Hi, I've searched the forums but didn't get much information about this particular shot. I've seen lots of discussion on Peter Gade's deceptive cross court net shot, but I want to know more about the deceptive lift shot. It looks as if he is about to play a cross court lift (from mid-court to opponents back court - diagonally), but right at the last moment, he does something that changes the direction of the shuttle to go straight on leaving the opponent going the wrong way. It all happens in one quick motion and was wondering if anyone knows how to do this shot?
I think this good shots of his is almost to perfectation during his prime days around 1997 to 2001. He has slow down ever since, injury & age has caught up him Gade thus reducing his speed. Still recall during his prime, he is so fast to reach the net that always caught his opponent of guard with this shots.
The clip you saw was porbably on youtube, type in "peter gade sato" and you should see it (one of 3-4) there's no trick into learning it, just try and do it...have a coach explain it. It just takes practise, some racket-skill and a good view of the court to see what your opponent is doing. The easiest 'way' to do it, is three steps -show the opponent your racket, you "have your stroke well in front of you" -pull back your racket as the shuttle comes near -the at the last moment do your shot with a veyr short motion. -The pace of these 3 actions should be like: 1.........2.3.... this is roughly how peter does it, though the pace is much faster, and his shot is much shorter, because his wrist strength is just insane... (the first method borrowed from www.ibbs.tv : how he explains a deceptive netshot)
Secret is in following the path of the shuttle The shot mentioned is at... http://youtube.com/watch?v=v0X-sdwgXz4 ...and, as mentioned in our book "Advanced Badminton Techniques" (http://instructoons.com/book/ -- you can download free sample pages), the secret is following the path of the shuttle heading toward you a little bit with your racket head before hitting your shot. That slight following of the path, lets you have time to take a peek at where your opponent is heading and then hitting to where he/she isn't. The slight following of the path of the shuttle allows you to hit the shot correctly because your racket head is aligned properly with the shuttle. These and many more advanced techniques are mentioned in our book.
