Hi guys, I am 16 years this year going to be 17.. Unfortunately, i am very skinny & this is why i suspect that i have no power or agility.. Is there anyway to buff up? I tried protein powders but it dosent seem to work..
Just do the 6 corner drill half a million times and agility will come naturally. Then practice proper hitting technique for 2 to 3 hours straight, until you can last for 5 hours, and that's all the power you need. The power from smashes comes from technique. Get that down before conditioning yourself. As long as your elbow stays up and you extend fully, that's all the 'muscle' you need. Then just add forearm rotation. I have almost no visible muscle. And I am also skinny. But just playing badminton and it's starting to develop. Stop asking for advice and go play. Also, placement is 100x more important than power.
You actually need to work out in order to put on muscles. Protein powder is just there to give you body protein right after a workout to fix the micro tears in your muscles. Healed micro tears = bigger muscles. If you don't workout, your muscles wouldn't have microtears and the protein from the powder will only be absorbed by your body as body fat.
just eat more and exercise more. Build up your fitness. This is important. Of course there are more ways to do it and get better in badminton.
80%-90% of smash power comes from technique, if you want some more strength that's fine but don't compromise mobility. as stated, you need to actually do some weight training though.
I would suggest that the START of your conditioning work, which would increase, stamina, agility, strength, protect versus injuries (all things mentioned by those people above) is to work on your core (abdominal and lower back) muscles. This will give you an excellent base from which you can start to add power in other areas, remembering that badminton is almost entirely a plyometric workout in itself - so plenty of court time will probably help you out too. For your core conditioning, I recommend this series of three videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMdSor8_UI0 There is a part two to that one, and then there is the stuff for the lower back: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYJ1XVNi46Q&feature=related Hope you find something there that helps - but remember: If you go to to any kind of weight training, be VERY careful about using correct technique - there is no point risking injury! Matt
http://www.brendanchaplin.co.uk/Bre...ies/2010/4/9_Building_Badminton_Athletes.html hope the above length can help.
Weight lift No it won't stunt your growth. No it won't make you a big sloppy slow man. All dedicated athletes strength train including badminton. It gives you more power, speed, and strength. Agility will come with practice of badminton. Power and strength of the strokes comes from a combination of strength as well as the neuromuscular adaptation from practicing those strokes. Do Squatz, Eat Oatz, Do Deadliftz. Be better. Stop being a Skinny Fat man. http://startingstrength.wikia.com/wiki/Starting_Strength_Wiki -NSCA CSCS Elbowtko
It has been shown that weight lifting can actually increase ones growth at a young age. The problem mainly has to do with those that learn techniques incorrectly and get themselves injured. If anything a sport like badminton stunts growth more than weight lifting, due to the imbalanced nature of the sport combined with the imbalance nature of growing during puberty.
ok my bad elbowtko =p i didnt do enough research before commenting on the stunt growth. It was just something i thought a read or heard about from somewhere
The best advice I can give you is that once you pick out a routine, stick to it for more than a week! I know a lot of people (me included) that start something and it's HARD and it turns into a twice a week, then 1 per month, etc. You get the point. Gaining skill/power/mass is NOT easy and requires consistent work.
