World Fastest Smasher Tan Boon Heong of Malaysia 421km/h

[nokiasaya81]

Malaysia Boleh!

[ale03000]

From our honored Malaysian player, can the shuttle really fly that FAST??!!! My goodness man that is FAST.....Tan Boon Heong/陳文宏 is AMAZING :)............!!

[SYEROLL]

he can smash good and can used it in his game but..

[tajulafham94]

the shuttlecock would be destroyed

[BioKillerBeeHazard98]

it's amazing to see how well he manage his left hand since majority of people on earth (including me) are right handed .

[aja105]

i heard japanese language~

[AIDA5816]

tan boon heong is handsome guy ^^

[dtiydr]

When i try to do this my raquets actually break (no kidding) after about 36 games (its over a 100$ one though) so i really want his!

[Alhamdulillah98]

im malaysian



[TiNhAMouTiK]

NOOB LA ! my gran father can do better thn him

[MrSharkkng]

@TiNhAMouTiK thats your grandfather not you

[TiNhAMouTiK]

@MrSharkkng lol.. tat comment is from my fren ... i am the real owner of tis id == sry.. tan is gud :D

[gohjiejing]

@TiNhAMouTiK Get a Life Kids

[TiNhAMouTiK]

@gohjiejing imma juz joking u bitch == TAN is once of my idol ==

[gohjiejing]

@TiNhAMouTiK why must speak rude ? i may also joking -_- @@

[TiNhAMouTiK]

@gohjiejing solli lo dai lou... JK LO :D

[Exnoc]

@TiNhAMouTiK pity u, have such a grandfather..tell him to think about dead already

[megas817]

so cool faster than gtr

[dangtungduong]

OMG stupid cameraman, what a noob angle !!!

[emilytan94]

I rmb that his record was in a competition.....if I'm nt wrong...?

[clanOT]

if you measure the microseconds after the shuttle leaves the racket in a strong smash of the world's top players it would be over 400km/h.. but the average of that would have only have been around 290km/h, nowhere as strong as fu haifeng

[Badmintonboyz97]

Awesome...



[XBlackUnit]

keep pressing 4 :O 

[XBlackUnit]

that's fast, but sorry, if it's not in a game, it's nothing

[DeanneLucify]

@XBlackUnit he did it in japan open but there's no video of it

[prakarso]

this guys should do in the competition and than see if he can smash like that..... there is a lot pro player who can do that just for breaking the "world record" *silly comment on that video.....

[Lakshico]

imagine a mini sized bugatti veyron crashed into you.

[Mightythunder0987]

taufik is better... this guy didn't do it in a competition... of course this guy has a lot of energy. >peace<

[figo17]

i realli hope to see Taufik, lcw, lin dan, fu hai do a smash speed test too

This test is not complete without testing it with the World's best.

not sayin TBH is not world class.

[Magicmasterable97]

awesome!

[jinnz92]

wat the....untillthe ball flated

[Sleepingpillz]

@jinnz92 ball?

[xcslancer]

Ler.. takat test2 gitu leh la.. smah kedepan? Apa barang.. kasik smash tajam kebawah la.. Dalam game.. bukan saja2. Ada berani?

[DoubleBOOM1997]

Imagine that racket hit you....on your face

[jefwbc]

i got a arsaber z slash and i can do a jump smash about a 125 km/h and i am a b1

[djtan2012]

Maybe u are over jealous dude...His the tag team pros now in Malaysia..And even 325 is not so gud enuf,,....Now should be raise higher..

[animals29842]

fastest smash in game is just as good 325 or something close to that. so imagine if that smash was set up it would probably beat this one.

[sbarbato19]

vista stamattina su sportweek ^_^

[bryantkohtingwee]

try to increase the volumn...those smashed are so sharp and fast..SCARY

[yannyboyy]

I heard so many languages there.

Some mandarin that changed to cantonese, then english obviously, and then japanese. And then some others that I didn't recognise.

How are they communicating with each other?

[bannedgler]

@yannyboyy lol.. thats y we r 1 malay.. :D hahaha.,.. btw.. the other language is malay..

[digital7X]

@yannyboyy lol malaysia is a multilingual country ~ u nid to master 3 languages to survive XD

[jErEmY9036]

click on 0:24 then repeat it as many as you can .. see how he flips his foot so fast?

[animals29842]

Fu Haifeng could probably hit much harder then 324km/h if his were setup like this vid he pulled that smash in a tournament.

[SGSHADOWOD]

I've held that racquet!

[Titototipopi]

Look like me smash more power,KIDDING LOLS

[oncemarkonce]

not interesting, because it doesn't happen in a game.

[Hennes003]

@oncemarkonce why wouldnt it? Sure it does.

[DongFangShuo]

I believe the confusion around whether or not the record was made during tournament play stemmed from a misinterpretation by some Chinese media (from Malaysia maybe?) of the original article from Japan. TBH indirectly confirmed himself that the record was during testing and not tournament play during an interview while he was in Taipei.

That said, his form, with a certain uniqueness and grace, is still my favorite among all MD players.

[Unkn0wnCrew]

I heard a sonic boom :O

[sbowesuk]

@Unkn0wnCrew He'd have to hit the shuttle at 1,225 km/h to produce a real sonic boom, but I'm sure the racket/strings would break at such a force, if it were even possible :)

Still, it makes a really cool sound :D

[izzy8990]

it's because the IBF(International Badminton Federation) has the authority to post the record.. only tournaments under the IBF will be posted if one player has beaten the record... Fu Hai Feng is still the legit record holder under IBF. and This person isn't... This is not accurate.. if this is legit.. IBF will record it...

[skylinegtrr361]

@izzy8990 The IBF have post the record beacause the speed checking thing is the yonex speed checking thing and the IBF use the yonex chechking thing right?? and the checking thing can capture almost 2000 km/h ......

[joshun28]

@skylinegtrr361 hmmm i think someTHING like that yeah.lol

[carlo5120]

im not impressed by this record... and how he did it...

[justinsundiam]

I don't believe this. This is fake! Fu's record is 327 and that came from extreme energy and preparation to do that, it takes lifetime of practice and your gonna tell me this guy who is not even popular in smashing did 100 km more!?! that's impossible!

[BadmintonB0Y]

@justinsundiam dont lame larh. tan boon heong is the best? fu hai feng? got li-ning what.

[justinsundiam]

@BadmintonB0Y: what? can you repeat that? i cant understand

[trickzer]

Dommage que l on ne voit pas le volant partir apres , sa doit etre impressionnant ! mais bon en match il ne tire pas aussi fort 

[dlsk07]

i just thought of an idea

Imagine Taufik and Lin Dan vs Fu and Tan (or which ever order you like)

It will be such a great game to watch, because they all are very good smashers

Taufik - Fastest Smasher for singles

Lin Dan - Quite a consistent smasher or if you don't agree, then a consistent powerful hitter

Fu - Fastest Smasher for Doubles

Tan - Made the fastest smash so far

Or other players like LCW... etc

[darkjsify]

@dlsk07 i agree with that it would be spectacular game to watch ......"clash of the titans"

[cheekoum]

oh whatever, if all the players you people mentioned are better than they wouldve have this, not tan. so tan rocks :P

[abovethemoon]

Lol. This is meaningless. This guy Tan has never fired any hots close to 300km/h in real battles. Almost of all his shots are below 280km/h. It is Fu Haifeng, a Chinese player, who made in a real match the fastest smash in the world, which is 343km/h, and Fu's smashes are mostly above 280km/h.

[mess4sure]

WoW!!!

I luv the sound so much!!!

[lSomeRandomGuyl]

didnt even hit the head of the raquet if you look at the video they are all looking at in the end. tsk tsk horrible

[nicksai2]

his opponent should wear a shuttlecock proof vest...lol

[vex123]

What yonex is trying to do in this video is stupid. They're optimizing the racket for one single hit, but in reality, it'd be pretty useless in an actual game

[Demolasha]

Fu and Tan should have an arm-wrestling contest :)

[santhoshbhoopal]

@Demolasha

Obviously FU would win

Just cuz hes more deezed

have u seen the guy his left arms is like a body builder and his right is like a whip

LOOL

[StarcraftTerran]

@santhoshbhoopal also, the reason why Fu's attack is so strong is that he can jump very high, and therefore the attacking angle is much sharper than other players, making it both faster and hard to retrieve.

[santhoshbhoopal]

@StarcraftTerran

Lmao true

I am aware

Demolasha did say

arm wrestling contest

LOOL

[jello0820]

malaysia has the best badminton players. tan boon heong and lee chong wei are some to name. but there are more for sure. lin dan of china is good to, but he's pure offensive. lee chong wei is very good at rotation defense and he's like a wall. :bd

[saif1337]

@jello0820 taufik is the best, the most naturally gifted player badminton has ever witnessed...but yes lee is very good and so is lind dan, but if taufik trained as hard as lee and lin then there would be no stopping taufik

[abovethemoon]

@saif1337 Only a moron would say "if blah blah then blah blah". Lol.

[bananaman22]

@abovethemoon nab

[AwesomeKoreans]

That's some crazy smashing.

[omgwaffles09]

this is how china will take over the world, they will fire shuttlecocks at people.

[lhlee888]

@omgwaffles09

this guy is from malaysia, but china might do that too, nice idea

[FlyGuy1104]

he makes it look like it's nothing... wow

[xsfxing]

Malaysia badminton! Yeah :D

[vivazien]

u can also watch the vid about this at yonex homepage..

[zayratorres]

where can i watch the vid when he make this world record????

[Miss2137]

no wonder during thomas cup he keep smashing at speed higher than 270..so proud of him^^

[cchcalvin]

wut do u mean by microwave technology? wut's the unit of the measurement?

[ngkhf76]

Where can i find the video for the record smash by Tan Boon Heong?

[ribenaking]

@ngkhf76 i want find too xD

[HarroPhilipCA]

@ngkhf76 yonex website.

[AbsolteZero]

i was soo inspired that i tried doing this without my racket and i scraped my hand on the rough ciieling, now its bleeding. FML

[xtremexn]

Its time for bwf or someone to get this going. Something like the nba slam dunk competition. Adds more excitement. ;)

[wkpang225]

record is a record,

sometime human only can do it once a life time

you got what i mean?

[thecitizenme]

did yonex tried this thing on other players too?

[Aznremix]

don't think that fu haifeng would be able to do it. Remember now that he is with Li Ning and the china team has ended all contracts with yonex. Well i don't see how it would hurt but i guess Fu Haifeng should try it out but i doubt it since Li Yongbo would probably say no to it.

[werdinator]

its a shame really. but they shouldve given a record to Fu Haifeng as well when he made the record in 2005/2006.

he deserves it. and it was during a match too

[gamepurpose]

one question,

so in lab they measure the speed right after the impact that come out about a foot or so only?

Is that really a good way to come pair with in game?

I don't think in game they actually able to measure like that, I don't know where and how they put the speed gun in game but I don't think they have that kind of technology like in lab.

[thecitizenme]

they measured it using a microwave technology in game

[werdinator]

he looks so stiff when he does it... and besides its not even during a match.

they should have Fu Haifeng do the same, I dont know why they didnt. he seems more comfortable with his technique so im sure he can do it faster.

[Aznproz]

they should get FU HAIFENG to test it as well!! D=

[Repstellar]

Lol I agree, Fu HaiFeng's arm is a tank. He could possibly smash it harder and faster.

[pkevo313]

This kind of record isnt anything. He knows where the is going to be. All he needs to do is jump and smash.

[wootme725]

if you guys noticed.. they also used the arc10

[TheDcac]

the real record happened in a tournament in japan in 2009, this does not show the record

[romantic227]

j'aimerai pas me prendre le volant aprés un smash pareil x)

[Chowmeinaddict]

imagine all those shuttles he smashed, hit you...

[KnockoutMagic]

won't be surpised if the shuttle was embeddeed in you

[ZTATION]

@Chowmeinaddict in the balls ...

[fendermaxime]

@Chowmeinaddict It would be like a flashball shot.

[rivengle]

@Chowmeinaddict imagine...BOOMHEADSHOT!

[070erwin]

@Chowmeinaddict ouch

[speedstakerguy]

@Chowmeinaddict ...r testicles...

[brainysnaeha]

@Chowmeinaddict

Still not hurt half as much as hitting by a golf ball at 345 Km/h.

Golf ball is way more lethal and this is only a shuttlecock

not a stone-like hard ball.

[orochiThing]

@brainysnaeha Why are you comparing golf with badminton. A gold ball is more heavy so it can go more far. A golf club would give more torque because its more long, and a golf balls doesn't have feathers on it to slow its speed. Of course it would be more lethal, but who the fuck goes around hitting a golf ball at people.

[brainysnaeha]

@orochiThing

Some morons did a video of hitting his friend with a golf ball on youtube.

He almost completely lost it!

And i'm not very good at badminton and turns out to play golf quite good.

It would be very painful if not fatal to get hit by a ball that comes off a driver.

Don't you ever unfortunate enough to get hit by world's longest driver

jamie sadlowski a 210+mph powerball!

[orochiThing]

@brainysnaeha Well first of all, neither of the sports should be compared of how lethal it is. Yes being hit by a golf ball would hurt more but thats only because its more hard in texture than a birdie. And plus the positions and ways people hit the object is different. Badminton should not be compared with gold because both sports are very different. Im not a gold player but a badminton player so its really hard for me to tell where your getting at. This 420 record however is about 250 mph.

[brainysnaeha]

@orochiThing

Ever think of trying to play golf?

Maybe too expensive to play for most people.

I was lucky to play and it's a very addicting beating yourself is such a blast!

But also very frustrated if your mind.

[orochiThing]

@brainysnaeha I thought and i don't want to. I want to play a sport were i can use cardio, not just mastering my accuracey alone. Golf is an expensive sport and i wont deny that, but who says badmintons not expensive as well.

[brainysnaeha]

@orochiThing

Golf is more of a playing on balance and strategy than you think

when course and competition is getting prtty fierce.

It doesn't require much physical strength but requires strong

mind and long term body durability.

This is the sport of mastering art of driving,approach,short game

and putting.

And yeah badminton is not that cheap you also have to change

racket,shaft and net quite often in oder to keep on performance.

[orochiThing]

@brainysnaeha This is the sport of mastering art of driving,approach,short game. Whats that even mean?

[brainysnaeha]

@orochiThing

Mastering all these skills are almost like an art it requires

ridiculously long time of pratice to master it just like an art or

creating a masterpiece.

And golf are involving around mastering those skills which is

you can't keep it good all the times like other sports.

[orochiThing]

@brainysnaeha I get your point, just fix your grammar please

[W4NZ1]

@Chowmeinaddict - doesnt hurt that much, but does leave an instant bruise lol

[spiritjim]

i know..sohai speaking~

[lanny62901]

from my experience watching TBH playing so far... i admit he is one of the best smasher since Lim Swie King. And his style enhancing the speed of smash is damn physic. He jumps 90 degress and his wrist power has 80% contribution for the smash speed. Its natural and he is phenom

[friedice1]

World's best forehand smasher is Liem Swee King of Indonesia. World's best backhand smasher is a toss up between Punch Gunalan of Malaysia and Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia.

[engros]

For those who are saying that he did the record on a tournament please give me a proper source saying so. Give me a link please so I can read what really is going on.

[terenceheng83]

i dun think it was TBH speaking cantonese... it was someone else but I am sure TBH understand cantonese but obviously it wasn't TBH speaking. Also, they are speaking a mixture of Cantonese and Mandarin...

[engros]

Wrong reply dude. Should be the guy under me.

[terenceheng83]

ooppsss... sorry dude...

[haloavenger]

learn to wikipedia

[engros]

You know that wikipedia isn't a reliable source right? I could write an article there saying that I have the fastest smash. Would you believe that?

[o1000100]

Look, wikipedia gets monitored all the time, and if you want to write an article someone will read it before and decide whether the info is correct.

[engros]

Oh is that why wikipedia is considered the number 1 source when doing research especially in academics?

[wootme725]

was TBH speaking cantonese lol

[engros]

They should let Fu Haifeng test the racquet.

[jalanparidedap]

he uses li ning now -.- what are the chances of him using a yonex racket -.-

[bdmntn07]

to use? high.

[engros]

I am aware of that, Yonex doesn't let other players not in contract with them to test their racquet. It's all about business.

[terenceheng83]

Fu Haifeng is not the fastest smasher anymore... so no point letting him test it..

[engros]

There is a point. Let the fastest smashers in badminton test the racquet even if they aren't endorsed by Yonex anymore just to see the big potential that Yonex's newer technology and method of measurements has to offer.

[terenceheng83]

i mean Fu Haifeng is a great smasher but currently Tan is the better smasher. It's just a coincidence that Tan happen to be endorsed by Yonex and also the current fastest smasher.

They want the best smasher to test it and Tan is the best now... It's not a matter of who is endorsed by who..

[engros]

Nope its not a coincidence. Other testers of the racquet are Markis Kido, Nova Widianto, and Koo Kien Keat. All of them including Tan are contract players of Yonex. We can't really say that Tan is the better smasher since there are no organized events for players to compete who really is the hardest smashers. Also hardest doesn't mean effective. Search this "Tan Boon Heongs 421km/h Badminton Smash a New World Record?" to have a better understanding.

[IISparkzII]

lol there is no doubt that fu's smash is consistently more powerful than Tan's. he has the fastest smash recorded in international competition, as well as the 3rd 4th and 5th fastest in doubles competition. let tan beat fu's in a cmpetition with standardised infa red equipment. all commentators will tell you that fu has the most powerful smash in badminton. i do like tan and koo, i'm just speaking the truth as niether a malaysian or chinese guy.

[Yondaime3490]

@terenceheng83 Oh yes, it is. Fu is still way better than Tan - he smashes faster than 290 consistently in tournaments, whereas Tan rarely gets one faster than 280. This test isnt comparable at all, the racket is prepared just for this purpose (to smash as fast as possible, I doubt Tan would play well with it), the speed is measured in a totally different way than in tournaments and the shuttle is fed to him in a relaxed manner. This is of course a big achievement, but not comparable to Fu's.

[sektube]

I think he smash harder during match.

[therealsolstice]

everyone's all like "blah blah blah test conditions blah blah blah japan open blah blah blah".

everybody.... shut up.

this guy has a cannon... and it's compact.  who cares what the circumstances are. show some humility and gawk in awe of it... like me.

*gawks in awe*

[hhhkkkhhhjkjki]

actually those who said he done it on test condition is wrong he done it at yonex sunrise japan open match.

[therealsolstice]

dood. so what? do you not understand what i just said? i thought i made it clear that i don't care either way, and that it doesn't matter when he did it, and that everyone here who keeps arguing about it is just missing out on what's really important. the only thing that matters is that tan boon heong tees up and dials it in like a ferocious beast, and it's awesome, and we're lucky enough (through the miracle of technology) to be able to witness it through this video.

[hhhkkkhhhjkjki]

k... not arguing but agree ....

[Yondaime3490]

@hhhkkkhhhjkjki No, he actually did it in a test at the Japan Open where every Yonex-sponsored player could try to smash as hard as possible. He never used this racket in serious competition, always a Ti-10 or NS9900.

[shanebrain]

i think they take it at point of impact...where as the speeds in tournaments are taken as it passes the net if im not mistaken...

[t3tsubo]

he did it in an out of competetion test during the japan open. Yonex also used a different method of calculating the speed than tournament officials do during matches, so take it with a grain fo salt. I doubt it was actually 100km/h faster than taufik's or fu haifeng's smashes which were radared in competition.

[lolkingzzz]

looks like under test conditions

[warsdrobe91]

tan boon heong record is official!!!!!!!!! he done it in japan open not under testing conditions, please do more research when posting

DongFangShuo!!!!!!!!!

[cibye22]

he relli did it in japan open la

[DongFangShuo]

No, it was done under testing conditions, and the method of measurement is different from the method used in tournaments.

So if you're comparing this to FHF's record, it'd be like comparing apples to oranges

[nerd91]

i thought he did the 421kph during a match in japan open?