This is a little thing I came across about a month ago and it’s working wonders for me and my team.

It all started at a session which was a bit of a cool down after a busy few weeks of matches. Somehow we got into trying to hit the tape and tumble it just over the net, the “good fortune” shot that top players apparently aim for.

So I began trying to hit my shots where I thought they would be just below the tape, because I knew some of my shots weren’t quite that well-angled.

But something quite magical happened, rather than hit the tape, the shots became really really close the tape, but about a few centimetres away.

I asked my team-mates to try this out and ran some drills with it, and it worked for almost all of us.

I think it’s possible after a long amount of time, for our spacial awareness of where the shuttle will pass the net to sway a little so that we end up playing shots too safe. Can some of you who perhaps struggle creating these angles try this out and give some feedback on your results?

I know it worked wonders for my game and has improved my team’s performance tenfold.