Badminton Defence Training at home
Channel: Supreme Sport
Date: 2021-01-21

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1. Gripping technique
First, grip your racket correctly. Make sure you know how to use the forehand grip for forehand strokes and backhand grip for backhand strokes.

Hold your racket correctly in order to maximise your wrist action.

With the correct gripping technique,
your fingers are positioned in such a way that it’ll greatly assist
your wrist in generating a strong flick or snapping motion.

Forehand Grip: Use your index finger to push your racket forward and at the same time, flick your wrist forward towards the shuttle.

Backhand Grip: Same as the forehand grip, except that you use your THUMB to push the racket forward.

2. Do Not Grip Your Racket Tightly
It is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT that you do not grip your racket too tightly or else you’ll not be able to maximise your wrist action.

When performing any type of badminton shots that requires a lot of power (eg. smashing), DO NOT grip your racket too tightly! you’ll realise that the power of your wrist can actually be very STRONG.

3. Fast Snapping Motion of Your Wrist

When your racket is about to make contact with the shuttle, flick
your wrist with a quick snapping motion. When you do this, the power
from your wrist movement will also be transferred into your shot.

Maximise your wrist movement. Perform a full flick of your wrist instead of merely moving your wrist by a bit.

Do you want to get more POWER? Practice with badminton training rackets or put the racket case on to make it heavier.

I find it very useful because it trains players to improve their wrist action to generate the snapping motion of your wrist.

The badminton backhand overhead stroke depends on strong wrist action to generate the power.

Important Advice:
The KEY to strong badminton wrist action is to not hold your racket too tightly.

In order to make sure you’re not holding your racket too tightly,
make sure that your muscles are RELAXED and not tensed at all times.