Squash Racket Weight - Which is Best ?

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Today, I just want to talk about what weight of squash racket you should use. I just arranged four rackets out here just shows my progression through squash. Actually, these are all rackets that I've used.

Really, over here, we've got a beginner racket as Dunlop Aerogel Pro. This is quite heavy. I believe it's 145 grams and really, heavy rackets, especially when they're above 140 grams, that's really meant for beginners. It's meant for people who need the weight of the racket to generate pace on the ball and to really use that weight of the racket to generate enough power to get a good drive and to get the ball to the back of the court, right.

Really, once you reach an intermediate level, you shouldn't be using any racket above 140 grams in my opinion, right. The reason being that as you get better and as you improve your wrist strength and your forearm strength, you're really going to be able to generate power with your racket with those muscles and without having to use the heavy racket, right.

At that point, you progress to something like this and that's more 135. One hundred thirty five grams is a very normal weight for squash racket. In my mind, that's what you should be aiming for. It's a good balance between power and having it light enough that you can do quick reaction shots, quick flicks, more wrist action than you would with a heavier racket. These two rackets over here are 135. I believe this one's 135, this one.

This one brings up a good example of a racket that is 135 grams, but it's actually head heavy, right. You have the weight of your racket, but then you also have the balance of your racket, right, which is very, very important. The balance of your racket, you could have 135 grams, but if the weight is more concentrated in the head of the racket, it's still going to affect that quick flick motion, the quick whip of the racket that you develop as you develop your forearm muscle and your wrist muscle.

Make sure that you don't just buy a racket that is say 135 grams say off the internet or something. You need to make sure that they specify what the balance of the racket is, right. Make sure that they specify that it's even, head light or head heavy. In my mind, you should go for head light, unless you're a beginner, right. Head light really allows you to do more flicks, which you're going to see as you develop your muscles, you're going to be doing more of those naturally, right. Something like the Dunlop Aerogel Pro, this thing is head heavy and should only be used by beginners, right.

My recommendation overall is get a racket that is about 135 grams. You could go maybe 130, as low as 130 and maybe as high as 140. Anything, you see some of the pros use rackets that are very light like 120 or 125, to me, for me, that's too light. I can't get proper drives on the ball. Especially if you're playing in cold conditions, it's very difficult I find to get enough power to get the ball regularly to the back of the court with a racket that's 120 grams or 125 grams. I would leave that to the pros. They've got incredible wrist and forearm power.

I would go with something like this. This is my favorite racket, 135 grams. Also, the Dunlop Biomimetic Elite, they've got different models of this now. There's newer models with different names. That's also a good reliable choice on 135 grams. These are both head light rackets, this one and the Prince one here. The Prince EXO3 Rebel, this one is more head heavy. It's 135 grams head heavy. I don't like it. Can't get enough flicks on the ball, not enough quick reaction.

Yeah, as I said, my overall recommendation, 135 grams and head light, right. Aim for that, unless you're a beginner and in that case, you can go a bit heavier at like 145 grams until you build up that wrist and forearm muscle.