is switching hand allowed???

Yeah, I don't see why not. It's difficult though and as long as your backhand is good, it's probably gonna be better than hitting a shot with your weaker hand. The confusion should be overcome just by concentrating and realising he doesn't play a backhand.

 

There is no rule that you have to play with one hand

 

You know that by switching hands his footwork is totally off. SO just pick and hold shots. He'll lose balance. Im speaking from experience too

 

switching hand transition will further delay movement, whats more in the footwork & strokes. In the end, player's mind & body will be confused, not the opponent nor spectators, after all.

 

I heard that there was a person literally playing badminton with a racket in each hand and knew how to use them well.

 

Surely - There must be an official rule against that

No rule against ambidextrous play but...two rackets!!

 

I'm curious how he would execute a serve with both hands occuppied. LOL

 

I'm not sure but it was done in a tournament. If I am not sure if there is a rule against it or not since it was not called.

There would be a disadvantage using a racket in each hand.

 

if a player is allowed to play using 2 feet, 2 eyes, 2 ears, why not 2 hands?
Most of us are handicap because we can only play proficiently with one hand, just like Shon Seung-mo had reached 04 OG MS final using just 1 good eye. His opponents aren't forced to wear eye patch when playing again Shon.

 

This is not badminton but I remember reading about a Yankee pitcher in their farm system who can pitch with both hands and opponents find it very hard to bat against him as he can pitch from either hand. What is funny though is when they have a switch hitter at the plate and both sides will switch which side they're throwing/batting from during the at bat...

 

I believe it can be trained to a certain extent. There's at least two coaches at ClearTwo in Richmond that can demo technique with either hand and I've seen one of them play with their "non-preferred" hand against the students in an adult-advanced class. They still played better than the students. They can do clears, smashes, drops, backhands and serves. The smashes weren't as powerful though.

 

......................oops

 

if you do practice switching hands then you won't confuse your footwork, but when receiving a smash you're gonna have to make due with whatever hand the racket's in at that moment

haha imagine the possibilities of being able to jump smash with both arms

 

well....i have a friend tat can use both hand...still...he can beat many of us...

 

I once knew a guy who could use both hands. That condition came about after he broke his right arm in an accident, and since he was absolutely committed to badminton, he used his left hand to continue the game. It was rather amazing to see him switch hands to smash when his opponent pushed the shuttle to the backhand side. However, he did not make much progress in advanced games, as he could only do the down-the-line smash with his left hand, and his opponents very soon knew his game. (when the smash is returned quickly, he could not switch in time to control the shuttle). He was also very unfortunate as there is no coach available to exploit his unique talent

 

Wow, now that is some real dedication.

 

yeah, here's 1 short video MS plays badminton with his left hand

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYRQYxGkl_M&feature=related