the weirdest shot i made that went over was when i was recieving a serve, i was just going to clear deep but for some reason it hit metal and went over as a drop very nicely.

although, i have seen my friend tried to put away a smash on the net but he focused too much on power that he missed the bird but as his racket was swinging towards his back and under his arm, he made contact with the birdie and went over. he basically hit the bird in his back with his right arm under his left. hope that made sense, but it was definitely the weirdest shot.

Im sure you guys have better ones than mines.

Okay, this wasn't a badminton shot, and I didn't make it, but this was one of the funniest "shots" I've seen...

One summer, my dad was swinging a flyswatter around, trying to get a fly during dinner. My mother was getting nervous because some of his swings were getting close to her head, so she was screaming "if you hit me, I'm gonna divorce you" (she wasn't serious), and she decided to hide in the kitchen.

So, my dad is still swinging wildly at the fly and as my mom came back to see how things were going, my dad hit the fly mid-flight and it flew across the room into my mom's mouth. After a moment of initial shock, both me and my dad started rolling on the floor. Since he didn't hit her with the swatter, they didn't get a divorce. :D

My shot was just pure luck. I was playing doubles and the opponent had a BRUTAL kill shot when i was at net. I decided to stay up, cover my face with my racket and my balls with my free hand :p The guy smashed insanely hard, the bird HIT MY RACKET and without me doing a single thing, the bird went about...mid-court kinda like a drive. The guy playing back at the time dove, lifted and gave ME THE KILL SHOT ON A SILVER PLATTER! I then pwned the shot and...sacked the guy with the bird...he was in...PAIN. :D

That's my heroic story n_n mmm...that rally will be remembered for a while xD

A couple of weeks ago, I played a shot that I have never seen before. It was bizarre :)

I was receiving serve in doubles. I tapped the serve flat towards the middle of the court, but the net cord intercepted it. This net interception made the shuttle spin in a very strange way:

Instead of a flat drive, the shuttle spun along the net cord to the left about a metre, then spun back the same distance along the net to the right, and finally fell straight to the ground.

:D

A couple of weeks ago, I played a shot that I have never seen before. It was bizarre :)

I was receiving serve in doubles. I tapped the serve flat towards the middle of the court, but the net cord intercepted it. This net interception made the shuttle spin in a very strange way:

Instead of a flat drive, the shuttle spun along the net cord to the left about a metre, then spun back the same distance along the net to the right, and finally fell straight to the ground.

:D
:eek::eek::eek::eek: impressive!

mine wasn't really a weird shot, but I was going for a smash from rear-midcourt and I completely sliced it into an attacking clear, landed right on the right rear corner on the other side:o completely deceiving myself:rolleyes:

im a lefty and my back hand is REALLY unbelievably weak.
it was the 3rd match.. and it's obvious now they know that... cause the people playing me kept on doing clears to the right rear corner when im over on the right... and one time, I was not quick enough to go over there and so i'd totally not be able to hit it... so might as well run there and hit it over haha. and i RAN there...with me facing the back court.. i did a really high drop.. it looked like it was out... so they didnt bother.. but it hit the net and miraculously was on the line...! it was sooooooo unbelievable!!! =D their :eek: expression and OH MY GOSH I SHOULD HAVE WENT FOR IT was my highlight of that day :D

ok hum this happened while i was at badminton camp, we were playing singles, anyways my friend/opponent cleared it and i though it was going out so i just watched it as i was already standing at the back. it was about to let it fall but then i relized that it was going to land in...well i was infront of the shuttle and it was already a lil above hear height near the center of my back a lil ways out from my back though so me being right handed just twisted my body with my right arm comming behind my back and hitting the shuttle between my legs and it sailed right over the net into a nice drop shot was so weird when i did it.

I hit a cross court net drop which slid across the white tape. The bird started to slow down to pretty much a stop and made it's way slowly over the net. It was still spinning when it was going over. You could even hear the bird spinning against the tape as it went over the net. My friend on the other side just stared at it. This shot isn't really weird, but it sure is interesting.

erm, dunno about wierd but this is probably my luckiest shot:

Last match of the season, match point at 16 all (setting to 3 points) on my sides second serve. So i went to go for a backhand flick serve, smacked my wrist on the flick and the shuttle glided just over the net and landed just past the service line - whilst my opponent was still moving towards the back of the court :D I must say, it was a rather good way to win a tight match :)

There was a time that I played doubles...I prepared to smash, but lo and behold, I hit the bird by the frame...and it turn out to be a very nice drop right between the two opponents standing side-by-side. None of them gave any response...:cool:

i've done soem weird shots last year.

i was runnign my ass off in a recreation game. i wasn't paying attention. i had to run towards my forehand-back-corner(right-back) and hit a backhand drop( low) i was goign way out, drop on top of a 1.50-post wich was standing inside teh field. and teh shuttle dropped in:P

another was in a singels, in Holland I'm a C. and i was playing a B. he had to pull his punches. i lunged to get a drop, and it went horribly wrong, the shuttles went over about 10 inches to high, he decided to brush the tape. brushing it as hard as he could: strait at my head, but luckiliy enough i had my racket there. he brushed teh shuttle right on teh sweetspot..i scored a great point that day :P

one of my dumber ones was when i rushed in on a short-serve, when i realized it was out(in front) so i didnt hit..the shuttle woudl have been out, had it not landed on top of my left foot..

another fun time was when i played teh singels final in a junior tournament, i won in 2 sets..both last points ticked against the net and dropped over..wasn't really nice i guess..

Won two consecutive points that were weird and definitely not worth it...

...jumped up for a smash and due to poor lighting (I don't play there anymore) I couldn't judge the shuttle well. I went up for the smash, hit the bird on the side of my NS7000 and the bird dropped for a winner. But this smash cracked the frame and I didn't know it at the time...

...I was serving and the next serve I hit went completely sideways and the rotation of the bird was crazy for a service winner. Everyone was like what the heck? as was I; but I still didn't know my racket was cracked...

...Finally on the next serve, again, my serve went sideways and weird. That's when I looked at my racket and realized it was cracked. :(

:p :D

When i was doing a cross-court drop
the bird just sit on the top of the net
for like 30seconds
it looks like it wan't gonna move....

but afterall, it went over...
i should have blow it over(is it OK...?)

I was lunging towards the net and perform a cross-court drop but I had not realized that I had completely missed the bird! So because of this, the bird instead of being flicked to the opposite corner, I actually hit near the T-Joint and made it drop where it was. Me and my opponent were both confused lol.

an over-the-head round-the-back shot....pretty weird....the funny thing is, this didn't happen just once! i actually nailed it several times already...haha...bad technique, i know....but it works:D:p

Not really sure if this counts, but in a game on Tuesday my opponent was doing a desperate clear from their line that was heading straight over the net. I wanted to smash but didn't want to stretch over their side of the net. I ended up trying to tap it over so they couldnt make it back in time. Somehow I managed to hit the shuttle from their side of the net over onto my side of the net :o very embarassing!

anyone ever hit a shot purely on the shaft of your raquet?

i did that once or twice - totally miss judged the shot and hit it with the shaft of the raquet and won the point (underhanded)

anyone ever hit a shot purely on the shaft of your raquet?

i did that once or twice - totally miss judged the shot and hit it with the shaft of the raquet and won the point (underhanded)

haha i did that on monday when i went to play badminton, i did a drop and my friend returned it up i knew he was going to and i was waiting to pound it down for the win what happened it ended up catching the tape and i didnt expect that and scrwerd up my swing and ended up doing a net smash with the shaft:( after that i spent the next few minutes looking over my racquet making sure there was no damage...but the shuttle did go over with quite a bit of speed.

Not sure if you can call this a weird shot or a trick shot...

I was driving with my friend and he happened to hit a drive to my backhand side. I was too late in getting to it (im right-handed), so i started twisting my body clockwise with my feet planted on the ground. I'm pretty much looking towards the back of my backhand side now with my body twisted and my legs still firmly planted. Hopefully you can imagine that much...now at the same time of the twist, i just aimlessly do a backhand drive and surprisingly i hit the bird and drove it right back.

Just happened at VRC last Sat night actually.

During doubles, off our opponent's weak midcourt lift, I elevated for a jump smash. This is where the hirarity began. Somehow I totally mistimed the jump smash and missed the bird completely :o . Reaction took over. With the racket already swung across my body from the missed smash, I swung back (upwards) tracing the same path of the "smash" as both my feet and the bird continued heading to the ground. My racket must have caught the bird literally inches from the floor, sending it back across the net. At this point one could only imagine what our opponents were thinking. One of them was either so surprised to see the bird returning in such a bizarre manner or thought I had flicked the bird back to him, that he caught it. Confusion ensued. He was just about to serve (thinking he had won the point) when I informed him of what had happened. After clearing the air–even my partner had no idea – we all agreed this was a most incredible fluke and had a good laugh. Witness – wood_22_chuck (were you even paying attention, Dave? ;) )

I actually made two weird shots.
the first occured on an amical game, a was at the rear and I tried to clear, I hit the bird as hard as could but I shot the bird with the frame, the bird dropped nicely and hit the net to finally land on my oponent's side.

The second weird shot also occured during an amical game but was totally different. My friend made an hard smash at my sternum but I swing my racket knowing I wouldn't get it but it miraculously hit the shaft of my racket and the bird made to the midfield, my friend was unable to get it because he was on the opposite side(right)

I was going to smash a high clear as a return; and it did. The problem was that my grip slipped and the shuttle was leaving the court. As it left, it hit the pole, making it bounce back. It was in! :D (okay, not really)

I actually made two weird shots.
the first occured on an amical game, a was at the rear and I tried to clear, I hit the bird as hard as could but I shot the bird with the frame, the bird dropped nicely and hit the net to finally land on my oponent's side.

The second weird shot also occured during an amical game but was totally different. My friend made an hard smash at my sternum but I swing my racket knowing I wouldn't get it but it miraculously hit the shaft of my racket and the bird made to the midfield, my friend was unable to get it because he was on the opposite side(right)

Don't know with the word "amical". Do you mean "amicable"?

Thanks. :)

not really a shot but it hit me and bounced over lol btw im not a fat kid either

2nd was too crzy... i cleared it but it hit frame, halfcourt, then smashed. then somthing in my body just told me to swing my racquet and i returned the smash with my back face towards it.:D

its kinda hard to explain my shot because even i couldnt see how it happened...well anyways here it goes....i went for a smash but mistimed it and at the instant i knew it was a mishit...i flicked my racket back to where it has started(behind my head)...and sumhow it caught the birdy and dropped nicely over the net so what i'm trying to say is when i swung my racket the opposite direction of the net but still made it over the net.....but it didnt count cuz my opponents said it was a double stroke action...

its kinda hard to explain my shot because even i couldnt see how it happened...well anyways here it goes....i went for a smash but mistimed it and at the instant i knew it was a mishit...i flicked my racket back to where it has started(behind my head)...and sumhow it caught the birdy and dropped nicely over the net so what i'm trying to say is when i swung my racket the opposite direction of the net but still made it over the net.....but it didnt count cuz my opponents said it was a double stroke action...

Yup, I've had one of these too. I'm starting to think of intentionally using it for deception. It'll definitely let the opponent be off guard! :rolleyes:

The only one i can remember of is during a net rally, the oppenent tap the shuttle down, and i just raise my racket up. somehow the shuttle ends up hitting the handle just above my finger and went over the net...:confused:

I once did an overhead slice (I forget which way it went), the shuttle went over the net in a corkscrew fashion? :confused::D

My wierdest was when i went for a backhand over the head clear from mid court. I missed it completely over my head, then i just tried a last minute flick just before it hit the floor and floated a near perfect cross-court net shot. My opponents didnt even move for it :D

heheh i was playing mixed doubles, and you know how the girl has to be in the front? well she returned the flick serve and then they made like a drive and the girl bent over and i um hit her in the rear end :D :) :o :p :rolleyes: :cool:

Playing in a friendly game, rushed in for an easy kill at the net, missed the shuttle completely and as a reaction just managed to get my racket down and hit the shuttle about an inch off the floor and watched as it turned into a perfect hairpin drop shot. The guys we were playing thought I did it all on purpose too, so maybe I shouldn't confess it was just a fluke :D

When I started playing my timing wasn't very good and I used to miss my overheads a lot. Because I did this so often I got used to finishing my swing down my racquet arm side, and quickly reverse my arm direction and get the shuttle again. I hit the shuttle almost every time I did this, got it over the net with a nice low drop and won the point!

Recently in a mixed doubles match we were getting slaughtered. I did manage to win two points though. The first was a full on dive to retreive a net tumbler. I got it over for what should have been an easy kill for my opponents but they were so surprised that they missed it. The second point, they had me wrong footed with the shuttle going high over into the backhand (I'm right handed) corner. I turned so I was facing the corner with my back towards the 'T'. I managed the hit the shuttle and direct around me to neatly drop over the net.

And finally, not me but my partner. I served my usual low short serve and managed to miss killing the return. My partner played a reaction shot and got the shuttle to roll over the tape and hang on top! This is of course a let (and the only time I've ever seen it happen!) and we won the replayed point.

heheh i was playing mixed doubles, and you know how the girl has to be in the front? well she returned the flick serve and then they made like a drive and the girl bent over and i um hit her in the rear end :D :) :o :p :rolleyes: :cool:

Were you trying for the shuttle or was the 'target' just too tempting to pass on? :p

of course i was trying to hit the shuttle :D :p ;)

WAs playing badminton the other day and played the greatest and flukiest shot ever! It was a game of singles and i played a weak clear, expected a smash but got a drop shot instead so i stretched like never before and JUST got it over the net but it was REALLY high and i KNEW i was gona get net killed. Due to this i tried to shift my weight and go backwards back to my base but slipped and was literally sitting on the floor! The guy came running up to the net and SLAMMED the shuttle with everything he had...and all i remember was turning away from the net to avoid getting hit, closing my eyes, shouting NOOOOO(racket was almost flat on the floor)...and then...I heard my opponent go...I DONT BELIEVE IT!! apparently the shuttle connected with my racket and bounced just high enough to lob him.LOL! what are the chances? if only it was recorded!!

no my fluke shot is the best i swear it read above arsnic uk ^^

WAs playing badminton the other day and played the greatest and flukiest shot ever! It was a game of singles and i played a weak clear, expected a smash but got a drop shot instead so i stretched like never before and JUST got it over the net but it was REALLY high and i KNEW i was gona get net killed. Due to this i tried to shift my weight and go backwards back to my base but slipped and was literally sitting on the floor! The guy came running up to the net and SLAMMED the shuttle with everything he had...and all i remember was turning away from the net to avoid getting hit, closing my eyes, shouting NOOOOO(racket was almost flat on the floor)...and then...I heard my opponent go...I DONT BELIEVE IT!! apparently the shuttle connected with my racket and bounced just high enough to lob him.LOL! what are the chances? if only it was recorded!!
happened to me about 7 times now...
singels: had to duck very deep for a dropshot, i lunged and did a net-shot..way to high. so i lift my arcket up and he just smashes it onto my racket..bounched just ove rhim...:D

Well, one time i was playing against my uncle (he's REALLY good) and he decieved me by faking a net shot and then lifting it back....i thought i wasn't going to get it, but i tried anyway.Turning around, i started running to the back of the court and i met the shuttle around 3/4 of the way back, but i ended up passing it. The shuttle was jsut about to hit my shoulder and i swung my racquet over my left shoulder and done a perfect drop that jsut tipped off the tape..haha;) so i done a "facing the wrong way, over the shoulder, drop!

My uncle was so confused!..haha

backhand-frame hit-crosscourt-drop

My partner had just missed a long service and i had to take over on my backhand it just came out superb