Hi
Apologies if this is in the wrong area ? I am new to the forum.
Feel like a bit of an idiot posting this question to be honest , as I guess its asking something difficult to answer , ( and embarrassing) .
I have been playing badminton sice the age of 10 ( now 46) , and a lot more for the last year or so , ( 5 nights a week) . I love it !
I am just not seeming to improve much . And the reason being , ( i guess) , is that I have held the racquet incorrectly since the day i started playing :-( . Without realising it of course.
No one ever pointed it out to me that I was holding the raquet wrongly and I have used the pan handled grip from day dot . I have kinda got by with it , but now I am trying to play at a much higher standard, with much better players than me and I have of course stopped improving and become disheartened.
My wrist doesn't form the V where it should , and the group coach calls it a pan handled grip
Everytime i try to change, I just revert back to my incorrect grip. I have even tried glueing lumps on my raquet handle to make me hold it correctly, just to get familiar with the feel of it , but as soon as i lose those bumper grips i have stuck on , to play properly , i revert back to the wrong grip.
Any hope for me ? :-(
Apologies if this is in the wrong area ? I am new to the forum.
Feel like a bit of an idiot posting this question to be honest , as I guess its asking something difficult to answer , ( and embarrassing) .
I have been playing badminton sice the age of 10 ( now 46) , and a lot more for the last year or so , ( 5 nights a week) . I love it !
I am just not seeming to improve much . And the reason being , ( i guess) , is that I have held the racquet incorrectly since the day i started playing :-( . Without realising it of course.
No one ever pointed it out to me that I was holding the raquet wrongly and I have used the pan handled grip from day dot . I have kinda got by with it , but now I am trying to play at a much higher standard, with much better players than me and I have of course stopped improving and become disheartened.
My wrist doesn't form the V where it should , and the group coach calls it a pan handled grip
Everytime i try to change, I just revert back to my incorrect grip. I have even tried glueing lumps on my raquet handle to make me hold it correctly, just to get familiar with the feel of it , but as soon as i lose those bumper grips i have stuck on , to play properly , i revert back to the wrong grip.
Any hope for me ? :-(