How hard would it be for me to join JV badminton?Im ok right now and have good drives, backhands, clears, and ok smashes. my forehand underhand clear just misses alot. i am also taking lessons to get better. do u think ill make JV?btw, how many people can get on JV?what should i train more other than forehand underhand clear?
practice your footwork. there's no sense in having good strokes if you can't get to the shuttle. usually in California (well norcal, i dont know about socal) schools you're either in ranked (Varsity) or not (JV, rest of the people). Varsity people are the ones who get to play against other schools. The rest get _might_ get a chance to play if there's time left over. so you see, it's not that hard to be JV.
I never really heard of it. But I was on JV in high school. In my high school some people never even played badminton in their life before, and made JV. But some schools the lower JV ranks don't play at all. But the top few do play. But some schools every JV player plays.
If only a few of them are good. You will probably make varsity or a high JV rank. Since in California most people don't start until near high school. I was on JV last year. I only played for like 2 months before I joined. I'm a junior now.
i have a feeling that it might be hard to get on cuz JV only holds 30 people and varsity only holds 25. do u remember how the try-outs worked at your school?my tryouts start in February.
Our tryouts were 2 weeks. The first one is hard core conditioning. The 2nd one were shots and how good we were. That was it. Everyone who made it through went on the team. But not all of us get to play during the games.
just curious, at which part of the court are you hitting this "underarm forehand clear" ? there's not much you can do in 2 weeks. do some fitness work, ten work on consistency and footwork.
quick question:are you supposed to change your racket games every time you hit forehand and backhand?
Hi im senior in high school im in lower league and Gunn high school is in upper league. Gunn has the strongest team in the whole league this year because there are a lot of players that train outside of school. i believe as long as you can hit and you dont give up during the 2-3 weeks of conditioning you ll make jv for sure. but making Varsity would be a lot harder. Try outs i believe your coach makes you play singles and they evaluate how well you play. i believe your "underarm forehand clear" is what we call "forehand lift" i know theres a few freshmen guys at gunn that train outside of school who played in the US jr national. who will make varsity for sure. also theres a lot of girls that are pretty good too. for your quick question i dont really understand it... but i think you mean are you suppose to change your GRIP when you do backhand and forehand... the answer is yes. Good luck this season...im sure you ll make jv easy
the thing is, i just started playing not too long ago, but im a fast learner and i have played tennis before and im so-so right now. worried about if there are lots of good people so i might get THE CUT
Well in my school. Theres only 3 boys varsity single players, and 3 boys jv single players. 3 in each category. If your school is like that it would be pretty hard.
If you're a tennis player, you're probably good with side-to-side movement. Work on your front and back footwork.
If you go to Gunn High, it should be 24 on JV: six for each category in doubles (Mixed, Boys, and Girls, with 2 people per pair, and 3 pairs per category), totaling 18 for doubles. Then, 3 per category of singles, which makes for 6 for singles, and a total of 24. I don't see where the other 6 come from. I go to Los Gatos, which is in the lower league, which may account for differences, but I'll ask around sometime. However, Gunn IS a strong team in badminton. Perhaps some of their stronger players left, but they have some VERY skilled and highly ranked players, particularly in the doubles categories. Their singles players are significantly lower in rank. Good luck. Train plenty, especially footwork, and always do so as much as possible, to the point of training as much as Varsity (or sometimes more). Have fun, however, while you are at it. Last bit is that if you don't feel like you can make it in a particular category, try another: Doubles are not for everyone, nor are singles, as each player is suited to different styles and executions. Try everything out.
