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The standard height-to-length bands for field hockey sticks, why the hip-bone check is only a starting point, and how to choose when you sit between two sizes.

Round, teardrop and diamond are not styling choices. Here is what each shape does to the balance point, the sweet spot and the power you get for free.

What head size really changes on a tennis racket, how the 97, 100 and 105 sq in bands actually play, and how to work out which one suits your swing.

Stiff is marketed as advanced, which is why so many club players buy the wrong shaft. What badminton racket flex really does, and how to pick.

Heel-to-toe drop is the height gap between heel and forefoot in millimetres. Here is what it changes in your legs, and why switching it abruptly hurts.

Strings die long before they snap. The rule of thumb, the three signs of a dead string bed, and what to change when you do book the restring.

A squash ball is small enough to sit inside the eye socket and fast enough to do lasting damage. Eye protection is the cheapest insurance in racket sport.

The difference between an overgrip and a replacement grip, when to change each, and a proper step-by-step for wrapping one yourself.

Balance decides how a racket feels far more than weight does. Here is what the millimetre figure means and which shape suits your game.