Well noticed, its caused by the sudden tension in the racket arm, I don't thnk it affects the pre-hit impression given to opponent, though its an interesting observation. All of these shots are a work in progress.
While this is a video of mostly deceptive skill, if its overused it would be ineffective. Some of these shots are best used occasionally on return serve, other at the end of a long hard rally.
very nice deceptive shots there... imo, mostly effective in singles play though, frequently used by LCW, PG, LD
hey dlp/Alex can you explain further about the "sliced backhand cross lift deceptive shot" and the last two deceptive shots? I've always wondered how to do those shots but I couldn't get the hang of it haha. Thanks!
Slice lift - approach shuttle as if playing net then lift shuttle by moving racket sharply across and up slicing the shuttle , also using finger strength to impart power. You need to use a lot of racket head speed. Straight net deceptive- move along net as you play shot as if you were following cross net, let the shuttle slice off the racket face in opposite direction. We were doing it off a spinning feed but start with a normal feed. The body movement and swing towards cross court gives the deception. Alex is the player I'm the coach
Had lots of good feedback here and elsewhere on the video thanks, on facebook join "www.facebook.com/visionsbadminton" or "ben lane local hero", "alex lane local hero" there's another video and I will do more soon
Hi Alex/DLP I enjoyed your video. You are doing it so natuarally-means lot of effort have gone in this. Wish I had similar skills! Hope you will record a full singles game (preferably with AimUK and share it with us! NP
Thanks nprince, there's a similar video from his younger brother on the facebook page (see above). Will try and shoot some proper video before the season starts (first international is end of August), these were just some iphone clips.
I'm the heavy guy in the white t shirt and black shorts. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rERqjT046Y http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM2EUdpVSMA
Our regular club game http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai1H7Ji5Li4 This is from our daily leasure game-Nothing serious & with easy opponents. I could find out a 100 mistakes in my game-rest is for you guys. I am the tall fat guy in black-in the near side. NP
maybe one you wont notice: at ~1:03 you are at the net. your partner play drop from the 'back' (more like mid-court) of the court and you back away into sides-formation. you should have stayed at the net. I think a big improvement could come from footwork - you have no split step at all. See ~3.20 for example. 3.50 - you are receiving in left court, and push to deep backhand corner (except that the rear player is lefty). You immediately cover a down-the-line shot when you should ordinarily be (at least a bit) more guarded for cross-court. Look where you and your partner end up at 3.51. Maybe this is because you know your opponent too well? 4:10 to 4:16 your stance is really wrong. Any smash or good drop to your forehand wins the point. Did I mention no split drop already? 5:10 - Another instance of you backing away from net when you should stay in.
Thank you Amleto for the feed back-I agree with your findings, I agree, I have this bad habit. In our regular days of club game, I had this partner whose game was drops and more drops-very slow infact, which opponents had enough time to cover and smash. After getting a few on my face, I started backing out- anyway, time for me to get back to basics. I agree, this game was at a very relaxed pace with not so great opponents. Hence took all the liberty to save some energy. Anyway, I shall check my game with better opponents and see how i am doing. Thanks for pointing out. Was trying to exploit the very weak backhand of that particular opponent. I agree and I see that as well. Point noted-Thank you And looks like I need to loose some weight as well. @6.1 inch tall & 96 Kgs, my movement really looks awkaward. And recovering from a gread 2 tear in ankle ligment & tennis elbow is not helping things either. NP
but that is his forehand side, isn't it? Anyway, as always, be careful when recovering from serious injury. I hope it goes well.
[video=youtube;-pjhL4d7IyM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pjhL4d7IyM [/video] 1st game of a MD match. I'm the guy in yellow
Haha, I'm actually 6 foot 2 Although we're both of pretty slim built so we probably look a bit taller^^