Comments on: 5 Steps To Significantly Reduce “Home” Advantage & Gain Valuable Extra Points In Your Away Badminton Matches

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 17:30:03 +0000

Term

It’s a shame you had so much trouble over the poor shuttles. If I were you I would have broken a feather to completely kill the shuttle. After all, the shuttle was not fit for play and therefore it needed seeing off for good. Lesson learned, next time kill the shuttle and stand your ground to play with decent shuttles.

Clubs get away with it because players don’t know how to handle situations like these.

To your success

Paul

By: Term

Term — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:08:18 +0000

the problem with shuttles provided is a big one for me, I lost a match recently which really annoyed me. We had beaten thier third and second pairing easily, we came to thier first pairing and knew it’d be a tougher game. We won the first game, then mid way through the second the shuttle died. I requested that the shuttle be changed, only to be told they didn’t have any. This then meant I was struggling to clear and get control with it. Of course you could say its the same for everyone, and it is, but it kinda got under my skin. We lost this game. Just before the third and final game, a new tube was suddenly produce from a cupboard, unfortunately by this stage, we had lost momentum and they overwhelmed us, as we then struggled to regain composure. Ultimately we should have not let it bother us, but I also feel this was poor from the opposition team,

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:57:48 +0000

Thanks Asif

I’m looking forward to your questions. Feel free to suggest some ideas for videos too.

I think you and your friends will love the videos I’m currently working on!

To your success.

Paul

By: Asif

Asif — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:41:18 +0000

Hi Paul,

yeah sure, you can go ahead and use my comment if it would help other players. in fact i would be glad to recommend your advice/tactics to others as well. i told my other badminton buddies about you and they are becoming regular on your blog. its pretty tough to find a coach for badminton in our country where it only played during winter. we actually try to play all year round and try to improve ourselves as much as possible. since we don’t have any coach to guide us on, we only rely on you tube and recently on your blog..

so thanks again and i’ll get back with a lot of questions soon.

take care and ciao

asif

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:10:29 +0000

Asif

Great to hear from you. Sorry you lost but I’m delighted that my advice is working for you! I hope you won’t mind me using your comments again in my blog?

Please continue to ask questions. This is why my blog was created – to solve players issues as much as I can.

I suspect your partner became over anxcious and probably became too eager to finish the point. If you look back on the game, perhaps this eagerness also meant that he changed position at the front of the net and was just too close to intercept. Check out his position and I think this will be a major factor in his mistakes.

It also sounds like you needed to play the tournament on one day. If you had, your confidence and good form may have helped you win. The fact that you played the final on the second day may have changed your form. It’s very hard to play consistently well.

Badminton is also played in the mind. I will be writing an article or even making a video about this in the future. It’s not even considered by many players as a factor in how you play. In fact, it’s the biggest factor and can decide whether you win or lose before you step foot on court.

It’s a huge subject and one I cannot tackle in a small article. I would also suggest you re-read my article about your badminton goals for 2010 because goals are linked to performance too.

To your success Asif.

Paul