j4ckie
Regular Member
[video=youtube;92N9WkUqCSU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92N9WkUqCSU[/video]
Played against a friend from the local area in an English ranked tournament (Bronze).
Not really got an excuse for the amount of errors, made, enough to say I probably lost the match rather than being outplayed, something to work on for next time. Too many unforced errors, hitting things out the rearcourt, other than that I probably would have come very close if not beaten him given the scores were 15 and 17 in 2 sets. Camera battery died half way through the second set, missing some of the best rallies unfortunately!
Was happy with my hitting + movement having spent the last 3 weeks not playing.
Any comments & tips appreciated as ever![]()
I think you need to be a little more aggressive - you got a good attack, but rarely push yourself to get behind the shuttle and use it. Your opponent is not very fast around the court and relies heavily on his anticipation to defend, so you could've won this (despite the very unsecure lifting) if you had tried to keep the shuttle going down more and varied the placement and pace of your smashes.
He is also not so quick at turning and changing directions (as pretty much all tall people -.-) so a few jumped attacking clears would've been quite effective as well [I enjoy quite a bit of success with those as I'm very tall and thus a bit imposing for people who don't know I smash like a girl].
You should also work on your footwork when going for a high backhand shot, it's really not very effective and you lose time and reach whenever you go for that shot. I guess that's because you haven't played singles in training....however, you should really take the forehand more often, as your backhand, while decent, is not very strong and lacks variation (it's straight all the time).
Anyhow, good match. Hope to see a bit more from you again, you seem to improve every time you post sth.
