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2:08 am
December 29, 2011
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Hi Paul
Me and my partner for mens doubles is having some problems. When we get the chance to attack I am the one that is better at the back because I got a pretty decent smash but it not always me at the back but if I am at the front he can’t see the net because he is about 155-160cm and I am 187 so if I stand straight infront of him and he did a straight smash he can’t see what is the next shot played by the opponents so if they did a flat push to the back is not likely he is going ton see it before the shuttle is to low is there any way to help us because we can’t have me standing at the back and him standing at the front because is not mixed doubles
5:36 pm
July 21, 2011
Offline There's no reason why you can't play a mixed doubles style game even though you're a men's team.
Perhaps you can crouch just low enough so that your partner can get the needed visibility?
5:14 pm
April 15, 2010
Offline Hi Zack,
Firstly, as Terence said, there's no reason you can't try to keep you at the back and your partner at the front. You should always try to play to your strengths, especially if one of you is notably better in a certain area.
In the case of your partner I would be looking to work on controlling the direction of the smash more. If your opponents can return the smash, flat, to either corner then you need to try something else. I would try to vary the smash by a metre or so either way and see what happens. By creating a slightly different angle the options your opponent has are reduced. If you know your opponent can only return flat down the line, then you can cut this out yourself, or at least it will be predictable for your partner to get there. You no longer have to worry about which corner it is going to go in to.
Of course I don't know what standard you play at and to what accuracy you can hit a smash, but by aiming for certain areas of the court you can create predictable responses and work from there.
The final point I would raise is where you are stood at the front of the court Zack. The example you give is a smash straight down the middle of the court and your opponents putting the shuttle flat to the back. I would expect the net player in this situation to cut that out as there isn't the angle for your opponent to get the shuttle past you. What I suggest is to check whether you are stood too close to the net to react in time to intercept the shuttle, or too far back and you are giving your opponents the angle to push past you.
Of course I may have misunderstood your example, but this is what occurred to me when reading it. I hope the above makes sense, it's quite hard to write down, a lot easy to point out when stood on a court.
Rob
4:17 pm
May 25, 2010
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I agree with Rob here, I think the ideal position to aim for so you are not too close to the net and not too far back is aim to stand on the T point (the middle line where both serving lines are at the front).
As well, I don't believe you should be stood right behind your partner anyway, not for very long at least. You should always be moving around. Try watching some badminton on YouTube and see how the professionals play. Once you know what you are looking for, you will pick up how they play and maybe use some of the ideas and tactics into your game.
On another note, if you keep taking all the smashes and your partner takes the net shots, he won't improve his smashing and you won't be practising your net control. And at some point, you are more than likely to get pulled about by your opponents and if they see this weakness, they will focus on getting your partner at the back of the court and you at the front (although I'm not saying you have no net control, I'm just making a point that you won't have practised it as much as you should have done as you have been at the back of the court most of the time 
).
Also, I am always more alert if my partner has just smashed as I know he will be recovering from the smash and may not get to shots in time or properly, so it's up to me to step up my game and help him out. Try watching your partner smashing in another game (so you are sat out), and see his position after a smash or what he does. By understanding your partner you can work with them and know what their weaknesses are and what they are really good at. You need to see it from his shoes (figure of speech, don't just stare at his shoes! 
).
And always give encouragement, you don't have to be tall to have a good smash (but it helps), just the right technique. He might not smash so well as he is giving himself negitive thoughts (see other threads on the impact of negitive thoughts).
Hope this helps
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5:29 pm
February 15, 2011
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Zack
You've had some good answers here. Test first and return to us with the results. If you still haven't found the solution to your problem I'll take another look.
Paul
2:42 pm
December 29, 2011
Offline Thanks everyone the result came out well. When we get the chance to attack we try to rotate so I’m at the back and I think this style of play is a bit like fu hai feng and Cai yun and some times if I’m at the front I can just jump up and intercept the shuttle quite easily
9:44 pm
December 29, 2011
Offline But I have definitely play at the net but have bad experience as he try to get so much power the shuttle just hit my head and it hurt so if I’m at the front ill probably be crouching but we have improve a bit like me at the net he trying to smash
3:42 pm
February 15, 2011
Offline Zack
For you to be hit in the back of the head either you are stood in the wrong place or your partner is smashing in the wrong area.
Make sure you don't turn around as a shuttle in the eye is dangerous.
Paul
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