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  • Using a dive on a singles smash defence
    Nov 09 2015
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    Using a dive on a singles smash defence

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    Problem: So lately I’ve been playing singles quite a bit and there were situations where I was late to the shuttle and was forced to play a backhand clear which wasn’t full length and my opponent had the opportunity to smash it and chose to smash cross court. Normally I can reach ...

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  • Biomechanical Principles Applied to Badminton Power Strokes
    Apr 23 2014
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    Biomechanical Principles Applied to Badminton Power Strokes

    • Cheung
    • badminton, biomechanics, coaching cues, joint actions, power strokes

    From   https://ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/cpa/article/view/2233 BIOMECHANICAL PRINCIPLES APPLIED TO BADMINTON POWER STROKES David B. Waddell and Barbara A. Gowitzke1 Bryson Sport Consultants, Ancaster, Ontario, Canada 1McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada The purpose of the present paper ...

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  • Improving the quality of your smash
    Feb 19 2014
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    • smash, technique

    The smash is the most direct and lethal way to gain a point when playing badminton. The smash also is a stroke that places the greatest demand in terms of physical requirement and mental precision. It is surely frustrating that, while you’ve given all your effort to ensure that you can ...

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  • The first 5 shots in doubles
    Feb 18 2014
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    • Cheung

    There is an PhD study (in German) on the first 5 in int’l doubles finals from the 1990s , the candidate analysed over 40+ unique 5-shot-sequences and has published an interactive CD-ROM. Based on his findings and combined with “game theory”, the sequence is A-B-A-B-A (with A ...

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  • Get a Grip! How to deal with dusty badminton courts
    Apr 25 2005
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    Get a Grip! How to deal with dusty badminton courts

    • kwun
    • floor, slippery

    Unless you are a professional player playing in a major tournament where there are volunteers armed with mops ready to wipe the floor for you, likely you will have encountered dusty badminton courts. Dust is not only slippery but dangerous as slipping can easily cause injury. Here we describe a ...

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  • Best way to improve your game, not racket, nor your smash.....
    Jun 23 2003
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    Best way to improve your game, not racket, nor your smash…..

    • kwun
    • footwork, technique

    here is my advice if you want to improve your game. unless you are using an old steel racket with fishing lines, buying a new racket will do you little good. perhaps you will get a small margin of improvement, but it will not give you that edge that you are looking for, and by […]

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  • Hitting the wall
    Dec 24 1998
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      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
    Dec 24 1998
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    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
    Dec 24 1998
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    Know your self, know your style

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    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 Importance of Mental Toughness
    Dec 24 1998
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    The Importance of Mental Toughness

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    • mental toughness, techniques

    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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