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Grips and Powder

The badminton grip helps a player to maximise their performance by

allowing them to hold the racket comfortably. Most grips also aid in sweat
absorption, allowing you to grip the racket tightly even when you’re
drenched in sweat.

However, most badminton players have next to no knowledge of the type

of grip they should buy. While choosing your badminton grip, it’s important
to examine your style of play and determine what kind of grip works best
for you. This way, you’ll pick a grip that you’re comfortable playing with
and this will help you perform optimally.

Grip powder
The technical term for this product is Magnesium Carbonate Hemihydrate,
which aims to make your hands stop sweating so much, which is a big
problem for many badminton players.

The most common solution to this problem is to start using a towel grip,
which has more sweat absorption capacity than a rubber grip.

Many professionals use this type of grip not only because of this feature
but also because they feel a greater comfort when playing with it, thus
also developing more or their game.

socks

There are plenty of places to get good quality sports socks. Badminton
brands produce socks designed for Badminton, I’d say these are optional
though. Go with a good sports brand and make sure the socks are nice a
thick with a high thread count. This prevents your feet from rubbing
against your shoes and forming blisters.

SHORTS Women attire RULES

Controversially the BWF at one point considered making it mandatory for

women to wear skirts whilst playing Badminton. Thankfully they came to
their senses and revoked the idea. Women now have the same dress code
rules as men do. They’re free to wear shirts, shorts and skirts following the
same restrictions that men have.

Some sports brands now have skorts which are skirts with shorts attached
underneath like swim shorts for men. These are great because you don’t
need to have separate shorts and skirts to layer up.

Tshirt Men attire RULES

if you play for a Badminton club in a local league or compete in

competitions then you will be subject to a particular dress code. The dress
code for men from one league or tournament to the next will rarely be
different.

The dress code will most likely state that you have to wear shorts, not long
pants, and a T-shirt but excluding anything like football, rugby, hockey or
any other sport-specific shirts. The exclusion of these is to not detract
from Badminton as a sport and by playing with a football shirt you’re
effectively advertising a different sport.

There can be regulations around printed shirts as well. Any shirts with
graphics, imagery and written content on are most likely banned. Again
the exclusion is against the advertising as well as regulating any
inappropriate content like nudity and explicit language.

There are very limited rules and regulations around colouring and designs
for shirts and shorts. Almost all sports clothing will comply with any
regulations there might be.

Shoes

Some models of shoes have either a layer of stiff material or what they call
“talons” down the side of the shoe. These are designed to create stability
for the foot and to prevent rolling. There is a lot of lateral movement in
Badminton and these help players keep their footing.

Yonex designed the lightest pair of Badminton shoes in the world with the
Aerus models. The weight of the shoe is key for fast footwork. They’re also
designed to fit the shape of the foot very snuggly. Wearing a good pair of
Badminton shoes feels like wearing no shoes at all sometimes.