Cortney Jones

Skill Analysis

ESS 206

February 11, 2009

Badminton

Serves:

Long Serve (High and Deep) - the object is to move your opponent as far away from the net as you can.

Learning Tips:

  1. Stand facing the receiver’s court in relaxed, upright, and staggered serving stance.
  2. Make sure the racket wrist is cocked as much as possible in the backswing position, elbow fairly close to the body.
  3. Drop the shuttle before starting the swing.
  4. Drop the shuttle in front of and to the side of your body far enough away to force the hitting arm to reach it slightly.
  5. Be as relaxed as possible and try to generate maximum racket head acceleration by snapping the wrist and rotating the forearm at point of contact.
  6. Contact shuttle at about knee height.
  7. Hit the shuttle up and out.

Short Serve (Short and Low)-the object is to force your opponent to “lift” the shuttle.

Learning Tips:

  1. Stand facing the receiver’s court in a relaxed, upright, staggered serving stance.
  2. Make sure the racket wrist is cocked as much as possible in the backswing position, elbow close to the body.
  3. Drop the shuttle before starting the swing.
  4. Drop the shuttle in front of and to the side of your body.
  5. Be as relaxed as possible and try to “push” the shuttle rather than “hitting” it.
  6. Contact shuttle as about thigh height.
  7. Keep the shuttle as low and short as possible.

Clears:

Overhead Clear-allows you time to return to the ready position and regroup, and to move your

opponent as far from the net in order for it to work.

Learning Tips:

  1. Position yourself under and slightly behind the dropping shuttle.
  2. Prepare the racket in the back-scratching position.
  3. As you swing upward, rotate the forearm and extend the arm as high as possible, with the racket face pointing slightly upward.
  4. At the moment of contact, snap the wrist quickly.
  5. Hit the shuttle high (18 to 20 feet0 and deep into your opponent’s backcourt area.
  6. Follow through across your body.

Forehand Underhand Clear-allows you time to return to the ready position and regroup, and to move your opponent as far from the net in order for it to work.

Learning Tips:

  1. From ready position take a short first step with your non-racket leg and then a long lunge to the shuttle with the racket leg.
  2. Reach for the shuttle with the wrist slightly cocked.
  3. Your rackets arm in as high a position as necessary to contact the bird at its highest point.
  4. Rotate your forearm so that the racket is uncocked explosively up and through the shuttle.
  5. Then follow through in the direction that you intended for the shuttle to travel.

Backhand Underhand Clear-allows you time to return to the ready position and regroup, and to move your opponent as far from the net in order for it to work.

  1. Lunge to the shuttle with your racket leg forward at contact.
  2. Contact the shuttle at the highest point possible.
  3. Lift the shuttle with a hard, explosive wrist action.
  4. Hit the shuttle high (18 to 20 feet0 and deep into your opponent’s backcourt area.
  5. Follow through in the direction you intended the shuttle to travel.

Attacking:

Smashes-a very powerful stroke that is used primarily for getting the shuttle to land on your opponent’s side of the court as quickly as possible.

  1. Get into position so that contact can be made ahead of the racket shoulder, which is farther ahead than for an overhead clear.
  2. The racket face should be angling downward at contact.
  3. A sharp downward angle is just as important as shuttle speed.

Drop Shots:

Overhead Drop-object is to make your opponent think that you are going to make clear or smash, and then execute a soft stroke that gently drops the shuttle over the net.

  1. Get into position so that contact can be made in front of the body.
  2. Racket preparation has to be the same as if you were going to clear or smash.
  3. Slow the speed of the racket head just before contacting the shuttle.
  4. The racket face should be angling slightly downward on impact.
  5. Gently guide the shuttle over the net with your wrist action and follow-through.

Net Drop-are used to draw your opponent close to the net after she has hit an overhead drop from their backcourt.

  1. Lunge with the racket-side leg toward the shuttle.
  2. Contact the shuttle as near to the top of the net as possible.
  3. Gently push and guide the shuttle over the net.
  4. Have the shuttle just barely clear the net.