Badminton Basic Skills

We’re now gearing up to my first residential coaching weekend of 2011.
Recently, we’ve received many enquiries from players who are concerned they aren’t good enough to apply for the course, thinking it was only for advanced players.
My web page states that the course is open to intermediate and advanced players. I suppose it would help [...]

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Recently, I’ve been focussing on doubles positioning with players I’m coaching. 
During the sessions I was testing a new theory of mine and used a device I’d never used before. The difference in the results the players achieved in only 20 minutes was startling. Within such a short space of time it was clear to see [...]

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One of the key skills in coaching for both the player and coach is to reflect on what has happened and ask what worked, what can be done better, how can we do this better, when is the best time to do it?
Since my last residential coaching weekend, I set myself a lot of reflection [...]

Are You Beginning The New Badminton Season with Old Bad Habits?

Generally the badminton fraternity is split into two camps when the badminton season ends.
Some continue playing throughout the off-season. This may be through coaching and working on their game or just continuing at club playing socially, but at least keeping their skills in use.
Others prefer to take a break from the game and do something [...]

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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 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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