I feel so disgraced... I played a friend who is clearly not on my skill level... I was beating him 13 - 6...then 14 - 8...then i fooled around and he caught up to 14 - 14... after a few rallies he finally beat me, 17 - 16... so i told him we'll have 3 sets...after a bit we had our second set...this time i was very serious, and in a few minutes i already had him 14 - 4...i needed one more point, yet he caught up to 14-14, then beat me 17 - 14... i know my skill level is much better...but my mentality clearly is not... please help and give me any tips and advice!
There was a thread on this some time back, with plenty of good advice on how to get past the mental block on the last point. Try searching for it.
try these: http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15843&highlight=finishing+game http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13696&highlight=finishing+game A little different, but it might help: http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16049&highlight=finishing+game
My advice for 'mentality' is Chlorpromazine. No matter how much better than your opponent you believe yourself to be, if they are beating you they are playing better badminton.
