Badminton Striking skills By Casey Lovell

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Badminton Striking skillsBy Casey Lovell
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Basic Skills

• Grip
• Underhand vertical hits (how many in a row)
• Overhand vertical hits
• Combine both
• Wall drill

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Partner Skills

• Partner up and simply volley back and forth using
  any method that they can to get it to there
  partner. Note no net is used yet
  
• Using a net continue the same skill.
• When they feel comfortable they should attempt to
  adjust there arm angle to strike to birdie in
  different directions towards there partner.
  

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3 Important strikes in Badminton

• Overhead clear
• Overhead smash
• Low serve

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Overhead Clear

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Overhead Clear

• The birdie will be tossed up in the air and
  struck at an angle as to hit it deep into the
  opponents court.
  
• The opponent should catch the birdie then toss it
  up him/herself and execute the overhead clear.
  
• When comfortable the students should be able to
  do this back and forth with out stopping the
  rally.

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Overhead Clear

• Changing the environment
• Returning the birdie with a clear (angles of the
  body)
  
• Height of a good clear (string)
• Cones for landing
• Buckets to aim for

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Overhead Clear

• Additional sports that can be played that will
  help build skill level of the over head clear
  through transfer of learning.
  
• Baseball (Throwing from the outfield)
• Tennis (Sending a deep hit ball back across
  court)
  
• Football (Quarterback throwing a deep pass)

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Overhead Smash
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Overhead Smash

• A powerful overhead swing much like that of a
  professional tennis players serve.
  
• Birdie is struck at about a 35 degree angle and
  should be un-returnable.
  
• This can be a single person drill or a partner
  drill.
  

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Overhead Smash

• Changing the environment
• Adjust the dead zone (novice-advanced)
• Net height adjustment
• Birdie placement
• Court striking point

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Overhead Smash

• Additional sports that can be played that will
  help build skill level of the over head clear
  through transfer of learning.
  
• Spiking a volleyball over the net
• Pitching a ball at a downward angle
• Smashing a ping pong ball in table tennis

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Low Serve
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Low Serve

• This is a gentle strike barely clearing the net
  and landing past the opponents short serve line.
  
• Serves should vary in angle and directions in
  which they land.
  
• Just as the overhead smash, the court will be of
  use for this skill.

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Low Serve

• Changing the environment
• String 12 inches above net
• Cones 12 inches past the short serve line
• Visual objects help with aiming points
• Modifications
• Adjust the height of the string
• Adjust height of the net
• Move the cones accordingly

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Low Serve

• Additional sports that can be played that will
  help build skill level of the over head clear
  through transfer of learning.
  
• Under hand tosses of a baseball or softball
• Pickle ball serves
• Table tennis serves
• Underhand serve in volleyball