YONEX is a world-renowned badminton equipment manufacturer, founded in 1946, has been focusing on the technical research and development and update iteration of badminton products, and is a well-deserved king in the field of badminton. In the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Yonex contracted players swept 24 medals in badminton, and at present, Lin Dan, Li Zongwei, Li Longda and other world-class badminton players are its contracted players, Yonex has become a trusted high-performance badminton brand in the hearts of golfers.
 
Yonex has been making badminton balls since 1965 and has always been a symbol of high quality, and has been used in major world-class badminton tournaments and professional badminton team training. In 1992, badminton was officially included in the official Olympic Games in Barcelona, and Yonex badminton was the only ball used in the tournament.
 
Yonex mainly produces mid-to-high-end professional badminton, and there are not many product models, which can be roughly divided into two categories: competition level and training level.
 
Competition-grade badminton uses high-grade goose knife feathers and natural cork ball heads, which are the most advanced materials in badminton production at present. At present, the top ball on sale in China is AS-50, which is also a professional competition ball certified by the International Badminton Federation. The texture of the cork ball head of Shuangpin is also relatively delicate and solid, which ensures a crisp and neat hitting feeling, moderate elasticity, and the flight path can be mastered with appropriate force. However, the official price is high, with a price of 300 yuan per tube.
 
The competition-level model AS-30 has better comprehensive performance, the official price is 255 yuan, compared with AS-50, the price is slightly cheaper, although the ball body vibrates slightly in flight, but the hair is also thicker and more durable.
 
Yonex training level badminton generally uses duck feathers and composite ball heads, and the price is much cheaper, and the official price is about 150 yuan. It is generally believed that the composite ball head is added to the MDF, the ball head is easier to deform, and the elasticity of the ball head is also poor, but the adhesion of the MDF and the broken wood in the composite ball head of Yonex is high, which strengthens the durability of the ball head, and the flight effect of the shuttlecock is more prominent than that of other similar duck feathers, and can be used as a training or amateur ball.
 
What is more special is that the training model AS-9 uses goose feathers, which will have better fighting resistance than other duck feathers of the same level, but relatively speaking, the flight performance is also reduced.
 
Yonex's top-of-the-line balls also include the F series, which are not currently commercially available in China and can only be purchased from Japan.
 
Yonex also has launched a nylon ball series, the official price is not cheap, the advantage of nylon ball is that it is resistant to playing and wind, suitable for outdoor environments, but its hitting feeling and flight trajectory are different from natural badminton, and the performance of rubbing the ball is not as good as natural badminton, and it is not recommended to use it indoors.