bestindigital
Regular Member
I have been playing for years, with no training, and about 4 years ago, I finally started playing with good players from Asia. I live in the USA. After becoming friends with them, some of the good players corrected a lot of my mistakes and helped me train and fix some of them. But try as I might, I just can't seem to get past my current level. I am A level in my city, but that's because my city does not have good players. Whenever I go to bigger tournaments, I get killed and end up in C or B.
Some comments I got from better players
- drop/smash/clear action is wrong, but not sure how to fix it
- smash is not contacting the shuttle correctly - more like a slice, so I don't get enough power
I am 6 feet 2 inches and I lift weights, so I should be smashing with a lot of power
- footwork is bad, and I am not quick to recover after shots
- anticipation is bad
- net play is bad
- don't use my wrist correctly (I was trained in tennis when I was a kid, so those habits stuck)
- not preparing for smash defense by bending forward enough
- racket head frequently down while at the net
- not hitting the shuttle at the right time while at the net - a bit later so not enough power
- smash defense is bad as I am not lifting high enough, or driving back low enough
ha ha .. pretty much everything is bad, but I am not sure how to fix it, because there are no coaches within a 300-mile radius of my city.
Here's a recent video of casual play at our club. I'm the guy in black T-shirt, black/orange shorts.
Please help. Thanks.
Some comments I got from better players
- drop/smash/clear action is wrong, but not sure how to fix it
- smash is not contacting the shuttle correctly - more like a slice, so I don't get enough power
I am 6 feet 2 inches and I lift weights, so I should be smashing with a lot of power
- footwork is bad, and I am not quick to recover after shots
- anticipation is bad
- net play is bad
- don't use my wrist correctly (I was trained in tennis when I was a kid, so those habits stuck)
- not preparing for smash defense by bending forward enough
- racket head frequently down while at the net
- not hitting the shuttle at the right time while at the net - a bit later so not enough power
- smash defense is bad as I am not lifting high enough, or driving back low enough
ha ha .. pretty much everything is bad, but I am not sure how to fix it, because there are no coaches within a 300-mile radius of my city.
Here's a recent video of casual play at our club. I'm the guy in black T-shirt, black/orange shorts.
Please help. Thanks.
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