any videos of the exercises that you feel are helping with this problem?doing some knee/ankle work to help strengthen those joints which has done wonders for my peroneal tendonitis.
any videos of the exercises that you feel are helping with this problem?doing some knee/ankle work to help strengthen those joints which has done wonders for my peroneal tendonitis.
Watching the bottom video. Try to change your mindset (if you didn't do it already). Play like where you want to be, not where you are now. That is playing shots which works vs your current opponents but not vs better one, will not improve your gameplay. But don't try to take this concept to far and target a gamestyle of international standards yet.Of course, feedback is always welcome.
any videos of the exercises that you feel are helping with this problem?
haha yeah I always try to first "win" against someone and then am comfortable losing but playing at a level I strive to be.Play like where you want to be, not where you are now
Yeah I always forget to notice where they are and where they bias. He tends to overcommit to straight drops so that's on me.At 1:16 you do a fast drop/half smash with follow up and got punished immediatly by a drive cross court defense.
Haha here I was using a deception I learned from Badminton Family. Basically show a drop, but at the very last second tense to make it into an attack clear. I think I should do it more often.You should counter this by using either an attack clear to the deep forhand (like 12:01
So if it lands in deadzone but it's fast, it's okay? But yeah the variety between fast short shots, body shots, and attack clears deep - yeah I def get it. I def need more variety in my serve receive situations as I think it makes every shot more powerful - which I think is your point, no?fast dropshot to his backhand or a hard smash to the body
Yeah gotta watch some more videos about tactical ways to receive a high serve. All my friends use it when they "play seriously". I think my footwork getting there is fine, even with my ankles not 100%. Gotta work more on practicing the serve situation with my gf or something.Receiving the serve of your opponent is THE building block of your whole game
A nice example is 2:42, you serve and play a neutral game until he do the misstake (playing too short) letting you finish with a smash.
If you want to improve faster, you need to make less errors, that is , playing a lot safer.
All options are relative high risks shots, so you should avoid to put yourself in such a situation. This doesn't mean, that you shouldn't play a netshot in such a situation, but you should try to reduce the risk. So, when late to the shot, don't play a net shot, or play a netshot if your opponent is out of position.
nice example at 6:04. After he blocked your attack clear/drive you play a netshot. He is out of position and try to play a counter netshot (bad idea), you can easily finish this with an even tighter netshot. Take a look at your foot position. When you play the first netshot, you stand right at the service line, the second netshot you stand almost at the net with your foot. This way you are able to play a nice tight spinning shot. But this only worked so well, because your opponent was under pressure/in a bad position while you play your first netshot.
Netshots and smashes are like finishing moves, sure a very hard smash to the line or a very tight tumbling netshot will win you a point regardless of your opponent positioning most of the time, but in general it is better to play both only if your opponent is out of position first.
1. You need to get ready after your serve immediatly and concentrate on receiving the return.
2. You need to learn to intercept a flick to your deep forhand. China jump and take it immediatly. Don't run to the deep backhand and try to retrieve it from there.
You need to prioritise in which order you anticipate the return. E.g. anticipate a shot to your forhand, so that you can quickly intercept a shot to the deep forhand or can react to a netshot to your forhand front corner.
Your opponent will have issues with a short serve to the T, so he will try to find a pattern of what works. You need to anticipate this pattern. Check if your opponent moves his receiving position forward, counter this by a flick serve. If you do serve to the side lines, anticipate a long push to the corner, intercept it immediatly. If your opponent has some success with a net return or push to a deep corner, he will most likely try to followup in his next 2 serves.
. E.g. at 20:10 (there are more examples), you play a netshot and just stand still afterwards. Either you need to ready up (rise racket, get in lower position, get proper stance) or use the time to move your position before he hit the shuttle.
The depth of the clear is a lot more important than this
Haha thanks! I only recently learned how to backhand drive, clear, and drop so I'm used to trying to take it on my forehand if at possible. I may experiment with using more backhand so I can apply more pressure at the net as I think I have a decent spinning net which would help neutralize their offensive and boost mine. IDK though.You guard your backhand deep corner very well, taking it with your forhand most of the time.
It depends, when returning a high serve as fast drop to the forhand, he just need to take a step forward and take it, too easy. If you hit a fast drop to the back hand and need to twist and take a step forward, which is harder. Always try to twist your opponentSo if it lands in deadzone but it's fast, it's okay? But yeah the variety between fast short shots, body shots, and attack clears deep - yeah I def get it. I def need more variety in my serve receive situations as I think it makes every shot more powerful - which I think is your point, no?
This is the start to get you into more advanced levels. But you need to perfect this first. Momota is an expert, he can play such a good neutral game before speeding up and winning, Chen Long too. Being able to play a boring game is the foundation to play at higher level. Every single hi-level player will win vs us by just playing a neutral game, no fancy trickshots or ultra hard smashes needed.Yeah I definitely should've played a more "boring" game just because I know his footwork to back is bad.
Netshots and smashes are really similar. First off all they are there to provoke a weak return, second option is to finish once the opponent is out of position. I win a lot of points with net shots, because my opponent is not able to reach it in time, the shuttle is too low to get it over the net. Don't take international players as reference. Momota can cross block monster smashes and take net shots just 1cm from the ground.Yeah I knew smashes were finishers but didn't know nets
This is a neutral game, you are not attacking but play a shot which is hard to be attacked by your opponent. You only try to do this, if you are not in a good position, that is you are pressured to the back, you take a late netshot or you take a deep forhand shot. When you are in a good position, you should always try to pressure on. The only reason to play an ongoing neutral game is to exhaust your opponent. This works very well vs low level players, as I started 2-3 years before, a club friend just let me run around the court for the first 5 points, not attacking at all. Afterwards I was so exhausted, that I lost the next 10 points with ease. But to be honest, you should try to play like you would play vs really fit player, don't take the easy wins if you want to improve.I believe the best options are usually just to either deadzone it back or lift it.
It is most likely the shuttle speed which changed (other brand, humidity, temperature).Yeah for some reason when reviewing my footage.. .my clears looked a bit off? My defensive clears didn't look as high or as deep as they were in thailand and my attack clears didn't really have any speed. Gotta practice my clears
It is less about the shot, you can play a long net because you are under pressure and it is a lot easier to play long. No, it is more about the body movement. When a player gets under pressure, he needs a lot more time to recover from a shot. This time delta is what you can try to increase from shot to shot until it is so great, that you can finish it with a fast played shot. Visual indications are , that the player moves really fast before hitting the shuttle and that he needs to either bend (backcourt) or do a really deep lunge.but if they played a long net that usually means they're in a good position
To play a precise clear is hard. A clear has the longest trajectory of all shots and a small change in the angle while hitting it, will have a great difference where it hit the ground. A good high,deep clear is not really attackable at our level, so you really dont need to play it precisly to the side lines. Start to play a safe clear and move it more to the sidelines over the next years while you improve... .my clears looked a bit off?
A high lift is a defensive shot, the extra high will only give him extra time, but will not put him under pressure. So, getting it 1-2m higher just don't matter as long as you are able to use this extra time to get yourself in a good position. When you are talking about a flat lift, you mean a flick ? A flick is similar to the lift, but a lot faster and flatter, but the real difference is, that your stroke is more deceived . Contrary to a lift, which will be clearly visible from the motion sequence, most player will already start to get back when they see that you play a lift, but this is okay, because you need to get out of trouble. A flick has a much shorter stroke and if you are good with it, you will hold the racket a long time before hitting the flick (hold-and-flick), this way the opponent dont know if you want to flick or to play it short. But this is something you should practise a lot before applying it to a match.And my high ones should be intentionally high just so I make him/them take an extra step.
It is more about giving hints where you could look at yourself. Last saturday I had my first league match and were able to barely win my single. But I made so many misstakes, 80% of my lifts and clears went long. I blame myself why I hit them so hard and why I am so stupid to hit them out all the time. After the match I talked with the club boss about it and he casually told me, that we play with other shuttles at league matches which are faster in general. This view from an other person helped me more than what I tried to analyse myself. It never comes to mind, that the shuttle is just faster this time. Next time I need to test the shuttle speed, play more careful and/or try to change the racket (stiffer).i Will reread it over and over and combine with my notes so I know what to focus on playing against him in the future and other people in general.
he short serve is the best neutralizing opener in Elite mens singles but requires a lot from the server to keep it neutralized, your footwork and anticipation needs to be better to fully utilize the serve and as of now I think it puts you under more pressure than just a standard high forehand serve. To know when you are ready for the short serve you can think if every 3rd shot from me, regardless of service return, will be better than an optimal high lift then you go for the short serve.
Yeah I think it's me not being light on feet and trying to be sure my ankles are really okay. If you watch some older footage of me in Thailand I think I'm a lot quicker at the net/recovery.I think your net footwork could need some more practice, it seems like your center of mass is too far forward causing your recovery to be slow. This can be corrected with some shadow work!
You play a very flat singles game, which requires a lot of tempo in your footwork. It's a high risk high reward strategy, but if playing against an opponent who can keep that tempo you will face trouble. I would say only play flatter type shots (attack clear, stick smash) if you are behind the shuttle and moving forwards, meaning you have proper time to retrieve the return.
you can move your center of play (?! idk the translation), aka where your footwork starts from, a bit back into the court. The biggest threats in a flatter game should be the smash or attack clear and by moving your center of play a bit back you have more time to retrieve.
A very controversial topic in clubs. Even at my age I'm a beginner (3 years now), and I started with a high serve for singles and low serves for doubles. The issues was, that I wasn't able to get good at both in time, so after 1 year or so I switched to low serve in singles too. For me it was a practical decision, practising only low serves helped me a lot to get both serves in singles and doubles right and a lot better.But wouldn't the best way to practice it... is to keep using the low serve and gaining experience?
When I play vs mid-league players, the remarkable change compared to low league players is, that the game get a lot flatter and faster, this way I'm no longer able to control it and they can up and down the pace like they want. I think , that a fast pace is a requirement to climb up the ladder. You should be able to play flat and fast over a longer duration, the one who is able to do this will most likely be able to control the match.You play a very flat singles game, which requires a lot of tempo in your footwork.
You start with a more neutral game, often with a clear. That is good, he made a lot of misshits,because he didnt get behind the shuttle. In the first few rallies you move him around and tried to finish with a netshot. Thought both went into the net, the idea was right, your previous shots were right and you were there in time to take it, everything perfect. With more practise you will hit them,best to push them a little bit over the net.In meantime would love to see what you guys think:
This. A lot of experience goes into knowing when you can take that chance to attack (and what sort of attack) without putting yourself at a big disadvantage.The real art of badminton is to know when not to attack ;-)
When I play vs mid-league players, the remarkable change compared to low league players is, that the game get a lot flatter and faster, this way I'm no longer able to control it and they can up and down the pace like they want. I think , that a fast pace is a requirement to climb up the ladder. You should be able to play flat and fast over a longer duration, the one who is able to do this will most likely be able to control the match.
My point too, you cant play fast if you cant play slow! Everyone should strive to have a higher tempo, but my tactical advice is for today, long term strategy would of course be to do low serve and higher tempo.I kind of agree with you but from my point of view, I would say it's better to master a more controlled play first and then being able to keep that control with a faster play.
I consider myself as an intermediate player and mostly play a control game. I often win and outplay players with accurate shots.
A faster game will cause more unforced error and be more tiring.
Consistency first then accuracy and then speed.
Everyone has different style, so that's just my pov.![]()
In my opinion a bad high serve is as bad as a bad low serve, both put you under pressure and a good high server is harder to pull off than a good low serve. But in singles it is extremely important to be able to play a good flick serve but you don't seem to have issues for now (better players will smash your flick and you need to readjust it later on).
game get a lot flatter and faster, this way I'm no longer able to control it and they can up and down the pace like they want. I think , that a fast pace is a requirement to climb up the ladder. You should be able to play flat and fast over a longer duration, the one who is able to do this will most likely be able to control the match.
Yeah I need more running net and drop drills. Technically I have a decent drop and net. But when it comes to under pressure not consistent :/ it's just more practice so I'm not worriedThought both went into the net, the idea was right, your previous shots were right and you were there in time to take it, everything perfect. With more practise you will hit them,best to push them a little bit over the net.
In short, if you play a defensive shot, you are still in trouble, so don't try to anticipate an offensive shot.
which got intercepted (rally got neutralised, okay), but you keep in a very offensive position
Yeah I think I knew this intuitively but it helped a lot for you to say it out loud for me. ThanksWhen it is a good neutral shot, he will not be able to attack (no smash, no tight net shot), so stop moving and prepare for every corner.
Yeah, I agree. I have a decent low serve because I practiced it a lot for doubles so the service itself isn't the problem. I guess it's where I'm serving to because in doubles it'basically always serves to the T and serve to the body or wide for some variety. In singles, I'm still experimenting but I believe serving to the middle is the best... not sure. And also retrieval of their next shot is the biggest issue. So more of an anticipation/footwork issue than the actual serve imo.
This is typcial for low level double players. Their 'high' serves only get to mid court. Eventually these are just school level people playing some badminton , if you want to improve, get into a club, get into league games.The high serve got punished and was basically just playing whatever I wanted. My low serve put him under so much pressure because of his commitment to such a far back starting position. Other than that, I just experimented mostly - playing really flat nets into court, or quarter/stick smashes that I expected him to get but the reply to be really high and flat.