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Badminton Articles

Secret Badminton Skills You Must Possess In Order To Out Manoeuvre, Outplay And Outscore Your Opponent To Win The Game – Part 3

Summary
In the first part of this series of badminton skills articles, you discovered the different style of player. In part 2 I shared my thoughts on identifying your opponents strengths and weaknesses via a skills audit, albeit most of the time, an on-court, in the game, test your opponent type of audit.
In this third and [...]

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Secret Badminton Skills You Must Possess In Order To Out Manoeuvre, Outplay And Outscore Your Opponent To Win The Game – Part 2

In the first part of this series of articles, you discovered the different styles of badminton player. Some of you emailed me or commented on my blog which style you are and also, which style of player causes you a few problems.
As you can imagine, understanding what style of player your opponent is, and recognising [...]

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Secret Badminton Skills You Must Possess In Order To Out Manoeuvre, Outplay And Outscore Your Opponent To Win The Game – Part 1

Have you ever played against an opponent you believe you should beat, but never have?
Have you suffered the frustration of knowing you are that close to a momentous win and yet can’t seem to make the breakthrough?
Or, have you walked off court wondering what happened, losing easily to someone you consider you’re as good as, [...]

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Little Known Exercises To Significantly Improve Your Badminton Footwork

If You’re Serious About Improving Your Badminton Footwork, Then Read On…
I recently answered a great post on my forum, which began on the subject of the best way to improve your badminton. The original post suggested that improving footwork was the best way to improve your badminton, which prompted a number of posts on this [...]

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Are You Serving Short In Badminton To Win A Point or To Start A Rally?

I’ve often talked about the short serve in badminton being the most neglected part of the game. It’s an area professional badminton players take very seriously and spend hours working on every week.
So why is it that club and league standard players spend no time at all on this critical part of the game? Why do [...]

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7 Common Causes of a Poor Badminton Backhand Clear and How To Correct Them.

The most common badminton coaching question I’m asked by players is “how can I improve my backhand?”
After studying badminton players on court and on video, there are a number of common faults emerging that can be corrected relatively easily.
Before I run through the various faults and tips to improve, please check you are playing with [...]

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All England Badminton Championships 2010 – Review

Having already posted my views from 11th March, I think it’s only fitting to highlight some of the finer points of these championships from my visit on 12th and 13th March. Sadly I wasn’t able to go to the finals this year but will comment briefly on them.
Friday 12th March 2010 –  Quarter Finals
There were [...]

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Three Simple Tips To Increase The Power Of Your Badminton Smash

One of the hottest topics I’ll be covering in my online coaching program is increasing power to your badminton smash.
Wherever I travel to coach, there are always two major questions I’m asked

How to improve the backhand
How to get more power in the smash

There are a number of simple adjustments you can make that will help [...]

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Manually Adjusting The Speed Of A Badminton Shuttle (Tipping)

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

During my travels and discussions with players, I’m amazed at the number of times I’m told stories of major defeats, with the only reason given was that they played on the opponents “home” court.
For most badminton tournaments or league matches there isn’t a huge crowd to cheer the locals to victory. This is what our [...]

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Are You Eating Your Way To Defeat? (Poor Preparation For Badminton Tournaments and Matches Usually Results In Poor Performance)

I’ve received many questions about preparation for tournaments and matches.
One of the key questions I’m asked time and again is about maintaining energy levels during a tournament or for an evening match when you’ve been at work all day and have little time to eat and travel to your match.After all, if you’re running out [...]

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