The backhand clear is a shot that many recreational players struggle with, and is also completely misunderstood regarding its basic technique! The importance of the fingers and a small concise hitting motion, with the correct grip, cannot be stressed as important enough!!! For this shot, a small explosive swing using the wrist/fingers and forearm is essential. Anything bigger will be ineffective and inefficient!

The best way to enhance your general ability to produce power using a backhand stroke is using a racket head cover whilst you practice the “tapping” action required.

The recent session we did on Paul's residential coaching weekend at Lilleshall (in october) saw the best results in around 1 hour that I have ever witnessed as a coach. We had players who started with no backhand technique at all and were soon hitting 3/4 court backhand overhead clears! Amazing!

Good luck to you all!

Lot of great advice here. I just want to add to it.

Positioning on court is a major thing. Hitting the shuttle behind you is very hard and requires a different grip and better technique. Try to get back fast enough so you are hitting the shuttle side on or slightly infront of you (towards the net). This will make your life a lot easier.

Get your elbow up early and the shot is basically all forearm snap. NO FOLLOWTHROUGH! like whipping a towel in the changing rooms.

TIMING is key. You may have all the other steps perfected but if you timing is slightly off, your shot will be short. So do not try too hard which we all do at the start because you are focusing on power. hit the shot easy to begin with working on your technique making sure feet, positioning, grip, elbow position and supination snap are all correct.

Practice, practice, practice