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Featured Image: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin Badminton, like any sport, is a competition. Everyone who is playing wants to be the best in their category. Whether that’s socially, at a club level, county/state or internationally. There’s no denying that winning is the ultimate goal. To lose in badminton, there’s a certain shame, particularly in tournaments. Yet we […]
Featured Image: Tsutomu Takasu When asking players what the one thing is they want to improve on, the answer is always inevitable. They want to know how to play a backhand clear in badminton. This is probably the most common problem for amateur players in terms of shot strokes. What Makes The Backhand So Difficult? […]
Shuttle Smash participates in the Amazon Affiliate program. This article contains affiliate links and as an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases at no additional cost to the purchaser. Badminton strings are the unsung heroes of badminton. While the latest rackets seem to get all the hype, the strings sit in the shadows yet […]
Featured Image: Fauzi Ananta It might be an old age question, but does height matter in badminton? Does it give you an advantage? When I was younger, I was told that badminton players are tall and lanky and short players didn’t have the right physique to play at the highest level. However, we have seen […]
Hey guys! Sorry, it’s been a while since I’ve uploaded anything on here. Life has just seemed to have gotten in the way! But I finally found some time to write a new article. Continuing with the subject of singles, we will focus on the base position in singles. The Base Position This is where […]
Featured Image: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin Previously we discussed the high serve and how we can play a return which keeps you in control of the rally. Now we will talk about the low serve. The Low Serve The low serve, is seen mostly in the men’s game but also frequently in the women’s game. It is […]
Featured Image: Nardisoero The return of the high serve will depend on your ability to move into the rear court to retrieve the shuttle and your ability to recover to your base position. The High Serve As we discussed in part 1, the high serve is when the shuttle is lifted right to the back […]
Featured Image: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin Just like my strategies and tactics series on doubles, we will begin where all rallies begin, the serve. There is a little less pressure on the serve in singles than in doubles but this makes it no less important. A good serve in singles can help to play to your strengths […]
Featured Image: TSportsAsia Badminton singles make up two of the 5 disciplines in badminton; women’s singles and men’s singles. Men’s singles, thanks to the 4 legends, were unspokenly considered to be the premium event at most tournaments. However, with women’s singles being the most competitive discipline at the moment, the rivalries growing there will surely […]
We have all heard of (or at least should have) high-intensity interval training. I covered it in one of my previous fitness articles – stamina training. But over the last few weeks, I have been experimenting with a different form of HIIT known as Tabata. Tabata is a method of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) pioneered […]
