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How to Teach Beginners in Badminton to Handle the Racket

Badminton is a fast-paced game in which players use rackets to hit a shuttlecock back and forth across a net. When instructing beginners, you must stress proper racket grip and handling. It is important for beginners to learn the fundamental skills, to develop proper form and to avoid bad habits. With some simple techniques and exercises, you can get a beginner off to the right start.
Step 1

Demonstrate proper forehand grip to your group. With the racket face perpendicular to the ground, grasp the handle as if you are shaking hands with it. Keep the bottom of your hand even with the bottom of the handle, and leave a small amount of space between your fingers. Make sure that each student carefully observes your grip, and that they see the V shape between your thumb and index finger.
Step 2

Challenge your students to try the forehand grip on their racket, using the method you modeled. Check each player individually and correct grip errors. Specifically check to make sure they are not holding the racket with the wrist turned to the right or left. Offer positive reinforcement when students demonstrate the correct grip.
Step 3

Instruct the group to turn the rackets face up and parallel to the ground without releasing the grip. Right-handed players will rotate their wrist to the right, and left-handed players will rotate their wrist to the left. Allow them to practice using the forehand grip by bouncing a shuttlecock with the racket. As they practice, explain that they should use the forehand grip when hitting birdies that are either out in front, around their head, or on their playing-hand side.
Step 4

Show the students the backhand grip. Let everyone see how the grip is identical to the forehand grip except your thumb extends against the handle to support the racket.
Step 5

Ask the group to use the backhand grip by first starting with the forehand grip method you taught them. Then, instruct them to extend their thumb against the handle to achieve the backhand grip.
Step 6

Inspect students' grip carefully, and make sure they are executing the backhand grip correctly. Praise students when they have it right.

Step 7

Tell the class to turn the racket face down without releasing their grip. Players will turn their wrist the opposite direction than they did to turn the racket face up. Give them the opportunity to practice bouncing the shuttlecock. While they practice, explain that they should use the backhand grip when hitting birdies on the side opposite their playing arm.
Step 8

Advise the group that in a badminton match, they will have to change grips frequently. Stress the importance of using a relaxed hold on the racket to enable them to make quick adjustments. Tell them to tighten their grip when they make contact with the shuttlecock.
Tips and Warnings

If students struggle with racket control while hitting, suggest they shorten their grip by holding the racket closer to the shaft.

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Badminton Training for Kids

Unlike many team sports and competitive games, badminton is a more inclusive activity that welcomes diverse ages and abilities. Most top badminton players started training at a young age to have time to refine their skills. However, kids' badminton training does not entail pure repetition and competition. Badminton coaches can ease children into the sport of badminton through interesting activities, games and modifications.

Suiting Up
Proper children's badminton training begins with having them wear appropriate gear. According to the USA Badminton website, lightweight shoes with good grips and thick, comfortable socks help players maintain stability and reduce the chance of injury. Children need not use expensive rackets, but they should be durable enough to withstand some abuse. Coaches typically start children with plastic shuttlecocks instead of feather ones, and select a slow or medium speed.

Focus on Fun And Safety

Keep the focus on fun and participating when coaching kids' badminton. Make sure all children have a chance to play, and do not emphasize keeping score or winning. Keep games short by setting a time limit rather than a number of points to equate a win. Teach children how to serve as line judges and scorekeepers so they keep occupied while others play. Combine players in different formations, or try a five-minute free-for-all with multiple children on court playing with multiple shuttles. Stop for water breaks, especially in hot and dry conditions.

Build Skills
Use fun activities to help children build skills. Have them walk the length of the court while bouncing their shuttles or soft balls on rackets. Slowly feed shuttles to players, by racket or by hand, so they have enough response time to hit the shuttle. Create a target and have children practice racket control to hit the target with a ball or a shuttle. Teach footwork, coordination and balance while building stamina by creating an obstacle course of low hurdles, ladders and cones that have children swerving, jumping, stopping, turning, climbing and alternating feet.

Badminton Drills
Keep badminton drills short and varied to maintain children's interest in the activity. Place a shuttlecock in each corner of the court and have children run the perimeter of the court, turning over each shuttle with their rackets. Have them stand close to the net and feed them shuttlecocks from the other side of the net so they can practice net shots.

Badminton grip principles

Relaxed badminton grips
A relaxed grip

Badminton grips should be relaxed so that the muscles of the forearm can work effectively. Many players believe that a tight grip gives them more power. That is wrong: in order to generate power, the grip must initially be relaxed.
The feeling of a relaxed grip

It is extremely important to learn how a correctly relaxed badminton grip feels. As a test, hold out your badminton racket to a friend and ask him to take it from you. The racket should come out your hand smoothly and effortlessly; if he encounters resistance, then you are holding the racket too tightly. Many players feel that its impossible to play with such a relaxed grip. This is because their skills have developed over years of holding a badminton racket too tightly. New techniques always feel unnatural. When you learn a new badminton grip, you must also learn how to use it. Grips and technique are inseparable.

Flexible badminton grips

A relaxed badminton grip is also more flexible: you can quickly change the angle of your badminton racket by turning the handle between your fingers. This is useful because:

You can change quickly between different badminton grips. You have finer control of the direction that you hit the shuttlecock. For some strokes, you can even turn the racket in the fingers as you hit the shuttlecock (for example, a spinning net shot).

Badminton grip tightening

A tightening of the hand should occur on impact with the shuttlecock. This tightening will be much greater for power strokes (such as a smash) than for soft strokes (such as a net shot). For soft strokes, the slight tightening keeps the racket head stable. You can only make effective use of grip tightening if your badminton grip is initially relaxed. Often the grip at the end of a stroke (after finger tightening) differs from the grip at the start of the stroke.

Key tip: In this guide, I am teaching you how to hold the racket before you hit the shuttlecock. Thats why all the grips photographs will show a relaxed grip.

You must remember, however, that your grip will become tighter at the moment of impact with the shuttlecock, and the finger positions may change.
A relaxed grip before impact

A tight grip on impact

Photographs can be misleading

Photographs of professional badminton players often give misleading impressions of their grips. The photographs are usually taken as the players hit the shuttlecock, or just afterwards; by this time, they have completed finger tightening. This has two consequences:

They are holding the badminton racket very tightly. Their finger positions may have changed.

Direction of the racket face

A good badminton grip allows you to control the angle of the racket face, so that you can hit the shuttlecock in the direction you want.For straight shots, the racket face will finish parallel to the net on impact (in other words, it faces forwards on impact).But the angle of the racket at the start of the stroke is often different from the angle at impact. This is mainly because, in order to generate power, badminton strokes require a turning motion of the racket.
Side-on racket angle before impact

Racket faces forwards at impact

Hand position
The bottom of the hand should be level with the end of the racket handle; the palm should not extend beyond the end of the handle. For some strokes, this hand position may change.

Correct hand position

Error: hand too low

Finger positions
Gaps between the fingers

Small gaps between the fingers make your badminton grip more sensitive, and increase the effectiveness of grip tightening. Clumping all your fingers together makes them less effective. The gap between the index finger and middle finger is especially important (often this is a larger gap).
Using the thumb for backhands

For all backhand strokes, the badminton racket handle must be supported by an extended (straight) thumb. The thumb should remain extended throughout the hitting action: if you let it curl around the handle, then you will get a floppy backhand.

Key tip: The thumb wont always be directly behind the racket handle (a thumb grip). Often it will be on a diagonal bevel, or even towards the side.

Whatever its exact position, the thumb should always be straight for backhands, to provide a stable hold on the badminton racket. Forehands are different. With forehands, you have plenty of support from the other fingers, and often the thumb will be curled around the racket handle at the end of finger tightening.

Why are grips important?

If you dont hold the racket correctly, you will never produce good badminton strokes. Grips are the basis for all racket skills. Using a good grip is the first step to mastering badminton. Here are some benefits of using a good grip:
Benefits of a good grip

More powerful smashes More accurate net shots and serves Stronger smash defence, and ready for both sides Deceptive strokes

Using incorrect badminton grips will cripple your skill development. Here are some common problems caused by incorrect grips:

Problems caused by incorrect grips

Clears are too short; smashes are weak Limited choice for the direction of your strokes Difficulty coping when opponents hit towards your body Obvious strokes that your opponents can predict

More than one grip

Many players use the same grip for every badminton stroke. This will limit their ability. To play skilfully, you must learn the right badminton grip for each situation. For example, you need a different grip for a backhand serve than for a forehand smash. The badminton racket handle has eight bevels: the two wide bevels, the two narrow bevels, and the four diagonal bevels.

A wide bevel

A narrow bevel Colouring the diagonal bevels

For the grip photographs in this guide, I have painted all the diagonal bevels blue so that they show up against the yellow colour of the racket handle.

A diagonal bevel

The diagonal bevels are painted blue

Numbering the bevels Numbering the bevels

At the end of a badminton racket handle, there is a cap, which is usually marked with the manufacturers logo. Imagine that this cap is an octagonal clockface. In this guide, I number the bevels anticlockwise, starting from one of narrow bevels. Since the racket handle is symmetrical, I only number the first four bevels. The other four are just repetitions. So bevel 1 is a narrow bevel, bevel 2 is a diagonal bevel, bevel 3 is a wide bevel, and bevel 4 is another diagonal bevel. Then the numbering starts again with another bevel 1

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Badminton Grip
Starting wtih a correct Badminton Grip is the foundation of Playing Badminton. Holding the racket wrongly will decrease your stroke's power and accuracy. Your shots will be limited and therefore you will not enjoy the game as much let alone improve.
You will need to learn how to change grip quickly during games. Below are the two basic types of Badminton Grips.

Sign up to our free Badminton Newsletter to get firsthand tips, tricks and regular badminton updates! You will learn a lot more about the game and surely play better. :) Forehand Grip - This grip is used to hit shots that are on the forehand side of your body and around the head shots. - Hold the racket head with your non-playing hand so that the handle points towards you. - Your racket face shall be perpendicular to the floor. - Place your playing hand on the handle as if you are shaking hands with it. - There shall be a V shape in between your thumb and your index finger. - The racket handle shall rest loosely in your fingers for greater flexibility. - Can try shortening your grip and place it nearer to the shaft to increase control and accuracy when serving and hitting from the forecourt and midcourt.

Backhand Grip - This grip is used to hit shots that are on the backhand side of your body. - Hold the racket as you would on a forehand grip. - Turn the racket anti-clockwise so that the V shape moves leftwards. - Place your thumb against the back bevel of the handle for greater leverage and power. - The racket handle shall also rest loosely in your fingers. - Can try shortening your grip and place it nearer to the shaft to increase control and accuracy when serving and hitting from the forecourt and midcourt.

Possessing a correct Badminton Grip is like having a good head start in a race. Don't lose out and make every effort to improve your game.

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In his advice for beginning badminton players, Kwun Han encourages players to focus on correct grip, correct strokes, and footwork. The fundamentals of badminton footwork are 'springs in your legs', a fast starting position, and balance. Watch a video tutorial on badminton footwork on YouTube. In the first level, I will start off with the racket grip. This may properly take about two sessions of practice in order to achieve the correct racket grip. One session is about an hour. Although this is very basic, it is very important because a correct gripping takes u further in other strokes play. After the first level, I will move onto the second level. At this stage I will teach my student the upper arm and under arm swing as well as the forehand service. This learning will take about two sessions. The objective of this second stage is to grasp the correct upper and under arm swing and an introduction to badminton service. Moving on to the third level of learning. This level combines strokes play like clear, drop, under arm clear, net play, low service as well as the forward and backward footwork. Since this level is mixed with a variety of strokes and footwork drills, it will need about 8 sessions to achieve the objective, which is to possess the correct upper and underarm strokes execution and the correct forward and backward movement. Now we are at level 4 of the badminton lesson plan. In this level, we will actually repeat the practice in level 3 but in addition I will teach students on smashing, defending, under arm push, drive and also the side way footwork. It will take about 16 sessions to achieve a good timing for executing clear, drop shots, smashes and defending . Besides, we also want students to be able to perform under arm stroke with proper finger grip and able to move to all corners of the court with proper footwork. Progressing to level 5, players are ordered to repeat the training in level 4, but in addition they get to learn new strokes like chops or slice shots, backhand strokes and unorthodox footwork. At this stage, players are required to build up strong physicals by performing the physical training. This will take about 32 sessions to achieve it. Besides that, we want to make sure that the player can perform good execution of all underarm strokes and able to use backhand correctly. In level 6, players are told to repeat the training in level 5. However, this time they approach the repeated drills with strokes accuracy and consistency as well as the physical training. This will need about 64 sessions to achieve good timing for all upper arm and under arm strokes and also able to cover the court well. We are now at level 7 of the badminton lesson plan where players are to repeat the training in level 6. In addition, players are taught to use match strategies in order to deal with different type of players. Besides that, I will start to intensify the training and also increase the intensity of the physical training. This probably will take about 128 sessions to achieve the objectives of hitting all strokes more accurately, and able to plan and play the match well. I will also encourage them to participate in the juniors and school level of competition.

In level 8, players are to repeat the training in level 7 but this time with higher intensity and it would take about 256 sessions to enable players to participate in the selection of State Junior Badminton squad. After that, they will be in level 9. At this stage players will repeat the training in level 8 with greater intensity and higher frequency. This type of training is the same as the state level of training. This level of training should be continuous in order to achieve the standard of national level and to enter the national squad. Lastly, in level 10, there are ready to compete in the international arena. They are to repeat the training in level 9 with maximum output. The training is the same as the national training. At this level they will focus on winning international titles. The above is the badminton lesson plan that I will ask my aspiring students to follow. Of course not all of them will become national players or international stars. But the chances of succeeding will be much higher with a well thought out plan. So start your badminton lesson plans now and you will definitely see improvement in your game. Article by : Kah Shin

Tips For Coaching Beginner/Intermediate Players Helping a young beginner who tries to serve but always misses: Usually this is caused when the player drops the shuttle and swings at the same time. Time after time they will think that they must swing quickly if they want to contact the shuttle before it reaches the floor. The result is always the same, the racquet shaft and not the racquet head passes through (or by) the shuttle and the service is never delivered. Stand behind the youngster and have them hold the shuttle and their racquet. Hold the wrist of the shuttle hand and the hand of the racquet hand. On the count of 1, move the shuttle hand as though you were releasing the shuttle. On the count of 2, shift the player's weight forward via the hips/knees. On the count of 3, start the racquet moving forward to serve. "1-2-3 over the net" can be repeated during the action. Emphasize a rhythm similar to dancing e.g. "1-2-3, cha-cha-cha" Teaching the scissor kick (scissor movement/round-the-head) Many hours may be wasted by coaches trying to get beginner and intermediate players to learn this movement. Coaches, on your own time, try breaking the movement down into its major components: 1. racquet foot on the ground towards the rear of the court with the non-RF off the ground, weight back, non-RA in the air, RA lowered but with the racquet pointed upwards 2. jump with trunk rotation, landing on other foot Your students will remember the movie Karate Kid I where the young hero practiced the "Crane" movement for hours on a rock. That is almost the same movement that we are asking them to do in badminton. Have fun, pretend that the player(s) is the Karate Kid. Have them practice standing in position 1 with their racquet. Then switch to position 2. After they feel comfortable with balance, have them swing the racquet as they are in the air moving from position 1 to position 2.

Add the movement to and from the corner AFTER they master the jump and weight transfer. Children are easily able to learn this complex movement at a very early age. Advice in the 5 minute break when you haven't seen the first two games This is a terrible situation for a coach. But it often happens that you have too many players at an event to adequately watch all games and no available, more experienced players to help you watch the others. Most coaches would initiate a problem solving session with the player to assist them establish their own game plan. But some coaches of junior players are aware of certain "developmental" trends with young players in general, I repeat, in general. They will often try to determine if certain skills are strong or weak in the opponent by asking the player direct questions. In general, players have problems in the following skill areas: Under 12 players -strength from the back of the court Under 14 players -weak backhands Under 16 players -weak movement to the rear forehand corner Under 18 players -poor forecourt coverage; both defending against fast drops and taking the shuttle high at the net and doing something useful with it This being the case, coaches would be advised to help their player determine if the above skill could be exploited or not. The converse, of course, is to work harder with the players you coach so that they do not fall into one of the above categories. Avoiding Racing Around the Court "Speed" in badminton is not as difficult to learn as it appears to be. Young players are in awe of the better players, especially the internationals, because they appear to move effortlessly, never racing, always getting to the shuttle. Yet, of course, that is the skill to learn and try as they may, the amateurs can never seem to avoid being rushed. The secret lies not in generating speed, but in generating momentum. Think about it. One only really has but a few steps to take in any direction in order to return a shuttle. The court is quite small, especially when the player starts from a central base, or close to it. Initiating movement is the skill to be practiced. Leaving your mark. Exploding from the base. A player who "explodes" from the base with 1 or 2 rapid, short steps will have no difficulty in reaching the shuttle (in theory). Simple, eh? Practice moving in and out of the central singles base. Avoid rushing back to the base each time. Time the return so that ONE foot only touches into the base area at the same time as the imaginary opponent hits the shuttle, push off with 1 or 2 quick, short steps and slow down as you get closer to the corner. It's tough to get that momentum going when both feet are rooted on the floor. Returning "Flick" Serves This is not my tip, but I'll pass it on. Players of all ages seem to have trouble properly preparing to return a flick serve in doubles. They like to stand at the very front of the court with their toe practically touching the front service line, but just can't get to the rear of the court to return a "flick" or "wrist" serve. Tell the players to "Lean forward and think backwards". Works well!

How to Teach Badminton

Badminton is a fun recreational sport that is enjoyed by people of all ages, be it children or adults. If you want to learn how to teach badminton then this is the article for you. Teaching badminton using the correct method is very important to help make a person a better badminton player. Here are some things you will need to teach badminton:

A large hall such as a gymnasium or a large ground where a court has been marked out Two nets and badminton posts; you will need an extra net in case the first one gets torn. Good quality rackets, which you can buy from any sports shop. Shuttlecocks, either feathered or plastic. Keep in mind that feathered shuttlecocks are expensive and can be easily damaged by beginners. Plastic shuttlecocks are better for practice. Again, keep spare shuttlecocks with you.

Follow these simple steps to teach badminton:

Introduce the learner to the different equipment such as rackets and shuttlecocks and let him get familiarized with them. Make sure you do enough warm up exercises before you begin the training. Now, teach your students the fundamentals such as holding the racket correctly and making a shot properly. Next, teach them other basic strategies such as positioning themselves on the court in such a way as to cover the entire court adequately. Tell them about the important safety measures they need to take before, during and after playing badminton. Now, encourage two players to start playing. Dont tell them all the rules of the game in the beginning as chances are they will not remember all of them anyways. Introduce each rule slowly as they learn. Teach them how to make a proper serve to make their play more effective. Teach them how to place their shots to that part of the court which is vacant, as it is more difficult for the opponent to play such a shot. When you teach students to play doubles, emphasize on the importance of coordination to avoid running into each other while playing and injuring themselves. Proper communication among teammates is very important to ensure a rewarding and enjoyable play. Instead of concentrating on the mistakes of your students, show them how they can improve in making the shots. Teach them about various practice modalities to help them improve their performance.

Once your students are able to hit the shuttle from an overhead or low position and also able to play a continuous rally, you can teach them more skills and different strokes. If you are teaching a large group of students you will have to keep these things in mind:

Space out all the students in the hall such that every student is able to see you play, hear you speak as you teach and also copy your movements without hitting a fellow student. Encourage students to shadow your movements as you demonstrate how each stroke is to be played. Make sure they pay attention to footwork, balance, action, preparation and recovery.

Divide the students in pairs and ask them to play. While they are playing you can walk around the room observing each player and commenting on how they can improve their play.

Following the technique described above will help you a lot in teaching badminton easily. Related Tags: how to teach badminton, teaching badminton, badminton teaching articles, teaching badminton for adult learners, warm up exercise before shuttlecock play, warming-up exercises to do before playing shuttlecock, teach baminton, steps to teaching badminton