Special sports equipment includes things extracted from books

From formal professional books on special sports equipment, the first thing you can dig out is the core adaptation parameters that are much more accurate than e-commerce details pages and scattered popular science. Then there are the selection logic to adapt to different sports levels and different usage scenarios. There are also many equipment adjustment and maintenance tips shared by senior players in the industry. These are all dry things that few outside scattered information can explain clearly.

When I was picking up carbon plate running shoes for road running, I read dozens of reviews from bloggers, all of which were vain descriptions such as "strong rebound and sufficient propulsion". After reading the "China Road Running Equipment Guide", I clearly saw that the stiffness coefficient of the full-length carbon plate is between 7.0-8. The .5 range is suitable for most mass runners. Professional competition models over 9.0, if worn without sufficient calf strength, can easily induce tibial stress syndrome. This corresponds to the pitfall that I had previously suffered from pain for three days when I wore professional models for one run. At that time, I felt that this book was worth buying.

However, there are now different voices in the circle on the matter of "referring to books to choose equipment." Many senior players feel that the content of paper books has undergone multiple rounds of professional review, and the error tolerance rate is much higher than that of random reviews posted online. After all, many bloggers only say good things after receiving brand fees; but some people feel that the current iteration of sports equipment is too fast, such as this year's new smart riding platform with power correction function. The relevant adaptation logic is not mentioned at all in the book published last year, and it is easy to fall behind when choosing based on the content in the book.

In fact, in addition to these core contents, the book also contains many tips that are easily overlooked. For example, friends who play badminton may have always heard that the higher the poundage of glue, the more professional they are. If you read the "Practical Handbook of Badminton Equipment", you will know that if the poundage exceeds the upper limit of their own power level, the sweet spot will be so small that they cannot hit the ball at all, but the fault tolerance rate is not as high as that of lower pounds.