Hey, we're a group of 4 players that look for interesting ways to train ourselves in singles game! We favor single-shuttle drills, but we're kind of limited in the set of drills available to us. So far we use those ones: 3vs1: - Defense: 3 players from one side attack, the Main player defends - Attack: 3 players from one side defend, the Main player attacks 1x1 (isolated sides of the courts): - Plain shadow (one player points the other where to move) - Back-court Shadow (shadow move back-left, then shadow back right, then cross court dash to take net drop, and inverse) - 3 corners (defensive) - 3 corners (attacking) - Drop-Lift (Moving parallel to the net, one player drops, the other lifts, any side) What other drills do you know and could advise using? PS. We are limited in using only 1 court. Thanks!
Can't do much. You can also practice drive, far net, and close net, and maybe box game. Besides that I'd say just do multishuttle.
Here's a youtube channel dedicated to badminton drills: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXYpDcoYJk8CTGLUscj2Tgg/playlists
Recommend moving to multishuttle to allow you to each use half the court to practice individual strokes at the minimum. Technique is equally important to footwork, you shouldn't neglect the fundamentals, even if they are 'boring'. Things like: 50 clears, hit them all into the corner box. You can have 2 players feeding and 2 players hitting like this (either split the court lengthwise or sides, doesn't really matter since feeder stands in front anyway. Just remember you don't need brand new shuttles to feed. I regularly collect old shuttles, cut off up to 2 loose feathers and they fly well enough for training. If you want to do a footwork single shuttle, then beyond 3v1, you can try the king and worker drill specifically with the 'king' standing at the front net i.e. the worker must return all shuttles to the king at the front of the court. You can do this with 2 feeders and 2 workers with 3 corners (straight net, straight lift, cross lift). The other feeder will stand at the cross net to feed the other player, but it is a rare shot anyway, especially if your drop/net was good. Technically you can do this with the king standing in a rear corner, but normally both back corners are viable strokes in singles that you need to practice, so it's probably best to stick to the two front net positions.
