in doubles lets say I serve, and they lift it to the back.
Should I step back to about 100cm-120cm from the service line?
(A badminton racket is about 66cm, so that's 1.5-2 rackets from the service line)
If they'd do a short lift or poor lift then I suppose i'd move back less or even move forwards.
Recently when playing I found that when they did an ok lift, I was too near like maybe 50cm from the service line, and I found sometimes my partner's smash would hit my racket, my racket was in the way.. or he smashed it and they blocked it then because I was too near, it was hard to tap it back near the net I think further is necessary though i'm wondering about those figures, 100cm-120cm 1.5-2 racket lengths from the service line.
Also, if contrasting my stance straight after I backhand low serve and they might hit it flat, and I am ready for doing the third shot(Scenario A), vs my stance after I do a backhand low serve and they lift, and I expect my partner to hit down, and for the opponents to block it, I am ready for doing the fifth shot(or good choice of 5th shot), which would be tapping it to the net to get them to lift again(scenario B). Should my racket be higher in scenario A, than in scenario B? (Because in Scenario A, I want to get them to lift it, whereas in Scenario B I don't want my racket in my partner's way)
Should I step back to about 100cm-120cm from the service line?
(A badminton racket is about 66cm, so that's 1.5-2 rackets from the service line)
If they'd do a short lift or poor lift then I suppose i'd move back less or even move forwards.
Recently when playing I found that when they did an ok lift, I was too near like maybe 50cm from the service line, and I found sometimes my partner's smash would hit my racket, my racket was in the way.. or he smashed it and they blocked it then because I was too near, it was hard to tap it back near the net I think further is necessary though i'm wondering about those figures, 100cm-120cm 1.5-2 racket lengths from the service line.
Also, if contrasting my stance straight after I backhand low serve and they might hit it flat, and I am ready for doing the third shot(Scenario A), vs my stance after I do a backhand low serve and they lift, and I expect my partner to hit down, and for the opponents to block it, I am ready for doing the fifth shot(or good choice of 5th shot), which would be tapping it to the net to get them to lift again(scenario B). Should my racket be higher in scenario A, than in scenario B? (Because in Scenario A, I want to get them to lift it, whereas in Scenario B I don't want my racket in my partner's way)