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1:42 pm
July 22, 2011
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That was a comment made to me recently by a player many years my junior.
When questioned further he went on to say that I played a lot of tennis shots.
I'm guessing that he thought I used too much shoulder & arm in my shots instead of wrist
So any quick fixes, tips to change this, bearing in mind that at my advanced years I'm not likely to be able to completely overhaul my game, but any suggestions I can try to improve this will be welcome.
BTW I don't play tennis at all 🙁
Thanks
Andy
4:58 pm
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August 12, 2010
Offline Perhaps you are letting the shuttle fall a little too low before you hit it? There is never any reason to the let the shuttle come to you! Take it early instead 🙂 Without seeing a video of you playing, its hard to comment on why you might be recognised as a tennis player rather than a badmitnon player!
8:21 pm
April 15, 2010
Offline Agree with Matthew in that you're probably letting it come too low.
It may also be that you hit the shuttle when it is to the side of you, (which would allow a bigger swing like a tennis forehand), rather than moving forward and hitting the shuttle from directly infront of you. I hope that made sense as it's kind of difficult to describe.
Concentrate on trying to take the shuttle as early as you can, reaching forward to meet it rather than waiting for it to come to you. From here you will naturally start to play more 'badminton shots' rather than 'tennis shots'.
A friend of mine had exactly the same thing said to him and this helped his play, so I'm taking a guess that you play in the same way and this could help you. Obviously without seeing you I can't be sure it's the same situation.
11:00 pm
July 21, 2011
Offline I would guess that you are hitting primarily with the arms and not using enough wrist. Watch some of the online videos of top class players and compare that to your swing.
Of course, he could have been complimenting your strong tennis-like overhead smashes.
Or, perhaps it was your serve–you shouldn't be tossing the shuttle high in the air and hitting that as an overhead 😉
8:11 am
February 15, 2011
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Interesting comment. Trouble is unless the person qualifies what they mean we could all be guessing what potentially needs fixing.
See if you can get more information and then we have a starting point. Bottom line really is without video footage to substantiate the claim, it’s a hard ask to fix.
Paul
11:04 am
July 22, 2011
Offline It could be because I take the shuttle late, particularly if its to the side, I often wind up with a big swing whilst on the move. Taking the shuttle early is something I've been trying to correct though.
Hmmmm, overhead serve, when I switched from primarily a forehand serve to a backhand serve I was accused of serving too high (IE above waist), I've now settled into a consistant backhand serve that is legal though, so maybe there is is some hope that I can change things 
I recently watched a short coaching video about footwork and spotted 2 flaws in my technique straight away, one of which had resulted in a recent ankle injury.
My biggest challenge is changing habits formed over 40 years of social badminton with zero coaching, now I'm suddenly out of my comfort zone playing at a more challenging level and having to find strategies & techniques to cope. At the age of 53 I'm about to embark on my first season of league Badminton 
so wish me luck.
Thanks
Andy
4:20 pm
May 25, 2010
Offline The best thing that I would recommend is to video yourself. Whilst you may feel like an absolute plum trying to sort this out and get some footage, I can beat you money that most people will be thinking in their heads, I wish I could do that or that's a good idea. Even without showing anyone your video footage, you can watch yourself play and see why someone might think that you used to play tennis. You can become your own coach in a sense. It's worth doing, doesn't have to be great footage, use a mobile phone or something. You only need a match worth.
Try it, you won't regret it.
Pete
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