other than correct technique and proper footwork, what exercise do you recommend to increase stroke power?
Spending some time in gym. if you have spare time at home, you could do push up, sit up, etc.
double skipping rope - self explanatory, good for wrist/underarm, in malaysia and china they often finish with about 1000 double skips after practice sessions as it helps with so many things.
flipping wrist with racket in hand - a bit like doing underarm clears, heavy racket preferred.
push-ups as already mentioned - there are lots of variations of this to make it more difficult or using more muscles, like clapping between each, wide arms, arms in a lower position, one armed and so on...
face a wall and hit hard with shuttle - at a high tempo it's a lot about learning when to relax and when to tighten grip in order to generate the most power with least amount of strain - also common to grind in asia.
and maybe masturbation...
gym... any specific exercise that u guys feel which gives the best improvement?
curios - biceps mentioned first here, but biceps play minor role in badminton - they only come into play during supination...Training Biceps, triceps, & wrist with many repetition & medium weight.
curios - biceps mentioned first here, but biceps play minor role in badminton - they only come into play during supination...
I also disagree with the 'many repetitions' bit - you shouldn't be training your muscles for endurance but for explosiveness. This would need medium-heavy weights where you can perform the contraction fairly fast, but for a low or middle-ing amount of repetitions. If you can do many repetitions then the weight is too small to helping your explosive muscle development
muscle pair balance is of course important to avoid injury. but bulking up biceps won't help the vast majority of your badminton shots.
is normal push ups and pull ups gd enought?
what do u guys do for core muscles?