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Getting the Basics Down and Training for It. (4 posts)

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  • Avatar Image David Pham said 6 months, 1 week ago:

    Hello everyone,
    I’ve been playing Badminton at the high school level for three years being JV 1 singles and I haven’t seen improvement in myself. I’ve been reading forums and they always talk about jump smashes and backhand smashes that travel 150 miles an hour. I can’t do those types of shots nor the basics of a strong clear and a consistent cross-drop. I need at home training exercises for the basic drops, smashes, and clears since my time is limited on a court. To beginners to the pros, how did you guys perfect your basics? I also need to have a strong, fearful smash since at the high school level, most players would step out of the range of the smash and completely cower. What’s your preferred training on smashes?

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  • Avatar Image Emmet Gibney said 6 months, 1 week ago:

    The best advice I can give for training your smash is to practice it a lot. Strength training is of course helpful, but smashing is mostly about timing. The best way to practice smashing is to do multi shuttles.

    Multi shuttles is when you have a partner hit shuttles to you one after another. Ideally they will have several dozen shuttles that they can hit in 10-20 shuttle intervals, but if you don’t have access to that many shuttles try going out with a dozen shuttles and have a friend serve them to you.

    Check out this video to see some examples of how to feed multi shuttles:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q8mIn6JI0c

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  • Avatar Image David Pham said 6 months, 1 week ago:

    Thanks for the tip! Now during my practices, I get 15 minutes of free time to practice anything I want. Sadly, all the courts must be shared with the team of 50 players on 8 courts. Can you explain more of the strength training for me? That seems like the type of training I can do at home.

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  • Avatar Image Emmet Gibney said 6 months, 1 week ago:

    A lot of badminton has to do with finger power and wrist/forearm power. By strengthening these you will see some good results. Using a “stressball” is good for grip strength, and practicing your swing using a squash racket can be helpful for your forearm. You need to be careful though that you don’t end up hurting yourself as your forearm can be pretty sensitive actually. Last thing you want is “tennis elbow”.

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