Badminton Central

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...