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Badminton Basic Skills and Drills

Are you a serious badminton player? Then you should know by now that doing some simple badminton drills and routines will have a great and will bring you miracles in the future in becoming a better player. Playing games will surely help you in enhancing your competitiveness and in trying your learned strategy but playing alone will not be enough. Spend time and effort in your practice and training for you to become a better and a scarier badminton player. Here are some of the basic practice that you can run through to improve your game; Wall Rally Drill First is find a good and a tall wall then mark the wall of the height of the net and also a good practice wall should at least be 20 feet high to accommodate clears and then chalk that wall with the height of the net above 5 feet above the ground. Now take an old badminton racquets the heavier the better to practice also your muscle and power and hit the shuttle against the wall. Hit it with your forehand and backhand, it c...

Basic Badminton Equipment and Gear

It is obvious that you can really wear whatever you want in badminton game, it wouldn’t hurt to have chic shoes and a smart looking attire but as a player you should be looking for function over aesthetics when it comes to your badminton gears and equipment. I have list down the basic gear and equipment that you need and required in a badminton game so that you can maximize your movement and you can react faster; Badminton Racket A badminton racket is the most if not the most important gear and equipment that you need to be able to play badminton because the game isn’t like the basketball that you use your hands to throw the ball but you need a racket to hit the shuttlecock to return it back to your opponent, There are several types of materials used to create a badminton racket.  Depending on the materials used, this results to different combinations of racket weight, balance points, and string tension. With a lot of aspect to consider it will really take time to co...

Know More About the Badminton Grips

One of the things that is also important for badminton players are the Grips, and actually there is so much in choosing a badminton grip than meets the eye. Badminton players can be classified as Control or Power player.  Control players often uses a variety of shots to score. He/She may use clears, net shots, drops and other deception techniques all Control players like long rallies and rely on their opponents to make a mistake caused by their accurate and deceptive shots.  The Power players are the more aggressive type of playing style. They are the players who rely on their smashes, jump smashes and drives, they win games by overwhelming their opponents with relentless sequence of strikes and attacks. However, when you choose your badminton grip you need to be aware of the thickness of the grip as this will definitely cause you to inadvertently grip your racket tightly/loosely. Here are the 2 different badminton grips that most players are looking for; 1. Rubb...

Get The Right Tension For Your Rackets

After you bought your racket on some amazing badminton shop, now it’s time to string it. One of the priorities in playing badminton if that your racket fits your fire power and by maximizing your fire power you need to have the perfect string tension. The string tension in a badminton racket plays a major role in the ability of the player to hit a shot well because if strings are too slack and your performance will drop below optimum. It is vitally important to not only get the perfect strings for your racket but also your ability level. So here are some of the facts and tips on what string tension you should use. Beginners/Intermediates – 16-22lbs If we are talking about the stringing, the words that always come up is the sweet spot it is the part of the string bed that produces the best result from contract with a shuttle. Let’s put it in simple ways like the lower the tension of a rackets strings, the larger the sweet spot, so saying this it will increase the likelihood o...