strategy for a short serve

**tneiba** · 03-17-2006, 11:15 PM

I'm a beginning badminton player and I have this opponent who serves short. When this happens, i try to hit it farther back but since i don't really have that much power, it ends up in the middle area. So that allows my opponent to hit it farther back and I end up not getting to hit it far enough and so i end up losing. So please help me to get a strategy to counter this.

**glencomienda111** · 03-17-2006, 11:31 PM

train your forearm and wrist to be stronger, so you can send it way back on their court, or counter their short serve with a drop/net play, theres a chance they would lift.

**Break-My-String** · 03-18-2006, 04:07 AM

Originally Posted by tneiba

(1) I'm a beginning badminton player
(2) since i don't really have that much power, it ends up in the middle area

Hi tneiba,

To offer a strategy to counter one shot (ie/ short serve) when it appears you are missing a large part of the fundamentals will be a waste of your time...

(...if you cannot lift a shuttle on a short serve to the back court, something is fundamentally wrong).

Getting some basic lessons will get you on the right footing.

Cheers!

**vip_m** · 03-18-2006, 04:27 PM

Originally Posted by tneiba

I'm a beginning badminton player and I have this opponent who serves short. When this happens, i try to hit it farther back but since i don't really have that much power, it ends up in the middle area. So that allows my opponent to hit it farther back and I end up not getting to hit it far enough and so i end up losing. So please help me to get a strategy to counter this.

Your stroke doesn't reach the back court because probably you're just "hitting" the shuttle instead of "push-hitting" it. You need to not quit on your shot but to extend your racket/arm toward the other court during the shot.

More on this in our book "Advanced Badminton Techniques" available at http://instructoons.com/book/

**Trance** · 03-18-2006, 10:23 PM

If he/she is hitting short, you could do a push as recommended by the others. Except instead of pushing to the rear court, you can push to the mid-court on the other side of the court. So if he's serving left, push right to the line and if he's serving right, push left to the line.

**theasiandude88** · 03-19-2006, 12:45 AM

wow i usually find people who lift short serves have problems keeping the bird in, not having problems getting it far enough. maybe its just me :P anywayz, work on your lifts. have someone practice short serve with you. practice on different variations of response for the shot and consistancy. goodluck