I agree.. I've practised this shot so many times for fun and for showing off, but this trick only works against beginners because they'll usually hit it back at me anyway.
yea agreed....if you can hit the shuttle(with this shot) while it's right beside you, you probably had time for a backhand when the shuttle was higher
no time to make a high backhand shot here because the shuttle went past you already, so you have to run like hell to reach it at the rear court, only getting there when the shuttle is already low. This may be useless, but it's still a desperate attempt to keep the rally going.
yea...but i'm definitely not talking about a really high backhand shot, i'm saying if you use backhand even after the shuttle have passed your body, you'd still be taking it higher + earlier than when you're doing the trick shot. Because you don't have to run so near to the shuttle when using backhand. Nevertheless not many people can execute a good backhand in such disadvantageous situation...so that 'trick-shot' is the lazy way out. what i was trying to say in my previous post was that if you can get there in time to perform this trick shot, you most likely could have hit it with a backhand earlier. If the shot passed you so fast that you wouldn't be able to reach it with backhand, this trickshot wouldn't help either.
Couldn't agree more! How many people can do a back hand smash compared to the crosscourt net (the hardest one in the poll) I would definately say the Backhand smash is WAAYY harder.
Well, there will always people who fall in the same trap ~_~... This shot has a lot flaw on it xD... 1. You lost your stance. You're facing the wrong way xD. 2. You can't see where the ball going. 3. Bad execution means futile. Except the part of "style" all I can see is flaw xD. Even if you're a master of it. But yes... execution in the position where your opponent expect you less will always a benefit (if you could turn this stance into a drive shot, or a clear, this is where the surprise element is, fool them once is always fun xD).
For me there are 2 shots that are very hard to get a decent master of : A long and powerful back hand clear. This is just not happening for me. I try to use over the head clear as much as possible but there are situations where it just not possible, I'd really like to master that shot. Also, I have been playing badminton for about 5 years and I still can't master the smash properly. I can smash put the angle and power is not good enough. I have a pretty decent clear but it seems that I can't port the same technics to my smash : Weight transfer, hip rotation and hitting the shuttle cock high finishing the move with a good wrist whip.
Your right , and what an amazing backhand smash it is , i rerember a video which said it was 189mph! The hardest shot too master in my opinion is backhand smash
Agreed. The jumpsmash will put a lot of pressure on the opponents that they stand further back. They will be vulnerable to a straight/sliced jumpdrop, if you know how to fake the jumpsmash. Zakry Latif of Malaysia and Jung Jae Sung of Korea are very good in their sliced jumpdrops.
I so agree with you. He's won several points with this. I'm still perfrecting my jump smash. But pretty much, I can already perform this shot. Once satisfied, I think I'll go practice jump drops.
You've never seen deceptive jumpsmashes turned dropshots until you've seen anthony clark. Check out his first two strokes in this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AEz9orGZNQ
Actually it is easier to execute a deceptive reverse sliced cross-court dropshot when jumping up than to do it straight. Almost every intermediate player can do that reverse sliced cross-court drop, but you need to be much better to do a straight one well. In case your opponent flick serves high and deep into your backhand corner when you are (for right-handed player) on the left side of the court, this jumping reverse sliced cross-court can be quite effective.
That's true, but I've never seen a stroke like that performed so smoothly and deceptively. There is obviously a huge gap between his stroke and say, my crosscourt reverse slice dropshop.
Yes, of course. How could I miss Anthony Clark. Like what Gil often says, he's a very good tactician. I hope Nathan and Anthony win a championship this year.
