Monthly Archives: December 1998
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What backup racket should you buy?
Many badminton players have more than one rackets. There can be many reasons for having so, the most important one is simply: racket breaks. Badminton strings are thin and they wear out over time, after a certain point, usually a few weeks to a few months of use, they break. Having a strung ...
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Hitting the wall
In my last two articles, I explained what I think are the right ways to train to become a world class player. I have not gone into detail of how hard you should train. Before we go on to what champions think and feel about training, I would like to share with you my […]
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Train right for results
CONTINUING from where we left off last week, I would now like to show you how to apply the training guideline to the second category of training on shadow badminton, multiple shuttle drill and stroke refinement. Let us first take shadow badminton. Quite often I see players doing shadow ...
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Know your self, know your style
In singles, there are three main styles or patterns of play. They are: 1. The fast attacking style Here most of the shots played are smashes, fast drop shots and net shots, attacking lobs, more low services than high services, quick low pushes/flicks to the backcourt from the net, and fast ...
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The banning of the s-service
A ball naturally rotates and tumbles, inducing rotation is a common technique in many sports. Why is a tumbling service is disallowed in badminton? To understand the history behind the banning of the S-serve, we need to start from an All China Game many years ago. The date was October 1983, the ...
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The Importance of Mental Toughness
I will attempt to relate to those interested the importance of mental toughness through personal experience in the past season. I feel that over the past year, I have improved in many areas of my game. However, I believe that the best improvement in my game was my mental game. Whereas I used to ...
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The Smash
Translation of an article by Park Sung Woo ( 95 World Champs Runner Up and now Coach/Player with Tonami Badminton Team ) which appeared in Japanese Badminton Magazine. Step 1 First let`s check the basics. Absorb the correct form. Keita Masuda`s smash ( Japanese No.1 ) has a good strong point ...
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Causing Damage
Translation of an article written by Gu Xiamin, 1998 All England Champion and Bronze medalist at the 1987 World Championships. Printed in Badminton Magazine, Japan. Using a strange phrase, not only badminton but sports in general are an unkind game. Testing courses (of the shuttle) so the ...
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Techniques introduction
Badminton is one of the most well known games in the world. However, it is not well known that, at a competitive level, badminton demands many qualities from the shuttler: speed, strength, agility, stamina, skills, accuracy, smartness, mental power and team work. The badminton shuttle has been ...
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