Does anyone else put rubber bands on their handle to adjust weight distribution?

[Learning]

Hi everyone. I have found that wrapping two or three rubber bands around my blade significantly, SIGNIFICANTLY affects how the blade feels on my backhand side. It makes the blade feel "balanced" and not "head-heavy" as it was before. Am I crazy, or does anyone else do this?

 

[Draycott old man]

Never seen anyone else with rubber bands around there handle before!! If it works for you then what a brilliant idea 😜 😜

 

[Lazer]

Yes (but grip tape) but mostly to make the handle thicker.

Cheers
L-zr

 

[Learning]

Never seen anyone else with rubber bands around there handle before!! If it works for you then what a brilliant idea 😜 😜

The largest liability is having them fall off during a critical point in a game... but that hasn't happened yet. Maybe I'll tape the rubber bands on during tournaments.

@Lazer Oh, that's a good idea too, if you have enough of them...

 

[lodro]

Hi everyone. I have found that wrapping two or three rubber bands around my blade significantly, SIGNIFICANTLY affects how the blade feels on my backhand side. It makes the blade feel "balanced" and not "head-heavy" as it was before. Am I crazy, or does anyone else do this?View attachment 34222

Nope, you are crazy
🤣

 

[TackyForehand]

Used coins taped to the end of the handle

 

[longle]

it's very normal in Vietnam, lots of people are having sweaty hand so they even wrap up the handle

 

[tzifos]

I also do this for a completely different reason. Here in Greece, spring and summer are quite hot and as I have very sweaty hands and I am playing with ST handles I need something to increase friction. So I put 1 or 2 such hair rubber bands (very very small, tiny, very very light) near the middle of the handle in order to avoid slipping the blade of my hand. It had happen to me a lot of times and this is the cure for this without altering the weight and balance of my blade.

 

[cybershapedragon]

I use badminton band to increase friction.

 

[Metaxa]

Use inner tube from a bicycle (smallest ones). Can then be cut to length.

 

[lodro]

it's very normal in Vietnam, lots of people are having sweaty hand so they even wrap up the handle

it is not about sweaty hands it is about balance.

 

[lodro]

I use badminton band to increase friction.

it is not about sweaty hands it is about balance.

 

[lodro]

Use inner tube from a bicycle (smallest ones). Can then be cut to length.

it is not about sweaty hands it is about balance.

 

[Learning]

Thanks everyone. I might experiment with taping small coins to the handle. If you see someone using rubber bands at the end of their handle, that might be me!

 

[longle]

it is not about sweaty hands it is about balance.

I mean, wrapping the handle like that will affect the balance quite a lot

 

[dingyibvs]

I used to put very thin wires and then tape them in place with gorilla tape. Now that I hold the racket higher up I don't really have an issue with balance anymore.

 

[lodro]

I mean, wrapping the handle like that will affect the balance quite a lot

yep, likely more than the 3 rubber bands 😁

 

[Learning]

yep, likely more than the 3 rubber bands 😁

But maybe the balance is significantly shifted with bands at the very end of the handle. Imagine high school physics and how center of gravity works on a rod. A little bit of weight at the very end of the rod has a much larger effect on shifting the center of gravity on the rod.

 

[Learning]

A rubber grip applied to the whole handle would mostly fit under your hand. The grip under your hand would actually function as bands placed in the exact middle of the grip, which is basically putting bands under your hand, which would possibly not affect head-to-handle balance as much.

Actually rubber bands vs. grip tape feel similar now that I think about grip tape that I’ve applied in the past. But rubber bands are easier to calibrate with different amounts of weight.

 

[kapahoo]

Looks pretty uncomfortable though.

There is clearly a market for blades with longer and/or bigger handles....