Badminton is an intense racket sport known for its fast pace, with shuttle speeds reaching up to 260 km/h. It enjoys significant popularity worldwide, particularly in Asia and parts of Europe, such as Denmark and the U.
Your range of tactical options will be heavily influenced by your hitting skill, your
movement skill, and your physical fitness.
You will need to adapt your tactics to cover your weaknesses and also to exploit your opponents’ weaknesses!
At high levels of play, one basic strategy is completely dominant: aggressive attacking play! Attacking play usually beats defensive play in the end.
Attacking in doubles involves hitting the shuttlecock downwards, especially with net kills and smashes. These two shots are the most common winning shots.
Attacking play in the sense of hitting dow is not dominant in singles. That’s because it’s easy to escape the attack: you just have to block the opponent’s smash back to the net.
In doubles, however, it is difficult to escape the attack because the two attackers work together to maintain their attack. One player smashes from the back, and the other intercepts any replies to the net or midcourt.
Doubles
Doubles defending formation
When defending, you must adopt a side-by-side
formation so that you can cover the full width of the doubles court. If you can’t cover the full width of the court, then you will lose the rally immediately to any well-placed smash (or even a drop shot). You should stand about one step back from the middle of the court, to give yourselves time to react to the smash. If either of you stands near the net, then he will be vulnerable to a smash.
Doubles attacking formation
When attacking, you should adopt a formation with one
player in the rearcourt, and the other player towards
the front of the court. The rear player will cover most shots to the rearcourt, continuing to play smashes or drop shots; the forwards player will cover replies to the net or midcourt, either playing kills or shots that provoke another lift.
The tactic:
Individual badminton
Hitting to the middle as a defensive resource.
The principle of hitting to the corners, and the differences between corners. By playing shots to
the corners, you maximise the distance your opponent must cover.
The idea of a central base position and how it should be adjusted. When playing singles, you need
to be able to cover all parts of the court. This means you must stand in a roughly central base position.
The basic strategy in singles: movement pressure. By forcing your opponent to move quickly
about the court, you create situations where he will reach the shuttlecock late and have difficulty playing an effective shot. Once he plays a weak shot, you have the choice between pushing him even farther out of position, or attempting to win the rally immediately
Positions
F) The Drive
The drive shot is a basic flat shot, directly hit over the net. It is a powerful, quick counter-attacking shot that is easy to execute. Your racket should be held with the head facing straight ahead. It can sometimes be strategic to aim the shot at your opponent who will be unable to react or shift his body in time as their natural reaction will be to duck the shot.
E) The Drop
Badminton Drop Shots are delicate badminton shots that can win you points if you do like a trick.
There are forehand and backhand drops. You can use it pretending to execute a smash, so your opponent moves to the back of the court. Slow your arm at the last minute and hit the shuttle slowly, so your opponent does not have time to run to the front of the court.
D) The Smash
It is the strongest of all badminton shots. There are
forehand and backhand smashes. To do a good smash, hit the shuttle further in front of your body than the clear. The shuttle goes to the ground. The trajectory of the shuttle makes it difficult for your opponent to return.
C) The Clear
You can do forehand and backhand clears.You must hit the shuttle when it is over your
head. The clear makes the shuttle fly high and land on the back part of your opponent’s court. Use it to move your opponent to the back of the court or to defend.
B) The serve
A badminton serve must be hit below waist height and with the racquet shaft pointing downwards You need to serve diagonally. You can do it in two ways: forehand or backhand Take a look to the green zones of the pictures below and notice where to serve in singles and in doubles.
A) Basic position
To react quickly you must have a good waiting position.
Feet apart. Bend your knees. Hold the racket in front of your body, head up. Weight on your toes.
How do you play?
-To win a match, you have to win 2 out of 3 sets.
-To win a set, you have to score 21 points.
-You score a point when your opponent can´t return the shuttle or the shuttle he/she returns falls out bounds (out of the court).
-In singles, you serve on the right service court when your score is an even number (0, 2, 4...).
-You serve on the left service court when your score is an odd number (1, 3, 5...)
-If a score becomes 20-20, the side which scores 2 consecutive points will win that game.
-If the score becomes 29-29, the side that scores the 30th point will win that game.
What is it?
Badminton is a fast racket sport. The shuttle reaches 260 km/h. Badminton is one of the most played
sports in the World. It is a very popular sport in Asia and some parts of Europe like Denmark and U.K. You can play badminton in Individual competitions (singles) or Doubles. Men and women can play together, as there are Mixed Doubles (a man and a woman). Carolina Marín is the Olympic Champion (Río 2016), three time World Champion (Denmark 2014, Indonesia 2015; China 2018 and she is from Huelva, Spain.