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trouble returning drive serve on my backhand....advice needed!
April 9, 2013
9:24 pm
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wacman
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I am struggling to return the drive serve to my backhand, this is especially frustrating as i can usually tell when the serve is coming. so far my tactics have been :

 

stand to the left of the right hand service box to try to force a serve to my forehand (i'm right handed by the way), trouble is this can leave me restricted if they still target backhand.

 

stand in the middle of the box but prepare to move over and move around the serve with a forehand overhead shot…this sometimes leads to a shot that simply loops up over net.

 

I'm wondering if I should just move over to the right of the service box and give myself plenty of room for the backhand shot?

April 11, 2013
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Wacman

 

Great question!

 

Most drive serves are flat and, as you say, placed down the centre line. Rather than adjust your position on court, i would suggest you consider your racket position instead. By moving your prepared racket position to a more central place you may find you have the time to intercept the shuttle.

 

I would also check out your left foot. Where is it pointing as you may find that you are hindering your ability to move sideways in time due to this foot placement. Test pointing your foot directly at the server as you stand. Generally players find they are faster by making this small adjustment.

 

Try these first of all and then let me know how you are progressing.

 

Paul

April 14, 2013
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Hi Wacman,

 

Welcome to the forum.  I think Paul is spot on.  A lot of the problems I see are almost always related to either racket position or foot position.  As Paul says, try keeping the racket in front of you rather than holding it on your forehand side – you are then in a position to go left or right.

 

Try looking on YouTube for badminton training videos or watch some footage of higher level games and note how the receiver stands.

 

Good luck!

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April 23, 2013
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Thanks for the replies paul and john. I will make a concious effort to check where i'm pointing my left foot and holding my raquet and let you know how this goes.

May 3, 2013
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Paul took the words right out of my mouth. Racket position and even face position can help here. I played an under 18 national player and he was very good. Cut above me but he loved to drive serve to my backhand. I was stuck until I left and figured out why!

 

Racket was down and racket face couldve be moved more to be square on to help a bit more. So try a neutral grip 1st with your racket up and slightly towards backhand.

 

If you still struggle, make the face face your opponents racket but your thumb behind the back and hit away lol.

May 3, 2013
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Thanks for the reply phil. thought I'd give a bit of an update, have been trying the advice out from here for a couple of sessions now and so far it's working well. I've been focusing on pointing my left foot at the server and as you say phil holing the racket more upright and holding it more to the middle with an open face. I think my problem was that I was holding the racket too low and too much in a fore hand grip. Having the more neutral grip has made it feel easier and quicker to move across and play a fore hand. So thanks for the advice guys, i'm sure i'll be back for some more in the future.

May 4, 2013
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Delighted that the advice has worked for you!

 

Paul

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