From the category archives:

Coaching Corner

Manually Adjusting The Speed Of A Badminton Shuttle (Tipping)

Read the full article →

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 [...]

Read the full article →

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 [...]

Read the full article →

What Are Your Badminton Goals in 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 [...]

Read the full article →

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

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 [...]

Read the full article →

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

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 [...]

Read the full article →

Badminton Coaching Video – Moving Backwards In Balance

Read the full article →

More On Incorrect Shuttle Speeds – It’s Becoming A Hot Topic!

I played a match last Wednesday. For the first time the club used the correct speed shuttles. Guess what happened?
As virtually all the players were used to playing with slow shuttles, a high percentage of rallies ended with the shuttle being hit out of the rear court. Only a couple of players managed to adjust [...]

Read the full article →

Testing Badminton Shuttle Speeds – Coaching Video

Read the full article →

Why Do We Ask The Impossible From Women Partners at Badminton Mixed Doubles?

A high percentage of games played at club, league, county and international level are mixed doubles. It’s become a favourite in clubs and it’s probably the only sport at Olympic level where men and women complete together.
What still amazes me when I watch mixed doubles in club and league is the inability of some men [...]

Read the full article →

Why Incorrect Badminton Shuttle Speeds Are Killing Skill Levels

As a player and a coach I’ve often wondered how top flight players have generated such amazing power. It’s a combination of many factors including timing of the shot, getting behind the shuttle to hit it, body-weight transfer, string tension, conditioning/training and the athletes natural muscle fibre combinations to name but a few.
There is one [...]

Read the full article →