The Badminton God

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...

Tan Wee Kiong is down with a left knee injury while V Shem has a slight back pain. The world No. 4 men’s doubles shuttlers were dropped from this week’s Indonesian Open because of injuries but hold on yet because all is not lost for Tan Wee Kiong – Goh V Shem ahead of the World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, from Aug 21-27. Chea Soon Kit, the newly-appointed men’s doubles head coach said that there were alternate plans to ensure that Wee Kiong-V Shem enough tournaments to prepare for the World Championships. The injured kings are likely to be sent for the Australian Open Superseries in Sydney from June 20-25.  They are also being considered to participate on their second-tier tournaments, either the US Open in July or the New Zealand Open that will take place in August. They were very well aware that Wee Kiong and V Shem ranking will drop but they are okay with that. The injuries are not that serious and they are in training. They need to play in one of two tournam...

Singapore’s very own Yeo Jia Min was showered by congratulations from her teammate and coaches and of course a lot of her friends has teased her because of the new status that she’s in. Yeo is the newly minted world No. 1, but nothing has changed with her drills and training as she knew about the good news. It was really a good day for the Singapore Hero, but the soft-spoken and fleet-footed player was only more concerned of the pressing need to do better and aim for more now that she’s in the top of the World looking on all the competition below her there’s no point in being complacent and relaxed but she have to make herself better to defend what she has right now. Yeo the 18-year-old prodigy became the Singapore’s first top-ranked badminton player. Though she still has a 6 months left to play on Juniors, the champ don’t have any plans on taking part in any junior tournaments anymore for her focus is now turned on the seniors circuit where real monsters are waiti...

The Adcocks are known to set foot and compete on the upcoming Indonesia Open and it is the perfect stage to get a hold of a higher rankings. Chris and Gabby Adcock will be taking advantage on their new world ranking as they take to the court at the BCA Indonesia Open next week. They actually moved up to fifth in the world in the new rankings that was published on Thursday, and it is their first tournament since being crowned European champions in April. The fifth seed will be challenged by the Hong Kong duo Lee Chun Hei Reginald and Chau Hoi Wah set in Jakarta, and this is a pair that they have not faced since 2015 so this will be exciting. The fixture came in the group stages of the Dubai World Superseries Finals, with the Adcocks winning in three games en route to lifting the title. As they progresses to the quarter-finals they will face a new challenged as they likely tie with fourth seeds Joachim Fischer Nielsen and Christinna Pedersen of Denmark, the duo they have defe...