Yah, ok, thanks! I am going for coaching, but after returning home, when i feel like training, that's when i go to the backyard, don't worry, i'll be careful, will do exactly what the coach says!
Hehe! Yeah it sure is, and about the Jump Smash, i never thought i could learn it in my backyard cuz of the wind! ^_^
backyard training works best for "shadow badminton" You dont actually use a shuttle. But practice shots and technique imagining you are hitting a particular shot. And practicing over and over and over. This is a good training method iv picked up. Pick your star player who you like. EG Lee Chong Wei. Download a few of his matches and study him playing. Watch him only over and over and over. Then go to your backyard and practice moving imagining your him. When you move for a net shot have a picture going through your mind of what he would be doing. Keep practicing until you feel quite fluent and feel asif you are replicating his movements to some degree. Also because you are concentrating so hard mentally, you block out every other aspect apart from your movement and hitting the shuttle. It tends to give you a cleaner, calmer movement aswell as a more focused thought process. Sounds a bit strange but it works. (dont expect instant results. It may take weeks or months to feel the replication of certain shots. But when you move in and hit a perfect drop shot or jump smash using this process, it is a very good satisfying feeling. And a good confidence booster.) This more or less relies alot on strengthening your mental game. You may or may not actually look like Lee Chong Wei when playing. But you think you are and in turn give yourself more confidence. And if through this you produce better movement and cleaner shots then it does not matter if your not a perfect Lee Chong Wei.
Wow man, thanks for the info. Umm..actually, my favourite player in Lin Dan but i get what you're trying to tell! I will try that and along with coaching as well, i think i can improve! Hehe! I'll tell you the results later!
Just make sure your neighbours aren't peeping over at you when you're doing it rofl. Adding to Bradmyster's technique, you could probably watch Lee Chong Wei with your mum, and get her to watch you play "shadow badminton" and see whether your movement 'shadows' Lee Chong Wei's.
Ahaha! Sounds like an insult but, it's true. You never know how you're doing it until you see it yourself, or in this case, someone else sees it.
yea the only problem was the wind that would sweep my shuttles onto the roof gutters. but otherwise very very cheap way to practice
Oh! The purpose is to not use a shuttle. So you can just focus on the movement and not hitting the birdie.
From what I've heard, doing heavy weight lifting or bulking up like body builders will actually make your swing slower.. If you really want to get stronger, you should do it during the off season.. Flexibility and Explosive strength/ speed are key in badminton.. you should do very quick repetitions with weights that allow you to do about 25 reps.. This is almost the opposite of traditional strength training with slow movements of 1-10 reps. I've heard good results regarding using elastic bands vs weights also..
here is how i train for weights.maybe you can get an idea from itexample you are doing an exercise,lets say for example,bicep curls...lets say you can lift maximum 10kg for 8 reps for the first set,then immediately change to a lighter weight and do maximum 12 reps.this is ONE set.the meaning of maximum means after that amount of reps you cant do any more for that set.the reason for lifting heavy for the first part is to built your strength and muscle first,then you lift the lighter weight more reps to build the edurance needed for badminton.that is 1 set.rest only 30 seconds in between each set and try to do 3 sets.most people rest longer than 30 seconds in between sets but i rest shorter cos you dont have much time to rest your muscles in between rallies in a badminton match.obviously due to the short rest time the 2nd and third set will be very hard to do your start slowly first!just my 2 cents.hope it helps
First of all the thread has grown - sorry I havn't seen the thread in a long time , i will go back now and read everything. jjlow I understand what your doing here. Your developing muscular strength , then muscular endurance , then you are trying to shorten the recoverey times for your muscles. Thankyou , it is a nice idea!
What I have noticed , is people are concentrating on training their arms. To be honest , a powerful smash is good , but a less powerful smash in an accurate place is the best! I don't see a lot of people training their legs. You play with badminton with your legs! Your legs are the engine , your arms are the finesse. I want to incorporate a lot of leg training into my training.
Totally agree. You need to get to a good spot before you can hit the birdie. If you just train upper body, an experienced opponent will give you hell if he makes you run around the court. You won't get a chance to use any of your hard earned upper body muscles. And he probably isn't even breaking a sweat.
Play shadow badminton in your backyard on a concrete drive. Where you park the cars. Reali tightens up the quads big time!
