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Marking the badminton racket handle

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Marking the badminton racket handle is an excellent way to help yourself learn the correct basic grip.

Marking the racket handle
The bevel grip, held by the fingertips

In the photographs for this guide, I have painted all the diagonal bevels blue. This is a time-consuming process requiring masking tape and paints (I used acrylics).

You don’t need such an elaborate method. Simply mark a straight line along the corner of the handle, between bevel 1 and bevel 2.

You can try various marking materials: correction fluid (such as Tipp-Ex), paint, or marker pen. If you use paints, you may find it helpful to use masking tape. In my experience, marker pen is easiest to apply but smudges quickly; correction fluid lasts a little longer but then flakes off; and paints are tedious to apply but last by far the longest (use acrylics).

Using marker pen on a towelling grip would probably be a good combination (easy to apply, shouldn’t smudge too much).

Since the racket is symmetrical, there are actually two lines to mark (180 degrees rotation from each other).

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