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Playing a game, whether for fun or passion, requires rigorous practice and more than a will to win. You need the preparation and right attitude to win the game. Badminton is no exception to it. Badminton is a game which improves your health and it is taken up by many people as a leisure activity. For many, it is an ideal way to tone up the muscles and burn the excess calories. So, badminton is a great exercise and therefore helps improve your lifestyle. However, those who are preparing to play this game at a more competitive level and want to make a living out of it should practice the game with a winning spirit. For, this you need to be very serious about how to play badminton.

How to Play Badminton

The main aim of the game is to hit the shuttle over the net towards the opponent in such a manner that it cannot be returned. You need to be able to hit shuttle in different directions. Whether you are hitting hard or delicately, but the purpose should not be lost and that is to hit the shuttle in the opponent’s court. Now, this requires constant practice and thorough badminton training. Now, when it comes to training, you can take live training lessons at the court from a professional player or a coach.

Badminton Lessons Online

However, there are other methods which are more prevalent these days. Those are online badminton training programs. Simply put, instead of taking lessons on the court, you will be taking badminton lessons online right in front of your computer screen. There are various virtual clubs that have been formed to cater to the needs of millions of people who do not have time to go to a physical badminton club regularly. These people can learn how to play badminton through the badminton training videos available on the virtual badminton clubs.

Badminton Training Videos

Newbie players can learn a lot through these online badminton training videos of the professional players and understand the techniques adopted by the player and the forehand and the backhand grips and many more. The virtual clubs offer not only one video but several videos for teaching you different techniques. You can learn the same video over and over again and master a particular technique which you are comfortable with.

The key to master the game of badminton is to strengthen the very basics of the game.

How well you can improve your badminton skills depends on how familiar you are with the basic skills. Have you ever wondered why badminton is so popular in Asia and Europe, but not in US and Australia? Or why do the top class players come from Asia and Europe?

Let me share my thoughts with you.

In Asia, badminton is a game where families (especially fathers) bring their kids to badminton courts on weekends. Dad will teach their kids the very basic skills in badminton. Since young, kids would have picked up the basic techniques. When they grow up, they’ll find their group of friends to play badminton. With a solid badminton background, these kids explore further skills in badminton and start to develop new advanced techniques. Badminton is not only a national sport to some Asian countries; it is also an inherited culture where families and friends maintain relationships.

My point here is, you will only need to learn basic badminton skills at the beginning. Once you have mastered these basics, you won’t need to learn advanced techniques. You will naturally develop them! Executing strong smashes, performing quality deceptions, or diving to defend a smash… You’ll find badminton exciting when you are able to perform these techniques! Learn the correct basics in badminton and practise them. When you possess strong basic skills, you will eventually develop advanced techniques by yourself.

The most important basic badminton skills you should learn are:

Gripping technique: The correct way of gripping a badminton racquet enables you to transfer more power into your badminton strokes.

Basic badminton stroke (full arm swing): When you have mastered the basic badminton swing motion, you will be able to use it to perform a badminton clear, drop shot, and smash.

Footwork: Badminton is a game of speed. Effective and organised footwork plays an important role in enabling you to move faster around the badminton court. It’s simple! Just learn, practise, and master these 3 basics and you will find yourself exploring new advanced techniques by yourself.

A few examples of advanced badminton techniques are:

1. Fast attacks (maximum wrist action)
2. Attacking clear
3. Net kill
4. Deception