For beginner, racket is the least important thing. Just pickup any racket which feel good to you. The most important thing is grip. Learn the correct grip, and stroke technique.

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Added on May 30, 2010, 7:51 pmFantasia:
I used to have a racket that has similar style as yours. It's good for defense (cause it's light), and control (flexible).

Low kickpoint, do you mean it has relatively low pivot point? It happens to all light racket.

This post has been edited by Aurora: May 30 2010, 07:52 PM

In air, when we swing our arm hard enough, it will make lower body (i.e. torso) has the tendency to swing upward. If jump smash with leg straight, very often one will have a bad landing, lost stability, balance and poor recovery. To prevent that (bad landing and slow recovery), the player may need to reserve part of his strength during smash.

When the leg is curl, we balance the arm swing with the leg. Hence, he can swing his arm harder without having to worry about bad landing.