I hope u don't mean that when facing very low level players. It's just too dangerous, as they don't even know how to protect themselves... :crying:
This is a real story. I was teaching my beginner son (13 y.o). He is a very beginner and not sure he even likes badminton. A couple guys (late 20s), about the same skills as me, wanted to play against us. I didn't want to because my son never played against anyone (beside me) before and it was no question who will win. I reluctantly agreed just to give my son a little game experience. When the game got going, these 2 guys only hit and smash to my son. They avoided hitting to me (trust me, I am not better than either of them). Needless to say, they won easily, but I am sure they would have won easily no matter what. So, I do wonder what these two guys were thinking. Would they go home and call their mommy that they picked on a little kid and won. Wow!
i like messing around with them, and then unleasing a huge boomer haha! it feels so good, because they often put it in the perfect spot
I used to smash every chance I get, until that day when I accidentally(okay it was 40% purposely, but the majority is accidentally) smashed the birdie, and it somehow ended up in that place of a girl where it shouldn't land. So,from that day on, I only smash when it's NOT a girl who happens to be a BEGINNER. Moral of the story: CHOOSE WHO YOU SMASH! P.s She wouldn't talk to me for at least 5 days.
hahaaa!!!!HAHAHHA sorry im a teenager, so i have to mention this one. HAHAHHA, sort of a double entendre aye?
Ask the beginner / me lol for his opinion of how hard he would want u to play.. its no fun if some guy smashes every time on me, so i try to minimize his oppurtunity by doing net shots/ clears to the far end. last time my friend smashed towards my, how should we say, "sensitive area for guys" and in my attempt to receive the birdie, i used a backhand shot, but while i was doing the flick in the wrist, something tragic happened, and there were no more balls left on the court.. -.-
At most, a half smash to the side lines Beginners(or even weaker players) tend to stay up in the middle of the front court at the wrong time(when playing doubles), so any powerful smash to the center of the court can be a disaster at times.
When I play with friends who are beginners, I smash full-power at them.. . Amusing, how they can sometimes counter attack it.. *tumbles over the net*
LOL you guys are so mean. I generally wont smash a nub when clearing is so much easier, odds are if they suck they're gonna screw their return anyway - why the extra effort ;P
Beginners hate to play against me although I don't smash at them at all-there is no need to. I just play my normal style with almost all shots deceptively angled, which they cannot read or anticipate. I have some beginners walk out on me when they realize they have to play against me. Their complaint was that it was no fun playing against me as they rarely get to hit the shuttle.
playing with beginner Hi, I dont smash when playing with beginners. I just treat them as an unique individual. Will give all the high baseline balls, drops and cross court drives and make them run all over the court. They will be tired n they know.....hey this is serious play. Got to be serious. Lee
I would say that i don't smash at beginners unless i know them or they ask me to play them properly. The other night my partner for one game just kept smashing at two beginners, but they lifted everyone of my serves to the mid-court. and my partner just wanted to get inot a harder game so it was bad for them, but they should've thought that it wasn't working at some point. They weren't complete beginners but they were social standard.
Against relatively unknowns I'll play high serve, clears, and drops. Usually their inconsistency will be their undoing and they will beat themselves. If they are able to return and hit it toward my even more beginner partner scoring lots of points then that is when its gloves off and I start smashing.
If it is a competitive reason, then I would smash, but for recreational-play-around, mostly just drops and clears; once in a while, a cross-court.
