Aim Higher, Learn More, Play Your Best
This article is a guest posting by Nidhi Patel. An author of a variety of posts on Playo’s blog, including badminton, fitness and nutrition articles. Having strong forearms is very beneficial especially when you are playing a racket sport like badminton. Having strong forearms means you can send the shuttle back to the baseline of your […]
Shuttle Smash participates in the Amazon Affiliate program. This article contains affiliate links and as an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. You may have considered taking supplements for badminton training at some point if you’re serious about your development. Supplements have become increasingly more and more mainstream as Social Media and fitness influencers […]
Ah, here we are again, looking up home exercises for badminton. A new lockdown in the UK has closed down badminton yet again. So time to reflect on how we can maintain our fitness for the court again for the next month! If you haven’t come out of lockdown yet, or even if you have […]
Core Strength in badminton is one of the most fundamental attributes any player should have. Often strength training might be overlooked by amateur players because the sport itself is pretty lightweight. The rackets practically weigh nothing nowadays and the shuttle is a cork with a few feathers. When compared with other racket sports such as […]
Everyone who wants to improve at badminton tends to focus on endless drills and match experience. Of course, this is a key element. But not many players actually consider badminton nutrition. We are going to cover at a basic level what nutrition is and why it’s important for your badminton. The right nutrition will allow […]
Bad habits in your lifestyle are cracks in the foundations of your athletic performance. Sportsmen and women, whether it’s as professional or recreational players, want to perform as best they can. While professional athletes often have a wealth of medical professionals, nutritionists and strength coaches available to them, players who do not benefit from these […]
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 […]
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 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, […]
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. […]
