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Improving Your Badminton Smash – Exercise 3

March 9, 2010
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Three Simple Tips To Increase The Power Of Your Badminton Smash

March 8, 2010

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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Advanced Armchair Badminton Exercises

February 22, 2010
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Manually Adjusting The Speed Of A Badminton Shuttle (Tipping)

February 4, 2010
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5 Steps To Significantly Reduce “Home” Advantage & Gain Valuable Extra Points In Your Away Badminton Matches

January 27, 2010

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)

January 18, 2010

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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What Are Your Badminton Goals in 2010?

January 6, 2010

Goal setting. Most of us have heard of the phrase. Some of us even know what it really means. And yet, even though it’s one of the most powerful tools in our lives, so few of us actually use it.
Most people think of goals on or around January 1st. “I’ll go on a diet and [...]

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How To Vary The Pace of Your Badminton To Outwit Your Opponent

December 21, 2009

No matter what standard of badminton you’re playing, there comes a time in a game when you need to try something different in order to outwit or outmanoeuvre your opponent.
Perhaps the easiest and most effective way of achieving this is to either inject pace or reduce the pace of the rally. This usually has the [...]

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The Basics Most Badminton Club Players Choose To Ignore – And They Wonder Why Their Scores Don’t Improve!

December 7, 2009

Whenever I’m asked to visit a club for a coaching evening, I ask the organiser to canvass the club members and give me a list of the areas they would like me to work on.
Overall, I’m met with similar responses, which are:
Men – smash and backhand
Women – clearing to the back and returning a man’s [...]

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