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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 […]
It’s not uncommon for players to finish their professional playing career and move into coaching. It’s something which keeps them involved with the sport at the highest level. But does a good player always make a good coach? Well, there does seem to be a pattern. The most successful nations in badminton seem to have […]
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 […]
Update: Strongest Country In Badminton 2020 The badminton scene has certainly changed in the last 15 years or so. When I first started watching badminton, there were many elite players from all over the world. However the strongest nations were clearly Asian, and the nation which stood out the most was China. China has dominated […]
Featured Image: Wikicommons The defensive formation in mixed defence is the same as for levels. Both pairs stand side by side in the midcourt to cover a wider area of potential attacking directions from the opponent. In mixed defence, the wedge formation is more commonly used. The main aim is to look for counter-attacking opportunities […]
For this article, I thought I’d write about something a little different. Nothing to do with how to play badminton or strategies but more the mindset of your approach to badminton training. If two badminton players are physically equal and consistent in every way, the only variable is their Mental Fortitude. Human psychology is such […]
As we’ve already mentioned, the preferred formation for mixed is the female in the front court and the male in the rear court. However, a basic strategy of mixed is to force the female into the rear court. Many people assume (wrongly) that when the female is in the rear court the rally becomes a […]
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