Babolat Shadow Tour Badminton Shoes - White/Pink
Babolat Shadow Tour Badminton Shoes - White/Pink
SHOE WIDTH:
Standard
PLAYER LEVEL:
Advanced
DESIGNED FOR:
Light Weight
What we love
Good Cooling
Designed For
Light Weight
Width Fit
Standard
Overall Fit
True to Size
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Player level What level of player this is designed up to
BeginnerProfessional
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support What degree of overall foot and impact support the shoe offers
Low Foot/AnkleHigh Foot/Ankle
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Durability What degree of durability the shoe provides
Shorting LastingLong Lasting
- Product description
- BUYING GUIDE
- PRODUCT DELIVERY
- RETURNS / WARRANTY
- PRICE MATCH
Product description
- Performance shoe for all indoor courts
- Midsole vent for foot cooling
- Michelin Performance Rubber Grip
- Asymmetrical lacing for better fit
- High heel collar for optimal fit
- Excellent cushioning and grip
The Babolat Shadow Tour is the elite, flagship shoe of the Babolat range and comes highly recommended from international, county and club players alike. The shoes themselves feature DCS technology, this offers better shock absorption and dynamic response when moving around court.
The outsole features dual treads in different sizes to maximise grip from any movement or angle on court. A collaboration with world famous tyre manufacturer Michelin is another indication of the high level engineering work that has gone into ensuring optimal traction on court. The shoe also features a higher heel collar to secure your foot in the shoes, combined with a Ariaprene upper for breathability in the shoe itself when playing.
Brand | Babolat |
Model series | Babolat - Shadow |
MODEL NAME | Shadow Tour |
PLAYER LEVEL | Advanced |
SHOE SIZE LENGTH FIT | True to Size |
SHOE WIDTH FIT | Standard |
DESIGNED FOR | Light Weight |
BUYING GUIDE
Badminton Shoes – there's loads to choose from, what are the key things to look for when choosing?
- Shoe Support
- Comfort & Fitting
- Weight
- Player Level
- Shoe Durability
- Looks
1. Shoe Support
In our opinion probably the most underappreciated aspect of choosing badminton shoes. Look at the amount of players our there that need knee supports later on in life! Why is this often the case....well usually its because of either bad technique or poor footwear.
Health and well being must come first.....so don't try and save money by going for shoes that doesn't have good cushioning and shoe structural strength. Go for a respected Badminton or Shoes brand that really know what they're doing.
You can see on all our Badminton Shoe pages, the level of support the shoe offers is graded, use this as a guide.
A number of shoes will also reference support technology such as graphite plates and power cushion shock absorbers. Look out for these are they're designed to release pressure of your bodyweight when moving.
2. Comfort & Fitting
These are technically 2 aspects but effectively they cover the same thing. We list all shoes stating how true the fit of the shoe is, both in terms of length and width. This is particularly key for players with narrow or wider feet than the normal person.
Pretty much all Badminton shoes these days are designed “ergoshape” for stability, which provides flexibility around the toes area. This shape enables more explosive movement when moving forwards and backwards.
In addition to this, look out for the “Designed For” Feature shown in our description section, this will sometimes say “Comfort”. Where this is the case, it means when we've checked the shoes out, and the main strength/focus on the shoes is to provide comfort to the foot when playing.
Good fitting shoes will minimise the risk of ankle injures or foot blisters. That said, it's sometimes worth purchasing insoles to help with fit further or ankle supports to stop yourself rolling your ankles if you have done it before playing.
It's best to allow for a small amount of room in the front of the shoe so that the toe is not pressured when lunging and stopping sharply.
One final point, remember to allow your shoes to “wear in”. We recommend to wear your new shoes around the house for a week to allow them to soften and stretch a little. Don't wear your court shoes outside however - this will degrade the grip and bring dirt and dust onto the court.
3. How Lightweight they are
So firstly, the brands annoyingly don't provide weight measurements for their shoes. A lightweight shoe is great for players who need fast movement, however this often comes at a cost in reduced shoe support. A lightweight shoe generally offers less durability too, as it's often not as substantially made as shoes with strong support.
On our product pages for Badminton Shoes you can see under the “Designed for” feature if it says “Lightweight”.
Lightweight shoes generally are suited to smaller or lighter players on their feet, who have excellent technique in their movement.
4. What Player level the badminton shoes are intended for
We list below each shoe the player level from 0-100, in a graph bar. Obviously if you're a lower level as a player you can still go for a higher level shoe. It simply shoes up to what level of player the badminton shoes can be used for.
Typically some of the shoes we sell are even used by the world's very top players.
5. Shoe Durability
This is infinitely difficult to measure as it's so subjective to how often the shoes are used, the quality of movement for the specific badminton player and the surfaces as well as the way the shoes are treated.
Typically, it's the more you spend....the most durable the shoe is likely to be. Also shoes that are “Designed For” “Strong Support”, will be more durable than a lightweight slimmer lined shoe.
6. How it looks
Obviously everyone wants to look good when playing.....this one is down to personal preference!
Our most popular brand for Shoes with our players presently are the Yonex Badminton Shoes.
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 GuideInternational 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?
- Fill in the form on the right with all the relevant details requested. Alternatively you can call our team on 02380 002388.
- 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:
- Make sure the item being sold elsewhere is new and include a direct link to it.
- 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.
- The item must be in stock and actively being sold.
- 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.
- The product is identical to ours in brand, colour, size and model number.
- 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.
- Strings and Shuttlecocks excluded.
- Yonex products are excluded from this offer.
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
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
SERVICE PROMISE
BUY NOW PAY LATER
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