Hi all, after realising that my basic badminton grip was wrong I have been trying to correct it. But for some reason now that I am gripping the racket properly i can't seem to hit the shuttle right. you know when you stand facing the net and with proper grip the racket face is not facing the net when the shuttle comes to you. it's hard to explain but now the racket seems to allow my wrist naturally to do sideway strokes instead of strokes that push the racket face toward the net. Any video link to show the basic stroke with the right gripping of racket? some of you might have this difficulty before? Any tips to share? Thanks guys...
Your racquet, if you just push forward, will hit the bird with the side of the frame. To achieve the proper stroke, you must conduct the rotation of your forearm to have the strings strike the bird head on.
That's easily fixed if you meant you're standing at around the baseline and hitting a flat shot. When you hit as you are now, you probably swing straight on at it with your racquet vertical to it, causing a slice to the left (assuming you're right handed). There's an easy solution to this: - Bend your knees more so you're down lower - Raise your elbow to the side a little more - Have your racquet head above your own head Racquet should now be more horizontal, giving a more forward and downward angle. All hits now should just be a small flick of the wrist, no big movements, since you're in front of the net.
i was going to make a new thread about proper stroke when i saw this =) can any experienced members post a video of their stroke with proper pronation?
I'd have a go but if I do, don't expect the video for quite a while, to do any filming or anything, you need prior permission from the sports centre and I've no idea how easy/hard this is to get.
