Instead of just holding the racket face there to let the shuttle bounce off, you cut the shuttle by moving the racket to side. It will create a spin on the shuttle. Don't cut it too hard otherwise the shuttle will fly too high making it an easy kill for you opponent. Is this what your asking? or am i missing something?
hello johnb, to be a good net player, the fundemental technique is the player must get to the shuttle before it drop below the white tape of the net. To do this he/she must lunged with the racket leg. when contact with the shuttle is made, the player should be in a stable stance. the racket should be flat or pararell with the floor, to play the spinning net shot, the trick is in the wrist, the only thing that should move when contact with the shuttle is made. A good player should trained to used the wrist. Player with good wrist play can easily wrong footed his/her opponent and the opponent need a lot of stamina to play against good wrist player. Why? the'll be a lot of bracking because it not easy to see their shot.
Somebody told me it was best to cut the shuttle from left to right to get more spin because of the way shuttles are made??
spin or tumble? Are you looking to generate more tumble (end over end) or more spin (about the shuttle's axis)? If it's a "controlled tumble" (that sounds like an oxymoron) that you are looking for then try to keep the shuttle away from the sweet spot. Hitting a net drop near the sweet spot on the strings may generate some tumble but it will result in too much bounce that is often too difficult to control. Instead try to hit the shot closer to the frame near the upper part (away from the shaft) of the stringbed. A MODERATE cutting action is employed to generate the tumble. This movement for the cutting action might come in large part from the lunge action of the legs (if the racket face is parallel to the floor as described by Ligak) with slight additional movement of the forearm. If the lunge is not sufficient to produce forward movment of the shuttle, then the racket face would need to be angled somewhat rather than parallel to the floor. In this latter case, the forearm/wrist movement might be a greater factor but it should not be EXCESSIVE.
Re: spin or tumble? good point gregr. I still see lots of B players still having hard time in this shot. Lot of them seem to misappropriate the racket angle and body speed in relation to the shuttle distance (lateral and vertical) to the net tape.
