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5:00 pm
September 9, 2011


amitkale

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Paul

Yesterday a nationally ranked player had come to our club. I played against him and was totally outclassed. His techniique. speed, control and power were all way to high. I lost in a completely one sided game 21-4. I want to reach way higher than my current skill level and get my game on a similar plane. Can u please suggest a training routine for me? 

Cheers

Amit

5:35 pm
September 9, 2011


gingerphil79

Northern Ireland, UK

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thats a very hard question to ans lol. Its too vague.

 

The question you need to ask yourself is why did he beat you and be specific? What exactly? Were your shots too weak, were u too too slow on court, what exactly. Write a list and then find ways to fix these.

 

If you clears are too weak, get a squash racket or tubing band to to the smash/clear movement

If your too slow, start doing footwork drills to get better footwork and start skipping and doing fast footwork routines.

If you have a bad shot in ur arsenal, start doing rountines with a partner to make it better.

 

Plenty of videos and advice on how to fix any problem on the forums and youtube

 

Good luck

11:20 pm
September 9, 2011


Yves

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Well first of all if you lost this easily you must understand that it will take a long long time until you reach his level. I'd strongly advise you to get some sort of coaching to have someone who may spot errors in your technique. Paul's coaching weekends are one very good way of getting at least coached once.

If you don't have access to a coach, film yourself while playing and then compare and check with badminton technique videos. This way, you can basically coach yourself.

Otherwise gingerphil suggested what you must do to fix certain areas of your game. I believe it's best to focus on doing dropshot drills in one session, then smash drills in the next one and not to do all the shots in one session. Besides technique, work on footwork and general fitness.

Hope I can help ;)

<3 Badminton!

11:27 pm
November 24, 2011


Kitty

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Post edited 11:28 pm – November 24, 2011 by Kitty

Agreed with the above post – I did it recently in order for a coach to review it.  While I was cutting the videos and make them available, I noticed a few obvious bad habits myself.  From the video, I noticed that I contacted the shuttle too low (my arm bended too much and I wasn't under the shuttle), my racquet head after hitting wasn't right, my preparation before hitting was too busy (ie racquet was not stable, moving too much etc).  These vidoes helped me notice my obvious issues/problems straight away. 

You can try it as well.

PS. the only downside of this is that I realised my video cam doesn't have a good quality (althoguh it should have HD quality, videos were not very smooth and hard to capture the racquet head movement) – now I am searching for a better quality video cam (another big spending!! really hope my badminton skills will improve significantly to justify these spendings!!)

11:50 pm
November 24, 2011


Paul

Cheshire, UK

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Kitty
 
Sometimes your camera can be good enough. You have to look at the big things rather than minute detail. Apart from that, unless you have software to slow the picture down sufficiently then you're not going to spot very much anyway.
 
The way I work is to understand the sequence of events that make the shot or technique. I then work on each aspect to improve, always working from two points, the weakest link and from the beginning. The importnat aspect is to understand the sequence. Technique or skill is like a favourite telephone number. If you don't know the right sequence, then you can never call the person you wish to speak to. It's that simple.
 
Paul

4:56 pm
November 29, 2011


amitkale

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@Yves I do work in that manner but i usually work for 2 weeks or so on any one part of my games and then keep on revisiting it once a week or so. @kitty your suggestion is good but it is pretty much impossible to do so in the club that i practice in. Moreover i am trained by a coach and have a decent technique. Its just that his technique was simply at a higher level and i could not keep up.

10:31 pm
November 29, 2011


Terence

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It sounds like you already have a coach. Have you discussed with him/her what your goals are and the timeframe (and whether this is realistic)? That conversation will be more insightful than a post on this site where we don't know your game.

 

In addition to lessons with your coach, do you have a training partner? Do you do speed and strengthening drills outside of your lessons? Do you play against a mix of skill levels and styles?

 

Based on what you've said (and the score), you've got quite a bit to go to get to that opponent's level. To get there, you'll probably need to devote a lot of time and effort; good luck!
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