Are there anyone out there having problems adjusting between Badminton and other racket sports eg.squash or tennis? I myself play all enjoy all three every week. More serious with Badminton as I involved with league matches. I've found Squash mix with Badminton pretty well especially my backhand. Whilst tennis does not help at all. I heard a rumour that if you want to be good in Badminton, don't play tennis. What do you think?
When I first played squash after many years of badminton, no one wanted to be in the same court with me as I swung my racquets as in badminton and didn't know how to clear the way for opponents and could have injured a lot of people.Also I wore myself out by hitting flat strokes instead of making use of the whole court. Of course I am wiser now , so are you probably, to me, squash needs some adjustment too.
I too play all 3 in the summer, but just squash and badminton through winter and spring. I don't feel any difference in transition, other than the fact I hit with arm in tennis and I rotate various joints in squash. Badminton is my 1st sport, but if you're able to distinguish techniques then you should be fine. I do notice that squash actual enables me to scoop underhand backhand from corner to corner at the odd time.
When I was playing squash regularly as well as badminton, I became noticeably stronger and was able to consistently clear properly from end to end of a badminton court (normally I'm a fairly weak player in that respect). I have big troubles in tennis, can't get used to the arm movement at all and try to snap my wrist which is a mistake, very conducive to injury! I don't think playing tennis is going to make your badminton worse, but the technique is very different - as long as you can make the distinction I don't see why there should be a problem...
I used to play tennis fairly competitively, but switched to badmninton a few years ago. Some of my tennis shots still reappear on the badminton court, but.... when I play tennis........ my backhand sucks. Sometimes it goes where it's supposed to, sometimes it lands about 2m in front of me, and other times it goes over the back fence! I remember when I was young I played a lot of table tennis one summer, and then when playing in a tennis tournamnent my shots were all messed up!!!
Danger: Tennis Elbow Hi, Badminton was my first sport but when I tried looking for an alternative, my choice was squash. I tried tennis once but it hurt my wrist and several other badminton players told me not to continue unless I can adapt to tennis well. I chose to quit because it hurts so much. Squash, to me, is closer to badminton. People from badminton can pick up squash pretty quickly. I didn't know proper techniques of squash but did pretty well in a tournament that made people think I had played it for years. I felt my strokes in badminton, especially backhand, become much better since squash racket is heavier. But since I didn't learn the proper techniques of squash, I applied badminton techniques when playing it. It works well, just that it's dangerous. I got tennis elbow because of the improper backhand movement and had to go through treatments (physiotherapy, accupuncture, massage) for nearly 2 months and now I have to use elbow support to play. I guess I am still lucky since a friend of mine who apparently done VERY well in squash--also switching from badminton--tore his tendons and muscle that costed him a surgery.
