I think theres already a thread about tournaments around here, so check that one out.

What you should probably do if you don't already have, is develop a basic gameplan, determine your style. This means how you want to win your points, what will be your basic strategy. This can be relentless attacking, defending like a wall or just moving the opponent around the court, whatever you feel the most comfortable with.

Otherwise, continue your practice routine, you should probably do a bit more fitness because you need a good endurance to compete in the later stages at the tournament.

Before the tournament, you should prepare a well organised bag. This sounds kinda obvious but it's annoying if you have to throw everything out of your bag to find something before your match, especially because often, there isn't much space on the tribunes. Remember to take a lot of drinking and enough food with you, and check the other basic things like towel, replacement racquet and grips etc.

Afterwards, you should do a good warm-up and hit a few shuttles if you can to get a feel of the hall and the shuttles. This is really important, because you must be really fit and ready. After you're match, do a bit of stretching if you have to wait quite some time for your next match. Before that, do another warm-up.

Pay attention to what you eat, if you eat something like pizza with tons of cheese, you won't be able to play even close to your very best. Of course, drinking is also very important, you lose a lot of fluids during a tournament.

In-between matches, watch the matches of your possible opponents and figure out how you can avoid their strengths and exploit their weaknesses.

And last but certainly not least, don't forget that you're not there because you have to defend a title or something, especially because you don't seem to be amongst the best there. Just use every tournament to gain experience, play against different players and test yourself in competition. Stay relaxed and enjoy it, then it'll be surely a great experience.

It will be tournament time for me as well even though it's not at the same level as amitkale (Remember I have no ranking).

As it's the first, I am not expecting anything to happen since I'm playing with another partner but that doesn't mean I won't give my best. It will mostly be a good occasion for me to get used to play again in the tournaments. To bear the pressure while playing in front of people and against opponents I don't know.

Speaking of my new partner, he is taller than I. I used to be the front player but I can't stay at the front forever so what should I do when the time for me to smash has come ?

I'll try to play with him during my next session and see what will happen but any advice from you can help me solve that problem.

Thanks in advance.

Jonathan