not too bad!

take a look at the browning 140 here

take a look at the browning 110 here

by the way, both racket are not lightweight rackets, but after using the ones you have got, they will seem brilliant!

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