When should you do a drive shot, net or other techniques? In this post, I’m going to talk about 6 important rules to help you get started in crafting your own Badminton strategy.
An Overview of a Strategy in Badminton
The rule of thumb of a good strategy is simple. First, the strategies you create must help you score points. Secondly, it must stop your opponent from scoring points.
With that in mind, strategies will differ with different opponents. As they have different strengths and weakness, you will need to customize your strategy for each opponent.
The Killer Misconception
A common misconception is that student wants a one size fits all solution, like a particular technique that can score a lot of points.
And for me to feed that ideology would be poisonous as they would only use this technique when playing against any opponents.
Techniques are used as part of your strategy, but they are not the strategy.
Instead, a better approach would be to understand the fundamentals of a good strategy and practice creating them to beat specific opponents.
That’ll leave you with no choice but to work those thinking muscles, killing two birds with one stone!
Here are the 6 rules that you’ll need to know
How to Score
1) Vary your strategy according to the opponent – every opponent is different
2) Choose to attack versus rallying/defending the shuttle – attackers always have the advantage.
3) Attack your opponent’s Baseline Backhand corner (If applicable) – most people are very weak in this area
4) Exploit your opponent’s Bad Habits – pay close attention to find out the weak spots of your opponent
How to Not Lose Points
1) Get Focused before you serve/receive the shuttle – take your time to get yourself into a peak state of focus
2) Notice your opponent’s scoring trend – identify under what circumstances or techniques they scored more points, and find a way to counter-attack their best shots, destroying their mental confidence.
This list is not exhaustive but it will get you started on a solid foundation. As you get better along the way you’ll find new principles that work across the board, so don’t get fixated on these 6 rules. Ultimately, Badminton is an evolving sport with better methodologies and equipment being created so we’ve got to be open and improve along with the sport!
In the meantime keep smashing and I wish you the very best of luck!
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