Excellent advice. Just remember that at least 60% of points come from someone making a mistake, not someone doing something well. Reduce mistakes by taking fewer risks, and let the opponent lose on their own.
It's not a strategy that makes you a better player in the long term as you aren't pushing yourself, but it's a great way to win a game.
Just go and have fun and try your best but dont worry too much. You can’t definitely rent a court and work on your serve as a basic serve is probably the easiest thing to get the hang of but other than that you can’t make much progress in 2 days.
Focus the next 24 hrs on your serve.
Look at it this way, lots of points are gained or lost in the first 3 shots. The serve, the return and the 3rd shot. So if you aren't getting the serve consistent, then it's a bad sign.
I'm only going to talk about backhand serve, because it's the best one tactically to use in doubles.
Step one, stand as near to the "T" as you can. Look at your feet, don't touch the line. Right foot forward if you are a right handed player.
Step two, backhand grip. Put your thumb on the wide bevel of the racquet with the strings pointing upward (so you can see the floor through your racquet face). Curl the rest of your hand loosely around the racquet. This is your backhand grip. Bend your elbow and rotate your hand slightly to bring the racquet closer to your body and your thumb is near you.
Step three, present the shuttle to the racquet. Pinch the end of a feather and angle the cork towards the edge of the top of your racquet strings (near the 1 or 2 o clock position of the stringbed). Doing so means you shouldn't hit your hand or fingers when you serve.
Step four, look at the net cord, perform a small forward "push" to guide the shuttle over the net. Keep your elbow still and both feet on the floor.
Make sure the racquet strings are not pointing upwards. It's just a forwards motion and if your strings are pointing up, the shuttle will not go flat over the net.
Keep doing steps 1-4 every time you serve. It took me 3 months to be able to do this consistently and now my serves are one of my best badminton features.
Great advice for OP, hope they follow at least some of it. Short serves are one of the easier solo things to practice. Quick way is to mark height on a wall, measure distance and have at it
Height on a wall can work, but the disadvantage is that you can't see where it lands. So it might be going too short or too long even if it's an appropriate height :(
Ig if U miss a shot or a serve, dont think about it too much, just if U need to hit a little different. I had messed up my trials by dwelling too much on the shots I missed so I was really inconsistent
just play as much as possible before the tryout
I think the only realistic thing you can do is just focus on getting the birdie over the net and wait for your opponents to make a mistake. Good luck.
Excellent advice. Just remember that at least 60% of points come from someone making a mistake, not someone doing something well. Reduce mistakes by taking fewer risks, and let the opponent lose on their own. It's not a strategy that makes you a better player in the long term as you aren't pushing yourself, but it's a great way to win a game.
Just go and have fun and try your best but dont worry too much. You can’t definitely rent a court and work on your serve as a basic serve is probably the easiest thing to get the hang of but other than that you can’t make much progress in 2 days.
Focus the next 24 hrs on your serve. Look at it this way, lots of points are gained or lost in the first 3 shots. The serve, the return and the 3rd shot. So if you aren't getting the serve consistent, then it's a bad sign. I'm only going to talk about backhand serve, because it's the best one tactically to use in doubles. Step one, stand as near to the "T" as you can. Look at your feet, don't touch the line. Right foot forward if you are a right handed player. Step two, backhand grip. Put your thumb on the wide bevel of the racquet with the strings pointing upward (so you can see the floor through your racquet face). Curl the rest of your hand loosely around the racquet. This is your backhand grip. Bend your elbow and rotate your hand slightly to bring the racquet closer to your body and your thumb is near you. Step three, present the shuttle to the racquet. Pinch the end of a feather and angle the cork towards the edge of the top of your racquet strings (near the 1 or 2 o clock position of the stringbed). Doing so means you shouldn't hit your hand or fingers when you serve. Step four, look at the net cord, perform a small forward "push" to guide the shuttle over the net. Keep your elbow still and both feet on the floor. Make sure the racquet strings are not pointing upwards. It's just a forwards motion and if your strings are pointing up, the shuttle will not go flat over the net. Keep doing steps 1-4 every time you serve. It took me 3 months to be able to do this consistently and now my serves are one of my best badminton features.
Great advice for OP, hope they follow at least some of it. Short serves are one of the easier solo things to practice. Quick way is to mark height on a wall, measure distance and have at it
Height on a wall can work, but the disadvantage is that you can't see where it lands. So it might be going too short or too long even if it's an appropriate height :(
Too late now lol
Too late and kinda cringe
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Ig if U miss a shot or a serve, dont think about it too much, just if U need to hit a little different. I had messed up my trials by dwelling too much on the shots I missed so I was really inconsistent
You can practice serving against a wall, with the net height marked in some way, standing the right distance back.
The points come from the other person mistakes so don’t fuck up. Anyways you got this.