While watching the sudirman sf between lin dan and lcw the commentator (a woman) said the chinese team actually practice hitting the tape to win points. Sounds amazing!! i have 2 questions: 1. Really?? 2. How??
Yes they do train to hit the tape. Even I have been trained to hit the tape - although it was pretty unsuccesful . We played games , where if the shuttle hits the tape and gets a point you win. Only net play games. The chinese team , train to hit the top of the tape , when doing their net shots. This either results in a really good shot that is tight , or hits the tape and most likeley win the point. I don't know how exactly they train to hit it , but most likeley just doing thousands of net shots!
We ever had a drill, where we are supposed to hit the tape during a netting drill. Coach was saying, in doubles, a tumbling net shot isnt the best, players who are fast enough would be able to just sweep the shuttle down the net as the a tumbling net shot's "route" is very predictable. Hitting the tape, will cause the tape to go in a very unpredictable "route" and thus, wouldn't be that easy for the opponent to sweep the shuttle down. What we did was, one guy feeding, the other guy do the drill, but it is TERRIBLY hard to be able to hit the tape during game play. (Ours was a double's drill though, i thought for singles, a tumbling netshot that touch the tape will just do the trick?)
that's way lin dan's net play was really amazing in his match agaisnt lee chong wei that night impressive
if an avid book reader is a bookworm, then someone who practice alot on taping the net is a tapeworm?
lol maybe...but if they were seriously good at it, scores would likely resemble 21-0 21-0, as it's very unpredictable for opponents to save shots hitting the tape...the chinese team would then have to practice lifting their hands up 21 times/game ...but i think it's possible to train for such a thing...i should do that now xD...but my mistakes would double...i think they aim for just above top of the tape to make it as tight as possible...
yeh you can train for it.. Only by playing over and over and your primary target no matter what shot is the tape. Its very hard to do and the chinese players still cant consistantly do it. I dont particularly think training for it helps you to hit the tape. it more or less gives you a nice consistant tight net shot. If you pull it perfect then hit the tape well done. But no one can consistantly hit the tape. Even from hours upon hours of netplay/tape hitting practice. So i wouldnt worry about it too much.
Well, practice and more practice but make sure you have someone who can point out what you did wrongly. Otherwise, you will just be internalising bad habits.
I'm pretty sure that at some point in their badminton career be it amateur or pro, most people have practised finding the tape with dropshots or netshots.
Not sure about the Chinese team but I know a few fairly good players that have done it. I tried it but just got fed up with my own ineptitude at finding the tape with dropshots. I guess it works on the same principles as netshots, the tighter the better and you can't get any tighter than tumbling off the tape. I'd certainly work on getting a tight and consistent netshot before going for an incredibly tight drop.
I think it's good to do that during training (like finding the sidelines when you smash or the far corners when you clear) but during game, it's kinda dangerous because the chance of not getting the shot over the net is increased.
Agreed I totally agree A good news, now my drop shots are able to just cross over the tape More than 50% of the time can do it Cheers Must practice and practise
I have heard that the Chinese team train to hit the net tape on service (a low serve towards the T). The idea is that, if they miss the tape, it will still be a very good serve, but would land fractionally beyond the front line. If the lowest feather just catches the tape, however, then the shuttle will be slowed slightly and will land on the line.
