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Featured Image: Tom Page Shot Choice Of The Net Player The net player shot choice in doubles can be difficult. Do you risk going for the kill, or do you play a net shot and wait for a better opportunity to finish the rally? Remember the overall strategy in doubles is to be on the […]
Featured Image: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin Rear Court Attacking Shots The badminton smash is the most common shot you will see in badminton doubles. Often we will be graced with players leaping high in the year and yelling with power as they rain down smash after smash. The shot choice from the rear court in attacking doubles […]
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 […]
Have you ever wondered if professional players play both the singles and doubles disciplines? We have seen some examples of this but only in the context of exhibition matches. The Yonex Legends badminton initiative has shown us glimpses of singles players such as Taufik Hidayat and Peter Gade playing doubles matches. Back in 2017 Lee […]
Featured Image: Antony Stanley In more recent years in badminton, players have started to shout more and more when they’re smashing. When you watch professional matches, it’s not uncommon to hear players in doubles yelling as they pummel the shuttle aggressively towards their opponents. Particularly in the men’s game where it is becoming almost second […]
