Hey guys and welcome back to Badminton Insight! If you're new here we're two professional players
trying to help grow the sport of badminton and also trying to help you improve your game with
our content. In today's video we're going to teach you how to do the late backhand shot!
Getting pushed deep into the rear court corners shouldn't mean that the rally is instantly over
but you do need to have good technique to generate the power to get yourself out of
trouble and back into the rally. The technique for this shot is very different to when you're taking
the backhand shot a little bit earlier which is why we've had some requests for this tutorial
after our video which covered the backhand clear, drop and smash! So hopefully you're going to get
great tips of how you can get out of this position successfully, so let's get straight into it!
Okay so the most common thing people get wrong with this shot is the grip
because you're taking it late and behind you you actually can't use a backhand grip you need to
change the grip to a panhandle grip like this with your thumb in line with the frame of the racket
this is so you can bend your wrist so that the strings are facing the net
if you're do it in a backhand grip then you'll end up hitting the next court!
like it's literally not possible to use a backhand grip and play this shot
successfully unless you turn around and play it like this which we see many people do!
Now the panhandle grip is going to allow us the power necessary to play this shot
okay so let's move on to the footwork and the racket swing. Even though you're under a lot of
pressure you still want to have controlled movement, you want to keep your body upright
and not let your core collapse like this if you do let it collapse then you're going to lose control
of the shuttle and you won't be giving your body enough room to rotate! As you're taking the shuttle
late you want to keep your legs low to the ground and have a low center of gravity and if you're
struggling with either keeping your core upright or doing a deep lunge then check out our resources
which we'll link in the description below! So from the split step you do a small chasse and
then pivot on your non-racket leg, this is a small and quick movement as you don't have much time
If you're a tall player then you might just pivot without the small chasse as we're showing here
Another reason for not doing lots of steps is because you want to keep some distance between
yourself and the shuttle and this will really help with your hitting action as we'll go through now
You want to make sure you're hitting the shot with a slight bend in your elbow
so you should adjust your movement in order to be this distance away, you then rotate your body and
shoulder and then really squeeze the grip and create this forearm rotation to hit the shot
and for the drop shot you need to slice the shuttle a little bit in order to generate control
If you're really tucked in then it will limit your ability to let the arm come through
and generate power in the shot it will also limit the ability to play both straight and cross-court
shots which Jenny is about to explain... so putting all of these components together we're going
to show you how to practice this shot and the different shots you can play from this position
You can do a variety of shots firstly with some pace to the service line
either straight or cross. To do the cross shot you would turn your racket strings to face
the direction you want to hit it and you may also need to create more space to allow this
you want to include pace in your shot to not make an easy kill for the opponent
as you can see we're practicing these shots with a single shuttle
but if you're struggling with consistency then you can do it with multiple shuttles
you can also do a clear if they're really moving forwards towards the net
For this you would need more whip to create the additional power
a really important point when practicing this is that you need to make sure the feeder puts
the worker under a lot of pressure! It's really hard to get right but is essential for this practice!
You can then practice survival shots you would actually do in
a match whilst becoming comfortable playing these under extreme pressure :)
This is a shot that requires a lot of practice so don't expect it to be perfect straight away
keep working at it and using the tips that we've given throughout this video!
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