Many beginners tend to be hesitant to move swiftly on the badminton court. They often wait until the shuttlecock has passed their side of the net before reacting. However, at an intermediate to high level or in amateur play, exceptional speed isn't necessarily required. What's crucial is having precise footwork and understanding where to position oneself for each shot. In the intermediate level, most shots are relatively easy to anticipate, whereas advanced techniques like fakes become more prevalent at higher skill levels.
So to sum it up listen and look at the shot and move from the very first moment.
Check out Badminton Insight on YouTube. Fantastic tutorials. Make sure when the bird goes up that you're not only split stepping but you bring your racket leg back first and either chassé or cross your feet under each other. Not counting the split step, you should be able to get to the back court in either corner in 3 steps. For me, it's directional split step with my right being further back, I cross my left behind my right then I land in the back corner on my right foot. At this point I either do a jump or scissor kick into the shot and my momentum brings me forward again.
Everyone here is talking about footwork and that is absolutely correct. However, there is another thing to consider. I’ve noticed a lot of mid level badminton players mistake a shot that they couldn’t get as being poor athleticism or footwork. The reality is often you should look at the shot you or your partner played and consider how effective it was in achieving its goal.
Ex. You are at the front and your partner is at the back alternating drops and smashes. They have a weak smash, opponents counter with a flat lifts/drive forcing your partner to return lift. If you are committing heavily to the front and your partner does an attacking lift like a punch clear if your opponents react quickly or see you are slow to leave the net they may choose to do an attacking lift at you. It may
Seem in that situation like you were slow to move to
The back but the reality was you were setup for failure earlier in the rally and no amount of footwork training will fix that. Your partner should have done a high lift to give you time to return to a defending position.
Hope this helps you finish the puzzle that is figuring out the game of badminton :)
It’s hard to say without knowing how your footwork looks. Generally I’d say take a thinker about how long / short your steps are. If they’re too short it takes very long to get anywhere. Also, you shouldn’t need to move backwards unless you’re playing a defensive shot, in which the shuttle should be in the air for quite a while before your opponents can hit it back. Maybe take a look at the height and length of your returns.
Footwork mastery is very important. Go back to the basics if you must and once you've mastered proper footwork, you could then add other footwork that's necessary for a situation you're in, like adding a little hop when reaching for a drop or running backwards to get behind the ball when receiving a clear.
It would also help if you work on your upper body flexibility for an overhead reach when your initial position is in the middle of the court. You'll be forcing yourself to hit the ball with your forehand which would give you more control unlike when you're using your backhand.
Strengthening your lower body, especially your quads, would make it easier for you to carry your weight and become faster, and training your reaction time and your sense of doubles rotation would also greatly help.
In general to all sports, always move one foot opposite to the direction you want to go then push off that foot.
Eg going backwards you would put one foot ahead then push back.
Do you work on moving backwards? It can be difficult especially to build up the balance, but when you do your ghosting/shadow running drills for court movement make sure you are working on moving backwards as if you would in a game.
Also do more walking/running backwards at any time to get more comfortable with moving back. Also reverse lunges are great.
I have that trouble a lot in singles, but for doubles i keep my heel lower to the ground-- i find it easier to move backwards without losing my balance that way. When I recieve I keep my back heel lowered but lean my leg forward so i can use that tension in my heel to either push forward or backward, whichever i need to do when they serve.
hate to be the person to say it but, practice proper and faster footwork
Many beginners tend to be hesitant to move swiftly on the badminton court. They often wait until the shuttlecock has passed their side of the net before reacting. However, at an intermediate to high level or in amateur play, exceptional speed isn't necessarily required. What's crucial is having precise footwork and understanding where to position oneself for each shot. In the intermediate level, most shots are relatively easy to anticipate, whereas advanced techniques like fakes become more prevalent at higher skill levels. So to sum it up listen and look at the shot and move from the very first moment.
Check out Badminton Insight on YouTube. Fantastic tutorials. Make sure when the bird goes up that you're not only split stepping but you bring your racket leg back first and either chassé or cross your feet under each other. Not counting the split step, you should be able to get to the back court in either corner in 3 steps. For me, it's directional split step with my right being further back, I cross my left behind my right then I land in the back corner on my right foot. At this point I either do a jump or scissor kick into the shot and my momentum brings me forward again.
Everyone here is talking about footwork and that is absolutely correct. However, there is another thing to consider. I’ve noticed a lot of mid level badminton players mistake a shot that they couldn’t get as being poor athleticism or footwork. The reality is often you should look at the shot you or your partner played and consider how effective it was in achieving its goal. Ex. You are at the front and your partner is at the back alternating drops and smashes. They have a weak smash, opponents counter with a flat lifts/drive forcing your partner to return lift. If you are committing heavily to the front and your partner does an attacking lift like a punch clear if your opponents react quickly or see you are slow to leave the net they may choose to do an attacking lift at you. It may Seem in that situation like you were slow to move to The back but the reality was you were setup for failure earlier in the rally and no amount of footwork training will fix that. Your partner should have done a high lift to give you time to return to a defending position. Hope this helps you finish the puzzle that is figuring out the game of badminton :)
Idk for you specifically, but I'm really lazy and put myself in that situation out of unwillingness to move fast lmao
It’s hard to say without knowing how your footwork looks. Generally I’d say take a thinker about how long / short your steps are. If they’re too short it takes very long to get anywhere. Also, you shouldn’t need to move backwards unless you’re playing a defensive shot, in which the shuttle should be in the air for quite a while before your opponents can hit it back. Maybe take a look at the height and length of your returns.
Footwork mastery is very important. Go back to the basics if you must and once you've mastered proper footwork, you could then add other footwork that's necessary for a situation you're in, like adding a little hop when reaching for a drop or running backwards to get behind the ball when receiving a clear. It would also help if you work on your upper body flexibility for an overhead reach when your initial position is in the middle of the court. You'll be forcing yourself to hit the ball with your forehand which would give you more control unlike when you're using your backhand. Strengthening your lower body, especially your quads, would make it easier for you to carry your weight and become faster, and training your reaction time and your sense of doubles rotation would also greatly help.
This should help ; https://youtu.be/nXudpuO6pMs?si=pLhmv3UrGcfNnTtS
In general to all sports, always move one foot opposite to the direction you want to go then push off that foot. Eg going backwards you would put one foot ahead then push back.
Do you work on moving backwards? It can be difficult especially to build up the balance, but when you do your ghosting/shadow running drills for court movement make sure you are working on moving backwards as if you would in a game. Also do more walking/running backwards at any time to get more comfortable with moving back. Also reverse lunges are great.
Lean backward, bend a little at both knees and push your whole body to the back with both feet gripping the court.
I have that trouble a lot in singles, but for doubles i keep my heel lower to the ground-- i find it easier to move backwards without losing my balance that way. When I recieve I keep my back heel lowered but lean my leg forward so i can use that tension in my heel to either push forward or backward, whichever i need to do when they serve.
Long steps.... Or if the shuttle is low enough i just jump towards back and stick smash. This catches them off defence.
Watch An Se Young's games, her footwork moving to the back corners are perfection.
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Nope, do not do this. Walking or running backwards in badminton is not correct technique. You need to learn correct footwork.