Hey guys, I need your opinon on something. At my high school, we have 1 semester dedicated to badminton. The best guy in my class is this extremely tall guy(around 2 meters) with no badminton coaching. He plays Tennis regularly though, and he's good at it. He only plays badminton at school when it's asked for. I challenged him, and wanted to know if there was any tips/suggestions on how to beat him? He has no problems with any of the shots(clears, drops, smashes, etc.), except he doesn't move very fast/doesn't place his shots(doesn't need to, cuz he's so huge he just needs to walk a few steps from back to front)
If the guy isn't moving much, it means you're hitting it pretty much to him. You should see Bao Chunlai play. He's really tall, but he still has to move around the court a lot. Just aim for the corners and move him to the front and back. Eventually he'll tire out because he doesn't know how to move efficiently on the court.
you can hit drive shots to his body. tennis players are not used to these shots and cannot move their body so much to take these shots. Particularly effective will be those ones coming at a slight diagonal direction i.e passing left to right or vice versa just in front of his body.
I agree with Lam and Cheung.. Longer players usually have more problem with low shots, drops etc (for obivous reasons ).. So deceptive drops and slices is in many cases a goof strategy, and try to get into net-play is probably a good idea.. Tennis players are usually slower in reaction as well, so flat play, to the body shots etc.. is usually a good idea /Twobeer
As for the drops, he is able to receive them somehow. I swear I make him move, but he still gets all the shots somehow, but he seems very slow on court cuz he only takes a few steps but each step is huge.
Usually taller people turn their body slower. If he is standing near the back of the court try a steeper half-smash to his backhand side where he has to turn his body to hit. If he is more up front and compare to a normal defensive stance smash to the back of the court. This way he will have to turn faster. Try to alternate smash for variation.
change shots all the time. eg clear, clear, drop, clear to backhand, clear to forehand, extremely deceptive drop, smash, smash, drop, clear
Steep drops, which fall well in front of him High clears, which goes over him. This will make him move. Fast drops and low clears (especially cross court) will make you move. When he opens with a drop, return it with a high and short netdrop. One that will fall close to the net. If he returns your drop with a net-drop - return with a flat lob to the rear back hand corner.
Case of get him to rush about the court, good clears, tight drop shots and make use of the courts width too.
Maybe we are going about this all wrong, insted of just tring to find a weakness and attacking it, have you thought about your own weakness? I had this tall player in school once and after losing to him a number of times i decided to train harder on my foot work and my fitness. So what i did was keep my gameplan simple...like no brainer. I just kept lifting the shuttle as high as i can and pick up everything he throws at me. After a while, he was leading 11-3, he started to pant...hard. and i took the time to attack. I won in the end and vomited at the back of the court but i beat him. Not all situations are the same, but maybe you can use my story to your advantage. By the way i am only 168 cm tall, the other guy was about 180 i think. Nothing like your 2m monster.
i agree. maybe he could read your game plan. plus he might be a very good athlete anyway. maybe that's why he could move better. looks slow but maybe he already knew how to cover the court well.
Just to point out that even tall people need to move in badminton, I am 6'3" (189cm) and when playing at a higher level than I currently do I used to wizz about the court, even now carrying extra weight and several aching joints I do still move quickly when the need arises.
i stay in australia and had a couple of tennis players switched to badminton. one thing i notice is that they had tons of strength! well, i supposed you know why. they can smash real hard but thats about it. ofcos smashing is not the only trick in badminton, they still have lots to learn.
tennis players have alot of stamina. one thing i noticed is they have great forehand but their backhand is just yucky (nicest i can say) they hit it like tennis so it flies weird. usually very flat and weak. if the person's like that then just go upto the net and smash it down
Tennis players have good horizontal movement and can last in that movement for a long time. However, if you were running him back, forward, side to side, then I think his game can be broken.
Why are you bothered? You've (Im assuming) taken coaching, he hasn't. You play badminton, he plays tennis (which further damages his badminton game). He musn't have played for a long long time. You must have played yesterday. Just play your natural game as you would against any opponent!
argh i think i've improved over the summer but i've got school tryouts tomorrow. all the tennis players want to join the team. Old thread but more tips would be nice.
