Basic Strokes And Smashes In Badminton You Should Know

Playing Badminton is all about maneuvering your body and shot selection depending on how the shuttle flies and where it is aimed. Badminton strokes play a key role here.

Basic Strokes and Smashes in Badminton You Should Know

The overhead badminton forehand stroke is very common and is used most often in badminton. This stroke helps generate the most power.

forehand stroke comes from correct technique

and not how much strength you exert into a swing. The larger the swing motion, the more momentum generated.

Hence, more power. However, keep in mind that the more you focus on power the more likely you get the technique wrong.

. Your body should face sideways, not the front. Move your racket arm towards the back and extend your chest to the widest extent possible to ensure you can do a full swing.

Lift up your non-racket arm as you stretch your racket arm towards the back. The non-racket arm plays an important role in maintaining body balance. Without good balance, there’s no way you can execute the correct technique for this stroke.

Your swing should be one smooth downward motion. Perform a full arm swing to generate maximum power. After you make contact with the shuttle, follow through with the swing and do not stop half way!

Avoid exerting too much strength into your forehand stroke. Too much power in your stroke will result in poor technique and loss of body balance.

Let’s take a look at some of the basic strokes and smashes in Badminton:

Complete a full swing to ensure maximum power in your stroke. Extend your chest to the widest extend for this purpose.

Allow your racket to follow through.

The Overhead Forehand stroke in Badminton

Your non-racket arm helps you maintain body balance and makes you feel more comfortable while performing your badminton swing.

The badminton backhand stroke is the Achilles heel for a lot of people, it’s a difficult stroke to execute and the technique, therefore, needs to be perfect.

So let’s break down the forehand stroke:

It’s important to keep in mind that the backhand stroke for badminton is not like tennis or squash backhand! The correct technique to perform a badminton backhand stroke is more complicated than a tennis backhand.

The correct backhand technique is about generating power. Similar to the forehand, you make a complete backhand swing to generate the power to hit strong backhand shots.

Prepare

The correct technique for a backhand stroke will allow you to hit the shuttle at your backhand area when it’s in mid-air. Therefore, the swinging pattern for badminton is very different. It’s only with the correct technique that you’ll be able to generate a lot of power as well as perform quality backhand shots.

In order to perform a good badminton backhand stroke, use the

. Wrist action in badminton contributes a lot of power into your shots. Practice the correct way of flicking your wrist to generate the power.

You would be facing the front of the court at your initial position. From there, slowly turn your body facing to the back. Position yourself for a backhand.

While turning your body to the back, raise your racket to the position similar to the picture. Keep your racket arm as close as possible to your body. This is to ensure a complete backhand swing can be performed.

Just when you’re about to perform the backhand stroke, your body should already be facing the back of the court.

You’ll still have to complete your swing even after you hit the shuttle. Follow through with your racket. Following through helps with accuracy. It’s not so much for power, but accuracy.

Therefore, as you follow through with your swing, there’s no need to add more power or else you’ll lose balance.

The badminton backhand stroke is not a tennis backhand.

The flick of your wrist creates a powerful snapping motion. Do not hold your racket too tightly and do not tense your arm muscles so that your wrist is flexible to do the quick flick.

The backhand swing should be one smooth and fast motion until your racket reaches all the way to the front. However, transfer all the power in the swing into your racket via the quick snapping motion of your

The correct badminton underarm forehand swing pattern is important

if you want to hit quality badminton shots

and maintain good body balance. This stroke does not require a lot of strength.

Since underarm strokes are usually performed at the front of the court, not much strength is needed to perform a baseline clear.

Gently flick your wrist towards the direction you want the shuttle to fly. It’s important that you use the

to perform an underarm forehand stroke. Make sure you do not hold your racket too tightly or you’ll limit the movement of your wrist.

As you lunge forward, raise your racket to the height where you’re going to hit the shuttle. When you’re about to commence your swing motion, your dominant leg should be at the front, supporting your body weight.

As you’re about to hit the shuttle, flick your wrist to generate power. However, only perform a gentle flick of your wrist or else you might hit the shuttle the shuttle long. As you hit the shuttle, bend your body slightly forward to make sure you maintain body balance.

Besides, following through after hitting the shuttle increases the accuracy of your shot.

Do not exert too much strength into your underarm forehand stroke. Gently perform an underarm swing using the correct. Adopt the

Also, do not grip your racket too tightly so that your wrist is flexible to mobilize.

Follow through with your swing, even after hitting the shuttle. This is important to create a better quality flight trajectory of the shuttle.

The badminton underarm backhand stroke is fairly easy to perform compared to other badminton strokes. This stroke is usually performed when your opponent hits a

to your backhand area at the front of the court. You don’t need to swing too hard for an underarm stroke.

A gentle underarm swing is sufficient to send the shuttle right to the back of the court. Most of the power of this stroke comes from the flick of your wrist. But you don’t need a strong flick to send the shuttle to your opponent’s baseline.

Since it’s fairly easy to produce power to hit a high clear, I find it’s not necessary to switch to a

to perform a badminton underarm backhand stroke. However, remember not to grip your racket too tightly or else your wrist action is limited.

Swing upwards. Ensure that you complete your swing. This means that upon contact with the shuttle, continue with the swinging motion.

Do not exert too much strength into your underarm backhand swing. Gently swing your racket using the correct technique and gently flick your wrist upon making contact with the shuttle.

Allow the racket to follow through to enable better flight trajectory of the shuttle