Two Yonex Astrox 88 Play 4U Gen 3 2024 badminton rackets in black and silver are displayed against a white background. The larger image features the head of the racket, showcasing a striking geometric red logo on the strings with an ISOMETRIC design. The smaller image highlights the handle wrapped in white grip tape.

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

£63.95
£80.00 £63.95
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  • Two Yonex Astrox 88 Play 4U Gen 3 2024 badminton rackets in black and silver are displayed against a white background. The larger image features the head of the racket, showcasing a striking geometric red logo on the strings with an ISOMETRIC design. The smaller image highlights the handle wrapped in white grip tape.
  • The Yonex Astrox 88 Play 4U Gen 3 2024 Badminton Racket by Yonex features an ISOMETRIC design, a white grip, and a dark frame. It includes strings with a red logo centered on them.
  • A close-up of a Yonex Astrox 88 Play 4U Gen 3 2024 badminton racket's head highlights its red strings and impressive ISOMETRIC design, with the frame showcasing a gleaming silver finish complemented by sleek black accents.

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

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

£63.95
£80.00 £63.95
(Save 20%)

WEIGHT:

83G

PLAYER LEVEL:

Beginner

BALANCE:

Head Heavy

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What we love

Super Versatile

Player Style

All Round

Model Series

Yonex - Astrox

Weight:

83G

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

     75%

    HEAD LIGHTHEAD HEAVY

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

     45%

    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
  • Slim Shaft
  • Power Assister Bumper
  • 4U Weight

The Yonex Astrox 88 Play Badminton Racket is the latest edition to the Astrox series, and a perfect choice for beginner to intermediate-level players looking to develop their game. Designed with power and precision in mind, the 88 Play is best suited for developing players needing a high-level, well-rounded racket that can help them in every facet of their game. 

With a medium flex and a head-heavy balance, this racket is powerful enough to control the game from the back of the court, yet agile enough to excel close to the net during heated rallies. This combination, along with the technologies featured in this racket, make it extremely versatile, and excellent for players who are yet to nail down their playstyle. 

A superbly designed racket, this racket is an easy choice for any player looking for a user-friendly yet dominant option. 

Features:

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.

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. 

Rotational Generator System: By applying the counterbalance theory, weight is distributed throughout the grip end, frame top, and the joint for maximum control. The transition to the next shot can be performed smoothly, with rapid succession.

Slim Shaft: Improved aerodynamics and flex, increasing precision and accuracy. 

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 Graphite
PLAYER LEVEL Beginner
PLAYER STYLE All Round
RACKET BALANCE Head Heavy
FLEX Medium
WEIGHT 83 grams
GRIP SIZE G5/S3 (Small)
HEAD SHAPE Isometric
OVERALL LENGTH 675mm
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN China

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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