One easy badminton scheme often used in singles is to serve long and
high to your opponent's back court. This will force your adversary to
move back to the baseline and open up his forecourt.
hurl in some disguised reduced assist rarely and you might just catch your opponent off guard and win a issue outright.
Nowadays
in professional men's records, you seldom see them use the long assist.
This is because the expert players are exceedingly athletic and possess
large techniques. They can leap really high and shatter powerfully even
from the baseline.
It all counts who you are playing with. If
the high serve turns out to be your opponent's very popular and put you
under force, use the low assist.
Always try to strike the shuttle
away from your opponent and make your adversary move round the court.
One exception to this direct is that when you meet a tall opponent, you
might want to shatter directly to his body to gain an benefit.
Observe your opponent's power, weakness, very popular shots and pattern of play. Use it to your benefit.
Your
aim is to make your adversary play a feeble come back, such as a feeble
backhand shot from the back court. If your plan works and forces a
error or a poor come back which you can make a 'kill', use it again. If
it is not working then have the courage to make alterations. The key is
to be flexible.
If you are in a tough position in the game and
your opponent is not, you need to make time for yourself to get back to a
favorable place. Do this by hitting the shuttle high towards the back
of the court, preferably beside the middle of the baseline. Your
opponent will find it tough to catch you out with acute angled returns
from there.
Remember habitually to get back to your groundwork
position in the midcourt locality after making each shot. This is a
place where you can possibly reach any of your opponent's shots.
Badminton Racket First Impressions: Li-Ning Air-Stream N55-III
Had a swing with the racket this evening at a singles session and decided to write a little about it since I managed to get enough play time to get a good first sense.
First off, this is one pretty racket. Along with the rest of the Li-Ning N-III series rackets, the N55-III comes in two variations - Gold / Purple and Silver / Black.
Now that you're done drooling over the sneak peak, it's down to talking about the performance.
The Li-Ning Air-Stream N55-III comes off as a very head heavy racket. Very. I had a little difficulty getting used to the weight, and for about two to three games in I was still thinking that the racket is too heavy for its own good.
And then the jump smash happened.
What's special about this racket is the Air-Stream technology, where holes are cut into the head frame to allow a higher level of aero-dynamism.
First off, this is one pretty racket. Along with the rest of the Li-Ning N-III series rackets, the N55-III comes in two variations - Gold / Purple and Silver / Black.
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| This one here's the Gold / Purple version. |
The Li-Ning Air-Stream N55-III comes off as a very head heavy racket. Very. I had a little difficulty getting used to the weight, and for about two to three games in I was still thinking that the racket is too heavy for its own good.
And then the jump smash happened.
What's special about this racket is the Air-Stream technology, where holes are cut into the head frame to allow a higher level of aero-dynamism.
What it does it it manages to pull off a very fast downward stroke very quickly, which means that the shots come down steep and fast. I managed to pull off quite the angle with my jump smashes today.
Defense-wise it doesn't come off very impressive, what being a monster at the head heavy department and all. I've to test this out in a fast game of doubles before I say anything about this though.
But all in all, the racket surprised me with the steepness and speed of the attacks that it produces. Heavy heads pull off clears quite well so I won't touch on that for now.
More with the review.
New Badminton Racket Launch: Yonex Nanoray Z-Speed
As most of you would have heard by now, Yonex's latest racket has set another world record for fastest badminton hit of 493 km/h. That means at the moment of contact, the shuttle moved at that speed.
We've seen the malaysian men's doubles pair use it in the 2013 BWF World Championship, and here it is, finally unveiled.
Slated for release 13 Sept slightly before the Yonex Japan Open, this stunned in deep orange looks set to top the sales chart and give Li-Ning a run for its money.
This one comes with a whole array of new technologies that Yonex claims can increase swing speed by 10%, hence increasing your smash speed.
One of the more interesting techs is the snap back zone, which means they've made the 3 and 9 o'clock of the head frame a little thinner to allow a sudden snapping motion from your smash, translating that into greater force.
I've extracted these from their site to make for easier reading. All images extracted from www.yonex.com/nanoray
They've even got a nice video to tell you about their new achievement. Watch the video and learn about the technologies behind the Yonex Nanoray Z-Speed.
We've seen the malaysian men's doubles pair use it in the 2013 BWF World Championship, and here it is, finally unveiled.
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| Photo: www.yonex.com/nanoray |
This one comes with a whole array of new technologies that Yonex claims can increase swing speed by 10%, hence increasing your smash speed.
One of the more interesting techs is the snap back zone, which means they've made the 3 and 9 o'clock of the head frame a little thinner to allow a sudden snapping motion from your smash, translating that into greater force.
I've extracted these from their site to make for easier reading. All images extracted from www.yonex.com/nanoray
The racket comes in 2U and 3U, and can take up to a recommended tension of 28lbs for the 2U and 27lbs for the 3U. That means you probably can string it to the low 30lbs range if you're the tension crazy sort.
Looking forward to this? More to come.
