Month: February 2019

Mixed Doubles Return Of Serve
Blog Posts, Mixed Doubles, Strategies & Tactics

Mixed Doubles – Returning Serve In Mixed Doubles

Featured Image: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin Returning serve in mixed doubles can be quite challenging. Unlike in level doubles, where the receiving player would take the forecourt, there has to be more tact in mixed. The return needs to be as such so that the woman becomes the forecourt player and the male can move into the […]

Mixed Doubles Badminton
Blog Posts, Mixed Doubles, Strategies & Tactics

Mixed Doubles – The Serve In Mixed Doubles

Featured Image: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin The serve in mixed doubles is unique to the other disciplines, in that the formation varies depending on whether the male or female is serving. Mixed doubles as a discipline is a little more complex than level doubles. In fact, it is the most tactically demanding of all the disciplines. As […]

Flexibility
Blog Posts, Fitness And Nutrition

Badminton Fitness – Flexibility In Badminton

The last aspect of fitness I’m going to discuss is flexibility in badminton. When most people think of flexibility, the first thing they think of is the splits. But what does flexibility actually mean? Flexibility & It’s Importance Flexibility is the ability to move joints through a full range of motion. Therefore in order to […]

Power
Blog Posts, Fitness And Nutrition

Badminton Fitness – Power In Badminton

Power in badminton is about how fast you can apply your strength to act on the court. Both power and strength are inherently connected. When we train for strength we are lifting very heavy weights. The lift is generally quite slow as we’re pushing our muscles at their maximum capacity to overcome this resistance. Power, […]

woman wearing black tank top taking work out
Blog Posts, Fitness And Nutrition

Badminton Fitness – Advantages Of Dumbbells In Strength Training

There are several advantages of dumbbells in your badminton training. I introduced some compound exercises to help develop your strength previously. I also mentioned some of the advantages of performing such exercises for badminton. These were performed with barbells, but in this article, I want to discuss the importance of dumbbell use in your routines. […]