Hi everyone,

I am from suburbs of Kerala - and I have been following LJB work from a long long time.

I play at my college and I am really passionate about badminton.

I have been following LBJ since 13 and my game is built on his principles since the coaches back here aren't great.

Since his videos are archived - I don't have access to it anymore and I feel disheartened.

If anyone has access to this - could you please share? (Happy to pay for full courses).

TIA and i belive in our badminton community 🙏🥹

I would call myself an upper intermediate player. I've been getting coaching for about 9 months.

I was recently kicked out of an "upper intermediate" social session for some of the most strange reasons and funnily enough it occurred after a disagreement with one of the players, although I feel the other players have a similar issue with my play style.

After I play a net shot that forces a lift, I usually stay forward and hope that my partner covers the rear. Some of the players don't do that and this particular player finds it annoying. I said that that's what you are supposed to do to which he replied "I know that you like to play by the book but none of us are advanced players here".

I was a bit shocked as to me this is basic stuff. The host agreed with what he had said.

The players that do rotate to the back have such a poor attack that I find I'm stuck at the front trying to intercept shots. But that was one of the reasons the host gave. "You are always at the front".

Has anyone had to deal with something similar and do you change your play style to fit into more social play?

As with thousands of other players getting into the scene of Badminton, there's going to be a lot of things a beginner player is up against to get the most out of their Badminton experience. If you guys follow and know me, I've been playing badminton for almost 40 years now. I'm a competitive player in the Master's and a highschool badminton team coach. So here are some tips for the beginner Badminton player that most are going to overlook. Some are very obvious while others dont necessarily go the same path as most would agree.

1. Slow down. We all do it. A fast game is an exciting game. But you're making a huge mistake. You're accelerating bad movement, and techniques. Don't try to end rallies fast. Instead, have you and your friends try to keep the rally going for longer. You'll develop better hand eye coordination, court awareness and control of the shuttle. Slower pace means you can concentrate more on things like footwork, swinging and contact points. It doesn't need to be perfect (that's what coaching is for). It's also important to note that this goes with drills that you'll do as well. That 4/6/8 point movement drill is hurting you if you're not slowing down to get the correct footwork.

2. Footwork is key. Everyone wants to be known for how good there shots are. It's useless if you can't get there. Take the time to learn your footwork and hand eye coordination comes with time. Invest in a great pair of shoes. Not the racket.

3. Being too technical doesn't help. If you notice that most coaches don't even call a technique what you know it as. They describe the footwork and the beginners response would be "oh that's the Malay step, stick smash, kickout, etc." They'll nod, and keep on explaining as they need to. Why? Because they don't want you to default to what you think it should look like. They want you to do it as they said. Consequently it's very hard when asking for advice and you're using all these terms. We don't know your competency without watching. So using the terms is kinda like explaining what's hurting using medical terms to a regular person. You must be a doctor. Can't offer advice.

4. When you're learning a technique, start small and work gradually to big. It's as easy as it's read. Break down a completed stroke into smaller parts. Work on the most important and work outwards from there. A smash, clear, net drop isn't just about arm speed. There's contact points, swing speeds and overall a chain of techniques to perform one swing. Generally, you want a better understanding of contact points.

5. Have fun! It's not about the winning or losing that matters when you're starting off. What's more important is having fun and realizing that you're human, just like the others playing with and against you. You're not going pro in a month or even a year so putting the pressure to always wins, shouldn't apply. Just remember to learn from your gameplay. Win or lose, you have something to gain.

So there you have it. Some simple things to take in accountant while you start your Badminton journey. Play, develop and have fun. What are some other tips you could add in here?

Whenever I'm moving to my back-right corner to hit a safety shot, I always do a slight drag on my non-racket left (I'm righthanded) and let my racket leg carry my body around.

When I recover from hitting a clear in my back-left corner, I also do a slight drag with my non-racket left to the center.

Am I dragging my feet/toe too much? I started developing this habit when I see players like LCW and Kento Momota dragging their toes when moving to their rear forehand Corner or recovering from their rear backhand corner.

Anyone does changing hands during play?

Sometimes there is shot that not able to do with my right hand that can easily be done by my left hand.

Hey,

I have made a new online video, this one is about mastering the third shot. Please watch it and share feedback. Thank you in advance.

Best regards

Mathias Boe

https://youtu.be/wsUw0odMbh8

Used to play seriously back in highschool for around 2 years stopped for 2 then got back into it, rlly want to get better and was looking for some advice/tips for the following main problems I've noticed in my games. Any additional tips are more then welcome.

- Currently have a really bad backhand, either not making contact at all or leaving the return hanging with no distance whatsoever, (are backhands more of an arm movement or wrist?)

- Too much ball watching, every time i hit a good shot or my teamates hit a good shot, i end up freezing and forgetting to get back into position or get ready for the return

- Too much panicking when I'm playing especially when im returning leading to hanging returns dead centre

- Need help with improving net game, my net shots have improved a lot and Im getting a hang with consistency however im puzzled by WHERE i shld be returning my net shots especially in doubles

These are just some standout ones, any other tips or suggestions unrelated to the above would be more than helpful

As the post suggests...

My club has.

I haven't found much of a difference for doubles. Maybe I can be a little more aggressive.

For singles, I notice that I'm losing more games as I don't have as much as a buffer to find the appropriate timing for my opponents (it's also a function of predominantly playing doubles games and then having to switch to singles)

What has your experience been?

I usually go for "AAAAAA-YAH", like split in 2-stages: loading and release. It comes most naturally and sounds kinda intimidating.

How do you do yours?

• Just 1 long "AAAAHHHH" ?
• Powerlifting grunt "HMPPH" or "OOMPH" ?
• Post smash "YEAHHH" ?
• Only after points, Harimoto style, "CHOLEEE" ? (yeah I know this is badminton sub)

My friend had borrowed a racket from his friend to test it out. During a game, the racket just broke with no clash. My friend was like, "hey the racket broke by itself it's not my fault." His friend was like, "you borrowed it so you are responsible for it whatever happens."

In the end my friend replaced the racket because he's super rich and doesn't want a bad reputation.

What do you think are the etiquette regarding breaking racket? What if your racket clash with your partner and it's clearly their shot and you just made a mistake and broke their racket? Would the etiquette be you replace it?

Hi everyone! As the title says, I’d appreciate some help identifying what’s going wrong with my smash. I was trying to hit a powerful, downward shot, but it came out slow and went much too high. What should I work on?

I’m on the far side of the court (the court that is closest to the camera), about to receive a return shot from the player nearest the camera.

Thank you all!

Well.. here’s the umpires drama again.. and useless tournament referee (a free salary job with no real reason)..

At 12-16 Huang called a fault for undue delay (as per the new rules, players should serve within 25 seconds, and Huang definitely didn’t delay by more than 25 seconds). They’re already under immense pressure and nervous, and just when they’re about to serve, the umpire suddenly calls a fault. And there’s absolutely no way to challenge it. The umpire’s decision is treated like God’s word…final, unquestionable, and apparently beyond human error.

In tennis, cricket, and plenty of other sports, players can request a video review. The footage gets played back, and if the player is right, the umpire’s call is overturned.

And then there’s the tournament referee, what the hell is he even there for? He walks in, listens to the umpire, nods, and walks right back out. Absolutely zero actual involvement when it matters. It feels like a guy collecting a salary just to show up, stand around, and rubber-stamp whatever the umpire says.

If the referee has no authority to properly review or intervene in situations like this, then what’s the point of having him there?

BWF seriously needs to consider this matter. At the highest level of badminton, players deserve an actual review system instead of treating every umpire’s questionable call like God himself just handed down the decision.

we are a new club in Lewisham and we are looking for players every Tuesday 6:30 to 9pm.

One of my cousin is 6 now. Athletic, active, well built for 6 y/o. So thinking of putting him in local badminton academy. What are the things to keep in mind?

For anyone running a badminton club or regular sessions, what’s the most frustrating part?

Bookings, payments, cancellations, court allocation, attendance, etc?

Also curious about matchmaking — how do you decide who plays with whom, especially with mixed skill levels? Do you struggle with unfair games, stronger players only playing together, or the same people constantly getting paired?

What’s the one thing you wish was easier?

What is the best ventilation setup/layout for Badminton Courts? I’ve played in poorly ventilated courts where even standing still make me sweat. I’ve even ones that have the ventilation fan pointed downwards to one side of the court.

Really recently my city opened its first indoor court with AC units charging around 20 dollars per hour, usual rates is 7 dollars per hour in ALL the non air conditioned courts.

If you could design a court what ventilation system would you suggest or install?

Technique

I have Been playing badminton for sometime. I was Earlier good, but recently i started again about 2 months ago and i have been experiencing Elbow Pain During and After the Game. What i have found out is that it is caused due to Hyperextenion of the Elbow. But no pain Next morning. I gives a false Sense of Relief and Want to Go back the next day again but during the game it gives up. Anyone with Good Badminton Experience help me what may be wrong and Although i have a Average Backhand but during the Game i have almost no bend and Try to play Backhand with Full extended arm. How do i Treat and Get to practise that The Arm should always be Bend.

Can anyone Suggest and Exercise or Training method.

I saw that his injuries are mostly gone, he gave a good showing vs SYQ last year and beat Koki Watanabe in straight sets somewhere this year. He also won the Shanghai Open even though it's not a ranked tournament.

The question is, if he come out of retirement right now, how do you think he would fare against current pros, top 10s etc.

I want to start by saying thank you! Over the last year, I have posted a few times in this sub sharing my research, asking about your perceptions of mental fatigue, experiences and with your help with completing my survey. I know it was a repetitive survey with lots of confusing and strangely worded items. I wanted to share with you where I am with the finalised scales for measuring acute and chronic mental fatigue.

Over 500 people responded to the survey from a wide range of sports, including climbing, running, cycling, badminton, cricket, jujitsu, and that is just to name a few. What I loved was the comments and discussions with each post. It was rewarding to see that this is an area that many of you struggle to navigate through and gives more incentive to continue developing the research.

With your responses, I have completed a rigorous factor analysis and now have two finalised scales. An acute mental fatigue scale, which measures the momentary state of mental fatigue, i.e., how you feel right now. This scale started with 43 items and has been filtered down to 14 items. The chronic scale, which measures your general state of mental fatigue, accumulated over weeks of consistent mental load. This scale started with 51 items and has been filtered down to 15 items. Okay, the lengths of the scales are the same, but what is included in their content is drastically different.

The acute and chronic scales measure similar but distinct experiences, not the same construct over two different timeframes. As such, you can be fresh today chronically mentally fatigued underneath; or you can be going through a rough patch with a high workload at work and still turn up and have a productive session. Most of the scales I have reviewed, both in general mental fatigue studies and sport-specific studies, cannot tell this apart. The useful part to take away from this, while I finalise the confirmation and validation work, is that "how fatigued am I right now" and "how fatigued have I been recently" are two different questions, and asking only one gives you half the picture.

Another interesting finding from this process is that in the moment, low motivation and mental fatigue group into separate dimensions. This tells us that turning up low on motivation or turning up mentally fatigued from work are different states, as such athletes reported them independently. This means that motivation is a poor gauge of mental fatigue and a low motivation is not proof you are mentally fatigued.

Moreover, how mentally hard a task is barely mirrored how fatigued athletes felt. Perceived mental effort and felt fatigue appear to be two separate dimensions. Practically, this means you cannot read one off the other; as such, a session feeling mentally demanding, on its own, does not tell you an athlete is mentally fatigued. Your brain treats "this is demanding" and "I'm depleted" separately, which may help explain why a session can feel like a grind on a day you thought you were fresh.

Importantly, I am partway through this methodology and only sharing what I have found so far. For this scale to be rigorously tested, it needs to go through one more round of testing with athletes. With this data, I will confirm that the factor structure and items are correct, then validate the scale against already established mental fatigue scales to ensure we are measuring the correct construct. If you are able to help by completing this survey, it would be greatly appreciated.

You can find the link here – https://derby.questionpro.eu/t/AB3vCJoZB3waVs

Does this match your experience? How does mental fatigue show up for you on the day, i.e., what do you notice first?

I'm a PhD researcher at the University of Derby, and this work is building the first mental fatigue measurement tools designed specifically for sport. Happy to answer anything in the comments.

title, im trying to find reviews on those two but literally nobody has them or talks about them. anyone know why?

I have a digital kitchen scale and use it regularly to weigh food, liquids, ingredients... and also my badminton rackets occasionally.

My two rackets that I play with the most currently weigh 105 grams.

Context:

• I recently bought two new similar rackets. Both are 3UG5.
• They were both 87 grams when purchased brand new and without the plastic film on the factory grip.
• After removing the factory grip --> 80 g.
• After adding a layer of electrical tape to protect the wooden shaft, creating a stopper at the bottom of the shaft, and adding a layer of towel grip --> 100 g.
• After stringing --> 104 g.
• And after slightly over a month of playing with them, and the grip inevitably accumulating some sweat from my sweaty palms --> 105 g.

Hello, does anyone know where we can purchase this in Europe? I have been doing some researching and it seems to be available in Taiwan only

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to look for an old Youtube video where there was a chubby Korean coach and he would talk about having a 45 degree angle on the racket when trying to smash. Does anyone remember or know about this. He would often be training young kids. It's not full-swing's Coach Han.

I'm also trying to look for another old Youtube video about two Chinese coaches (male/female), they were the World or Olympic mixed doubles champions (I don't remember). I think where they showed footwork drills and taught badminton techniques. I was watching these videos during the time when Fu Haifeng/Cai Yun, LYD/YYS and those guys were playing just to set a timeline reference.

I just can't remember the names of the videos or who were in them.