Badminton Techniques and Fine Points

Badminton is the fastest racquet sport in the world. It is the base groundwork of playing badminton sports. There are two basic types of grips in badminton sports - the forehand grip and the backhand grip.

Mastering various types of serves - high serve, flick serve, low serve and drive serve is important to improve your game.

Badminton drop shots are delicate shots which when played with the right placement and timing can ensure you an upper hand in the game. Drop shots in badminton sports are of two types – slow drop shot and fast drop shot. A well executed smash shot is the deadliest weapon that you can use on a badminton court. Badminton net play is an important area of the game which requires great amount of refinement. Net shots are of three types - net shot, net kill and net lift.

Exploring Other Sports to Improve Badminton

Playing basketball for example, can help improve your badminton game. Basketball player are normally tall and have fast reflex. The reflex of basketball players can be applied so that you can reach the shot faster and earlier.

You can also apply the high jumping ability of basketball players so that you can produce a higher and steeper angled jumping smash. You can gain a stronger wrist from the game of basketball and will produce more powerful shots.

Playing soccer can also help improve your game. Soccer players are known for strong legs and high stamina. You can apply this to your game and react to shots faster.

A fast 50 meter swim equals to 300 meter sprinting on the land. You can apply a swimmer's stamina to stay longer in the court. You should apply this focus on your game as well.

You can learn a lot from boxing as well to improve your badminton. A boxer needs a fast reflex and agility to avoid attacks from the opponents. In my humble opinion badminton players should be more serious and focus in order to improve their game.

You can try playing the sports mentioned above or any other sport and apply the things learned to your game.

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