Despite my typical grumblings about grammar, nice article Kwun. One thing that is missing is reflexes. These are trainable to a certain degree, however at the elite level, no matter you mental preparation, your great shots, if you don't have the natural reflexes to move to take a 200 kph smash, you won't succeed. At the top level, even in not so great positions, players can still let rip with awesome smashes, if you can't take these, well it's over.
Re: The other big S Well, Sportsmenship is great for the sport but not necessarily essential for development of talented players. Eg. Zhao Jian Hua. Never saw him in action before, but I heard about his prowess and he was the most arrogant player at the height of his career. Since psychological strength is as important as skillsets, his arrogance (confidence?) add to his mystique as a player. This guy gave alot of frustrations to his opponents and joy of spectating to his fans. Treating his opponents with contempt gave alot of drama to the sport. Not that it's the right thing to teach youngsters, but you can't beat Zhao Jian Hua for drawing people to the seats.
Sportsmanship... Well, partly correct..Sportsmanship pertain to ones conduct and reflect on oneself not the sports itself. You could be a sporting winner or a damm lousy one. As for Zhou Jian Hua, he is arrogant as a player (and a cocky one too) but doubt if he possess poor sportsmanship. On the contrary, I think it is more important that top players reflect a proper conduct and hence sportsmanship. After all, don't we all want to be good role models for the younger generations? Just my thoughts & views...
i think Sportsmanship is very important.. U can't expect someone scolding vulgarities in the court all the time. And what if after losing, the player threw his racket at his opponent? It's not taking him anywhere if he lose his cool like this.. probably given a red card(s).. Haha. remember last time play with my 'friend' almost ended up fighting because i win him 15-1.
This is going to stray a bit from the S, but its what I believe a complete badminton player needs to have. Technical Skills: Footwork and Stroke. Good Physical Build: Speed, Stamina, Endurance and Power. Intelligence: Tactics and Strategy. Mental: Emotion Control. out of all these four factors, I'd like to explain the good physical build a bit. Stamina and Endurance: Stamina and endurance is two different things, stamina is maximum VO2 (volume of oxygen) intake while endurance is how much power you can store in your muscles and, to a certain extent, how quickly they replenish. Here's a link to a training method to maximize your VO2 intake. Endurance training is a bit more complicated for us badminton players though, especially us professionals. Training for too much endurance can result in us being slow why? The human body is made up of two types of muscle, Type I and Type II and understanding them will explain a lot of things about physical training for badminton: Type I is the slow twitch fiber, basically they contract slowly but are very resistant to fatigue. Type II is divided into two, Type II A and Type II B. The Type II A is a fast twitch muscle and is quite resistant to fatigue. Type II B muscle is the very fast twitch muscle but not resistant to fatigue. A more detailed explanation of the muscles can be found here: http://www.brianmac.demon.co.uk/muscle.htm You can find all sorts of links to articles on how to train for each different type of muscle in the above link too. Speed and Power: Speed is divided into two for badminton, in my opinion that is acceleration and reaction speed. The badminton court is not a very big court, so reaction speed and how quickly you accelerate is very important. Power, is something you need to bring yourself to a stop. The faster you are going, the more power you will require to bring yourself to a stop. A lack of power can scramble your footwork. One thing I'd like to point out though, training for endurance and power can be dangerous if done with the wrong method. Basically the most powerful and durable muscle is the Type I muscle, but that isn't the one that we should develop for badminton because it'll make us play with stiffness. It is the Type II muscle that should be developed, in what proportion of the Type II A or Type II B depends on how each individual's game play. Here's a link to the kind of training I would recommend for you guys: http://www.brianmac.demon.co.uk/complex.htm read these too: http://www.brianmac.demon.co.uk/weight.htm http://www.brianmac.demon.co.uk/plymo.htm
For me,I can add "S" for being "SERIOUS"..if one is not focus..he will not get his goal of the game.Dont you agree?
Nice article. Actually, on reading the title, and before I had read any of the text, I was thinking S - speed, S - subtlety, and S - something else that I hadn't thought of yet Just a minor point - your description of strategy is more akin to tactics. Strategy - eg I want to play this game at a fast pace. Tactic - eg use attacking clears, smashes, don't allow opponent to catch his greath between points etc. Stragegy - eg keep the opponent woman away from the net in mixed doubles Tactic - eg flick serve her a lot, and keep lifting to her if she doesn't come in after playing her shot from the back; cut her out of the game by play flat and fast down the lines, etc Wayne
Splendid article! But I have some comments... I agree to Weekey that "Stroke" should be replace by Skills. Because the items listed under Stroke can be under the Skills, because those are the skills needed to play the game. And Stroke sounds a little chappy... thanks.
agreed for male players, not so for female players. badminton women are often kinda muscular 3 more Ss Stretched tendons Sprains Surgery
How can strategy be grasped? Cause i posess everything in kwun's article excert strategy... Even my school coach says that i can be a much better player if i have strategy. So how can strategy be learned/taught???
Do a search with the word "strategy' Read this very effective tactic. It's really good! http://www.badmintoncentral.com/badminton-central/content/view/15/26/ This one is a bit more difficult. http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11869&page=2&highlight=strategy
Anyone wanna add in "sleep" perhaps? Every baddy player should get enough rest for their muscle to recuperate after training. This helps the muscles to repair itself and build up while getting rid of lactic acid. With sore and tired muscles, you can't go anywhere far comapred to a fully rested and refreshed player.
Well said Kwun...bravo!! How come no one mention about flexibility? I personally think its important in sports like b'ton...n it applies to all the 3Ss These days all pro players are already equiped with the 1st n 2nd S and the key to their winning the tournament is their flexibility in applying different 'S'trategy when meeting different opponent! Don't you think so? Even different top coaches from different countries have their 'own' winning formula...
