Badminton Strategy & Tactics

 A forum member recently wrote about a tournament they played in. They reached the final and won the first game. Sadly, their opponents then changed tactics which resulted in a complete turnaround in the match, with the opponents winning the second and third games comfortably. 
As you can imagine, this pre-empted the question, “what do you [...]

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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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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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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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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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All England Badminton Championships 11th March 2010 – A Coach’s Thoughts

The All England Badminton Championships always attracts the best players in the world. This gives me the ideal setting to study hitting technique, movement, body skills and mental skills from the cream of the worlds players.
First on court, Lee Chong Wei. A superb performance, always in control, never seemed hurried.
Next on, Gabby White and Jenny [...]

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