I usually have singles training only, but had a doubles coach last week who taught me this this shot. It's bloody awesome! Anyone know the one I mean? Instead of driving straight you slice over the shuttle to create topspin and send it cross court. Seen all the Indonesians do it but didn't realise they were doing it until this guy showed me how to...
hows it done? forgive me if my badminton skills aren't as good as yours. But how is it done? I don't quite understand how you get on top of the bird. What is the best situation to use it? Thanks.
just wondering, what kind of slice is it? left to right slice or up to down slice with the racket slunted to face upward right? usually for me, i just twist my wrist to get the shuttle to travel cross court, but if I can get more power out of this top spin BH drive, then i'll try it
I think what UKP is referring to is during impact with the shuttle, the racquet face is facing forwards and downwards. Then the raquet head is driven straight forwards using mainly thumb and fingers plus a little forearm movement. But the way the motion in general looks rather similar to backhand drive in table tennis (using shake hand grip) Not a cut motion. You can't do this if the shuttle is too far to your b/hand side. (if UKP is talking about driving cross court to your own forehand part of the court)
It's all wrist. It's a slice from bottom to top rather than left to right. Difficult to describe. Once you have hit the shuttle, it travels upwards towards the net then once it passes the net it travels downwards, sort of like a table tennis shot with less spin on it. A straight drive will end up towards the opponents chest. Execute this drive correctly and it will end towards their waist. (depending of height of course) Watch the racket motion of the top players when they drive. Sometimes they move their racket up rather than hitting it straight.
Another new shot to work on! I've never noticed the backhand topspin, but I've seen forehand topspin used on serve returns as long ago as 25 yrs.
Yes this shot has started to be coached a lot in the last eighteen months , it started to gain popularity in UK I beleive after an asian coach demonstrated it, now its suddenly being taught everywhere.
UKP, Not sure what you mean by left to right slice. That's not quite I had in mind when referring to table tennis. For tabletennis drive, the bat goes over the ball during the action. I imagine it is the same for the shot you describe. Is 'slice' an appropriate word to use? Slice would imply an up to down and under the shuttle action. e.g. backhand slice that produces backspin in tennis/table tennis. My particular experience of this drive is that it needs very little arm movement. Is this consistent with your experience?
Hi, Yes, no arm movement. I was saying it is not a left to right movement, but a bottom to top movement. But you are right, it is not a slice. It is more of a topspin shot that feels like a tennis backhand topspin shot, but it's not a tennis shot because you use your wrist instead of your arm.
In the case I'm remembering a chinese (I believe ) coach came over two summers ago and did demonstrations for the top Englaish coaches, chinese singles footwork, net shots and this backhand drive. Very quickly the backhand topspin shot was being taught at all the junior England doubles sessions.
UKP, Really? I've never heard of this one,a nd at the moment i'm specialising in doubles. I can see what you mean when you describe it, but i'm not sure about what the movement would look like, i have a rough idea. I have training with Bishy 2moz, i'll have a word with him. Matt
This highlights why England are always lagging behind the rest of the world. Our exposure to the top players styles and techniques is so limited, this affects the style of player and coach right through the standards.
dlp, Sometimes i, when passing th shuttle over to the opposition, hit from below upwards as described and theis does have a sudden dipping effect. Is this the idea of a topspin drive, to creat this dip? Matt
Exactly Matt, its just a variation on the backhand drive which helps to keep the shuttle dipping quicker, just as a normal left right slice would make the shuttle curve to the side and slow this has the same effect in the up down plane.