Studying professional players can always teach you something and help you get good at badminton. In this player study, I will be analyzing Lee Chong Wei, former number 1 from Malaysia. It’s quite interesting studying Lee Chong Wei playing badminton. Before we get into the post, here’s a montage of some of Lee Chong Wei’s …
When you’re on a budget, getting the best shoes, racket, shuttles, and clothes just isn’t feasible. So what are we supposed to buy first? If your answer was the racket, or anything else other than shoes, then you would be wrong. Surprisingly, or perhaps not so surprisingly, the shoes are the most important. I’ll explain …
When you first get into the scene of badminton, looking for badminton equipment is tough. There are multiple brands out there and you really don’t know much about any. Hopefully after this article, you will get some insight into what badminton brands are the best. Before we get into the best badminton brands of 2018, …
When we start out playing badminton, coaches and other mentors will tell us to try not to use our backhands, they might even not practice our backhands at all. This is because your coaches and mentors want you to not get lazy and use your backhand when you can use your forehand since the forehand …
Badminton Backhand Drills – Improve Your Backhand Read More »
If you were looking to get feather shuttles for the first time, you would likely want to get a budget option. Yonex is one of, if not the biggest badminton brand so we would often head here first for products. Yonex’s budget feather shuttles are the Aerosensa 20 and 30s. But what’s better, going for …
Yonex Aerosensa 20 vs 30 – Badminton Shuttles Versus Read More »
When you first buy feather shuttles, there may be some things you don’t know about. Unlike nylon/plastic shuttles, playing with feather shuttles requires you to do a few things before playing. Of course, you don’t have to do these things but they are very beneficial to the shuttle and your game. So here’s how to …
It’s often very difficult for a child to play badminton. They haven’t grown the muscle and sometimes they’re only as big as a racket. It’s very common for children to get frustrated and bored when they play regular singles and doubles games because they just can’t keep the rally going. This can make it very …
In high school, you don’t often have as many resources like clubs or national teams. The most notable things that high school badminton lack are shuttles, experienced or skilled coaches, and time to train. While this isn’t always the case, it happens most of the time. That’s why we need badminton drills that work for …
As you have seen in recent international badminton tournaments, China’s performance wasn’t as dominant as it used to be. Is this because of Chinese players getting worse, the world improving or a combination of both? Like many things, there are always several factors so a combination of both would be your answer. But I would …
Chinese Badminton Players Tanking, World Improvement or Both? Read More »
If we really want to get good at badminton, we probably need to do extra exercises outside of playing badminton. Often times we also don’t want to spend hundreds, if not thousands, on weights and equipment. So here are 4 body weight exercises for badminton other than running. Push Ups Push ups are one of …
