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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. Ah, Yonex badminton strings. The go-to strings for many badminton players. Strings are one of those elements of badminton which many people obsess over for […]
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 […]
Last week we saw the belated finals of the 2020 Badminton season – otherwise known as the World Tour Finals. Antonsen came away as Champion World Tour Finals 2020 edition. Given Viktor Axelsen’s amazing form recently, there were many who would have bet he would make it three out of three in Thailand. However, it […]
January 2021 saw the return of elite international competition and boy did we miss it. It was a welcome reminder to me how much I love the sport and not being able to play myself at the moment, this relieved some of the withdrawal symptoms! So here’s a Badminton Round-up of January 2021. Thai Tournament […]
What?! Another Thailand Tournament?! Yes, that’s right! Luckily for us (and the players), Thailand hosts two Super 1000 tournament’s which are worth a whole lot of money and points to qualify for the BWF World Tour Finals. The Toyota Thailand Open 2021 follows on from last weeks Yonex Thailand Open. With last week’s Yonex Thailand […]
On the 12th of January 2021, after the better part of a year passed us by, we finally had competitive badminton back in our lives in the shape of the Thailand Open 2021. In the current climate, many of us haven’t been able to play for months. However, watching the professionals doing what they do […]
Featured Image: BugWarp The split-step in badminton is one of the most important technical skills in the game. This simple movement helps players to traverse the court much more dynamically and helps to create a rhythm to your footwork. As an example, check out the above video. Look how fast Lee Chong Wei is able […]
Badminton footwork is the foundation of your entire badminton game. After all, if you can’t get to the shuttle, you can’t play the shot! Everybody has at least some level of footwork. It’s just a case of whether the technicality of the footwork you currently possess is efficient enough to be considered good or not. […]
So there are a lot of great areas in the rules of badminton. Some are quite generic in their description that it cannot always be interpreted clearly, while others are simply not clearly understood by fans of the sport. Recently on Instagram, I put out a request that you ask me anything regarding Badminton rules. […]
Featured Image: Antony Stanley The players with the fastest smash in badminton are often doubles players. After all, this is their bread and butter. The sheer power they generate is awesome, combining it with steep angles, which is not easy to do! Now I only started watching professional badminton in 2008 as I was a […]
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