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NIKHIL KUMAR
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An intelligent sports-analytics web platform matching player biomechanics to optimal badminton rackets, safe string tensions, and court gear.

Badminton Guy is a sports technology and equipment analytics platform engineered to eliminate guesswork in badminton gear selection. Traditional equipment marketing often pushes recreational and competitive players toward professional, ultra-stiff, and head-heavy frames, contributing to widespread shoulder strain, joint fatigue, and repetitive strain injuries like tennis elbow.

Badminton Guy solves this issue by deploying a data-driven gear telemetry engine that evaluates swing mechanics, playing frequency, and physical capability against a curated master database of high-performance graphite rackets. The platform's proprietary algorithms calculate exact parameters—including balance points, shaft flex indices, and Swing Weight (SW) metrics—to match athletes with setups customized to their biomechanics.

Beyond racket matching, the platform offers an interconnected suite of sports-science tools:

Injury-Prevention Tension Calculator: Dynamically pairs racket shaft flexibility with player skill levels to calculate safe, repulsion-optimized string tensions.

Cross-Brand Racket Translator: Mathematically models the physical attributes of flagship frames to discover equivalent alternative models and budget clones across global rival brands.

Doubles Synergy Analyzer: Evaluates pair playstyles and equipment configurations to expose rotational vulnerabilities and court coverage gaps.

Pro Armory & Equipment Matrix: Benchmarks BWF professional athlete setups against amateur survivability scores to provide realistic, accessible consumer equipment pathways.

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