The Yonex Astrox 88D Tour 4U Gen 3 2024 badminton racket boasts a black and silver frame with a white grip, ideal for defensive players. The strings, adorned with red logos, enhance its smashing power. You can view it in both full length and partial perspectives.

Yonex Astrox 88D Tour 4U Gen 3 2024 Badminton Racket - Black / Silver

£143.95
£180.00 £143.95
(Save 20%)
  • The Yonex Astrox 88D Tour 4U Gen 3 2024 badminton racket boasts a black and silver frame with a white grip, ideal for defensive players. The strings, adorned with red logos, enhance its smashing power. You can view it in both full length and partial perspectives.
  • The Yonex Astrox 88D Tour 4U Gen 3 2024 Badminton Racket, featuring a stylish black and silver finish, includes a white grip and a dark frame accented by strings with a red logo. Engineered for powerful smashes, this racket is perfect for defensive players focusing on precision and control on the court.
  • The Yonex Astrox 88D Tour 4U Gen 3 2024 badminton racket in black and silver features a striking red pattern positioned diagonally, enhancing smashing power for defensive players.

Yonex Astrox 88D Tour 4U Gen 3 2024 Badminton Racket - Black / Silver

Yonex Astrox 88D Tour 4U Gen 3 2024 Badminton Racket - Black / Silver

£143.95
£180.00 £143.95
(Save 20%)

WEIGHT:

83G

PLAYER LEVEL:

Advanced

BALANCE:

Head Heavy

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What we love

Aggressive Play

Player Style

Defensive

Model Series

Yonex - Astrox

Weight:

83G

  • Balance Shows where the racket is naturally weighted, Heavy Head suits Power, Light Head suits Speed.

     80%

    HEAD LIGHTHEAD HEAVY

  • Flex Shows the level of racket flex. Flexible rackets suit players needing extra power, Stiff rackets are for accuracy

     75%

    HIGHLY FLEXIBLEEXTREMELY STIFF

  • WEIGHT Shows the weight of the racket. Lighter rackets mean faster racket speed, but sometimes less power

     83G

    LightHeavy

Head Heavy Stiff Head Light Flexible

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Overall feel of the racket
  • Product description
  • BUYING GUIDE
  • PRODUCT DELIVERY
  • RETURNS / WARRANTY
  • PRICE MATCH

Product description

  • AERO+ Box Frame
  • ISOMETRIC
  • Rotational Generator System
  • 2G-Namd Flex Force
  • Stability Weight Distribution
  • REXIS Shaft
  • Ultra Slim Shaft

The Yonex Astrox 88D Tour Racket is the little brother of the 88D Pro, slightly toned down to make it more user-friendly whilst still suitable for advanced players. Sporting a brand-new black and silver colourway and game-changing technology, the 88D Tour is an incredible racket for defensive players who enjoy playing from the back of the court. 

The 88D excels in backcourt play, being a robust and stable racket designed with power in mind. This racket was manufactured to enhance smashing power to dominate your opponents on the court, whilst its stability weight distribution technology keeps shots controlled and precise while boosting your power. The 4U weight (approx. 83 grams) of this racket makes it much more user-friendly and responsive, whilst still packing a powerful punch and being incredibly well-rounded. 

Several technologies are featured in this racket, coming together to make it a true powerhouse on the court. For players who like splitting their opponent's defense open from the back of the court, this 88D Tour is a must-have. 

Features:

AERO+ Box Frame: Smoother contours throughout the racquet head for less wind resistance and extra racquet speed, combined with the stability of a box frame. 

ISOMETRIC: Developed over 30 years ago, the ISOMETRIC design increases the sweet spot by 7%. Compared to a conventional round frame, a square-shaped ISOMETRIC racquet generates a larger sweet spot by optimizing the intersection of the main and cross strings.

Rotational Generator System + 2G-Namd Flex Force: By applying the counterbalance theory, weight is carefully distributed throughout the grip end, frame top, and joint, enabling a smooth transition between powerful shots for rapid, successive attacks. The innovative graphite “2G-NamdTM Flex Force” used in the shaft, characterized by its quick flex and snapback, maximizes shot power and advances the performance of the Rotational Generator System.

Stability Weight Distribution: The added weight distribution on the sides of the frame enhances stability during the swing, resulting in maximized smash power and allowing for the effective breakdown of defenses during back-court attacks.

REXIS Shaft: A high-performance shaft precisely designed with an original Yonex molding technique. Improves shot performance and dominates the game.

Ultra Slim Shaft: Inserting NANOPREME into the racket shaft ensures greater stability compared to conventional rackets. When bending and releasing two racquets under the same force, the Ultra Slim Long Shaft rebounds almost twice as far as a conventional racquet does in the same length of time (0.018 seconds). This equates to 10% greater stability compared with conventional racquets.

Energy Boost CAP PLUS: A uniquely shaped cap that maximizes shaft performance. The front allows the shaft to flex, while the side arch-shaped curve stabilizes the racquet face by preventing the shaft from twisting.

Power Assister Bumper: Attached to enforce heavier, increased power by configuring the weight directed into the shuttlecock with a tungsten-infused nylon bumper.


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Brand Yonex
Model series Yonex - Astrox
Shaft construction HM Graphite, 2G-NAMD
PLAYER LEVEL Advanced
PLAYER STYLE Defensive
RACKET BALANCE Head Heavy
FLEX Stiff
WEIGHT 83 grams
GRIP SIZE G5/S3 (Small)
HEAD SHAPE Isometric
OVERALL LENGTH 675mm
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN Taiwan

BUYING GUIDE

Badminton Rackets Buying Guide

The key question to ask firstly is what style of player are you, or what type of player do you want to become?

  1. Power Attacking
  2. All Round
  3. Fast Reactions to Rallies
  4. Control and Touch, by moving players around the court to create space

As a general guide for your playing style below is the kind of racket you'll want to look at purchasing:

Playing Style Racket Balance Racket Flexibility Racket Weight
Power Attacking Head Heavy Stiff 85g – 89g (3U)
All Round Balanced Medium 80g – 84g (4U)
Speed & Fast Reactions Head Light Medium 79g or below (5U and up)
Control & Touch Head Light Hi Flex 79g or below (5U and up)


In simple terms is means this:
Player with Explosive Backswing Hitting = Stiffer Shaft needed as it'll unload faster for more power.
Player with Slower Backswing Hitting = More Flexible Shaft needed so that it'll unload fully at impact.

If you're still unsure what to choose for yourself, we'd recommend going for a medium flex badminton racket to minimise the chances of choosing incorrectly what's right for you.

Weight:

Weight can make a real difference to reaction speeds, and power behind the hit of a shuttle. Too light a racket and it won't go far or powerful enough. However too heavy a racket and you'll find you'll be reacting too slow in fast flat rallies, where reaction speed is everything.:

Most rackets are weighted around 3U (85-89g) or 4U (80-84g), this is because it's a good weight balance for players to hit hard and also be able to react fast too.:

Typically singles players will use heavier rackets 3U (85-89g), this provides the player with more stability and accuracy, with a little more weight for power behind it, without compromising on racket speed too much, as quick racket head speed isn't needed as much in the singles game:

Doubles players however will usually want lighter rackets, the most popular weight for this being 4U (80-84g), this is because the Badminton Racket will offer more speed and quicker reactions in around the net and for defence against smashes.:

Racket Strings Used & Tension:

Again like the grip, this is customisable on any racket. However do look out for racket tension ranges on the product as this could potentially limit your ability to have the racket strung at a desired tension.:

For a full breakdown on strings and tensions, see our buying guide specifically on this.:

To put it simply however, if you're unsure what to choose when buying a racket you like, either go for the “Original Strings” option or “Stringers Professional Decision” for which we'll choose the string that best suits getting the maximum performance out of the racket for you.:

Full Badminton Racket Buying Guide:

PRODUCT DELIVERY

UK Mainland Delivery

FREE if over £75 or £4.95

Standard 2-4 days delivery.

Express (Mon-Fri) 1-2 working days £5.95

Order by 1PM Monday-Friday for Next Working Day UK delivery.

Full Badminton Delivery Buying Guide

International Delivery

Unfortunately, due to Brexit, we will no longer be shipping outside of UK Mainland.

RETURNS / WARRANTY

Easy Returns

UK Customers

We have a simple 30 days (can be extended) upon receiving the order policy, but we will be flexible and extend this if it's a gift for a specific event, such a a birthday, this can be done by simply ticking the the gift option when purchasing.

We provide a part filled returns form for all UK orders, simply follow the process below:

To find your local collect plus shop: https://www.collectplus.co.uk/store-locator

See here for our full returns details & information.

 

Our UK Address for returns is:

Badminton HQ
Unit 1, Greabridge Business Park
Budds Lane,
Romsey,
Hampshire,
England
SO51 0HA

Warranty Policy - Our Risk Free Support

Within 30 Days of receipt of the items?

Simple 30 days retailer warranty on all orders with genuine manufacturer defects.

More than 30 Days?

We work with the brands/suppliers to see if it can be covered under warranty for you (usually it is, but depends on the way the damage has occurred).

Still not covered but within 6 months of purchase?

We offer a crash replacement policy, where we offer a goodwill policy of 20% discount off your next order with us for the same/alternative replacement item, not including postage costs.

PRICE MATCH

Price Match Promise

It's this simple - Find it cheaper anywhere else in the UK & we'll match it! Subject to conditions (see below).

So how does it work?

  1. Fill in the form on the right with all the relevant details requested. Alternatively you can call our team on 02380 002388.
  2. We'll email you or call you after we review the price match request.

* By requesting the price request you have checked it meets the requirements below

The boring conditions bit:

  1. Make sure the item being sold elsewhere is new and include a direct link to it.
  2. Unfortunately we're unable to match prices for websites based outside of Mainland UK, unauthorised brand stockists, or 3rd party sites such as Amazon or eBay. 
  3. The item must be in stock and actively being sold.
  4. At our own discretion we can refuse to offer the price match. Where this is the case we will offer you a full refund, this is rare, but there are exceptions. We will offer to refund the order in full if this happens.
  5. The product is identical to ours in brand, colour, size and model number.
  6. We cannot provide retrospective price matching after you have already purchased from us in the past, as we cannot verify if on the date of original purchase the price of the alternative retailer you may ask us to price match with.
  7. Strings and Shuttlecocks excluded.
  8. Yonex products are excluded from this offer.
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We provide a simply returns form with all orders, if you’re not happy after receiving the item within the first 30 days, you’re able to return it for a refund. This does not cover product warranty periods.

EASY 30 DAY RETURNS

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We aim to make sure your order, delivery, products and service from ourselves is of the highest possible standards. Our staff are highly trained to make sure all our customers are properly looked after to ensure the sport is properly supported by ourselves as a shop

Need Help? Call us on +44 (0)2380 002388 or email us on sales@badmintonhq.co.uk

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Our Prices are price checked every day against all major competitor retailers to ensure we’re offering you the best possible deals! Combined with this IF you do find a price better than ourselves we price to beat it by 10% of the difference in addition (Excluding Yonex products. Excluded all Strings and Shuttlecocks).

If this is the case you can either complete our price match promise form online, or call us on +44 (0)2380 002388 or email us on sales@badmintonhq.co.uk

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