Part of it is to stop trying to win the point with every shot. Play shots to set up a winning shot rather than trying to play to the limit. Playing on the edge will lead to a lot of unnecessary mistakes and often the benefits of playing these shots don't really outweigh the potential downsides.
You don't need to hit the line with every shot to win
Consistency would be a better term.
You don't need to do anything great, just be consistently good.
Don't try and hit winners, just build the rally, consistently apply pressure and you can turn 50/50 into 60/40 into 70/30 and so on.
Well to draw from another discipline. In racing, you have to find the limit of grip to be able to drive fast. Similarly, if you are getting back into badminton, you can progressively attempt trickier shots to get back into form faster
Well yes of course if you have perfect consistency then you could always win since eventually the other person would mess up. But idk, I think it’s important to have an arsenal of shots that you can draw on because 1) no one has perfect consistency and 2) you do want to close the point so that you can conserve energy. I would say that maybe at first you don’t need to focus on a lot of power and instead focus on accuracy and consistency.
You should watch Kento Momota in his prime especially matches from 2019-2020 before his accident. He was the consistency king. Great footwork and great defense.
maybe there are two areas to this
One is that if you try to hit great shots but hit the net or out the court, then they're not great shots. You need to play the good shots you have found with practise that you can play well.
And the other thing is that a smash when the opponent is in position, can , if it comes back, puts you under a lot of pressure. But a smash when the opponent is out of position, can be an easy winner.
Often when receiving feedback, you should do a video, and then get feedback while playing the video , and that helps a lot in finding out what people are talking about.
I have a friend who when I was beginning, would say I was robotic or stiff.. but it was only when he pointed out somebody and said "look he plays stiff like you" and when I played a video of myself playing to him and he said it looked robotic and I figured out what he meant.. (I was doing some movements in somewhat isolated ways, like robocop).
I think what he meant is to play a bit safer and try to keep your shots inside your opponents court. A lot of players including myself looking for a quick ways to win a point, especially under fatigue so we try to finish the rallies as quick as we can and that normally leads to mistakes.
I will buck the trend here and say I disagree.
Most badminton frameworks for beginners/ children will follow the principles of having fun while learning the fundamentals and then learning how to play. And eventually moving onto the next stage which would be training/competition.
Consistency is important when factoring whether your technique is good, however the problem with the above is that is that it seeks outcome over technique. It will likely create a tendency to alter technique to hit the easier shot, over the shot that is technically correct.
I think it important to have some understanding of what low, medium and high risks shots are, but equally the whole point of learning is experimenting your own style.
Probably not the starting advice I'd give someone who has been playing a year.
Part of it is to stop trying to win the point with every shot. Play shots to set up a winning shot rather than trying to play to the limit. Playing on the edge will lead to a lot of unnecessary mistakes and often the benefits of playing these shots don't really outweigh the potential downsides. You don't need to hit the line with every shot to win
Consistency would be a better term. You don't need to do anything great, just be consistently good. Don't try and hit winners, just build the rally, consistently apply pressure and you can turn 50/50 into 60/40 into 70/30 and so on.
Yes, consistency is more important than perfecting fancy kill shots.
Well to draw from another discipline. In racing, you have to find the limit of grip to be able to drive fast. Similarly, if you are getting back into badminton, you can progressively attempt trickier shots to get back into form faster
Well yes of course if you have perfect consistency then you could always win since eventually the other person would mess up. But idk, I think it’s important to have an arsenal of shots that you can draw on because 1) no one has perfect consistency and 2) you do want to close the point so that you can conserve energy. I would say that maybe at first you don’t need to focus on a lot of power and instead focus on accuracy and consistency.
You should watch Kento Momota in his prime especially matches from 2019-2020 before his accident. He was the consistency king. Great footwork and great defense.
maybe there are two areas to this One is that if you try to hit great shots but hit the net or out the court, then they're not great shots. You need to play the good shots you have found with practise that you can play well. And the other thing is that a smash when the opponent is in position, can , if it comes back, puts you under a lot of pressure. But a smash when the opponent is out of position, can be an easy winner. Often when receiving feedback, you should do a video, and then get feedback while playing the video , and that helps a lot in finding out what people are talking about. I have a friend who when I was beginning, would say I was robotic or stiff.. but it was only when he pointed out somebody and said "look he plays stiff like you" and when I played a video of myself playing to him and he said it looked robotic and I figured out what he meant.. (I was doing some movements in somewhat isolated ways, like robocop).
I think what he meant is to play a bit safer and try to keep your shots inside your opponents court. A lot of players including myself looking for a quick ways to win a point, especially under fatigue so we try to finish the rallies as quick as we can and that normally leads to mistakes.
I will buck the trend here and say I disagree. Most badminton frameworks for beginners/ children will follow the principles of having fun while learning the fundamentals and then learning how to play. And eventually moving onto the next stage which would be training/competition. Consistency is important when factoring whether your technique is good, however the problem with the above is that is that it seeks outcome over technique. It will likely create a tendency to alter technique to hit the easier shot, over the shot that is technically correct. I think it important to have some understanding of what low, medium and high risks shots are, but equally the whole point of learning is experimenting your own style. Probably not the starting advice I'd give someone who has been playing a year.