Do Not Land on Your Toes
In badminton movement is very important skill
I feel
in a way
you are hitting the shuttlecock
with your feet
not with your racket
why I say that
it doesn't matter how good hitting skills you have
if your movement is not efficient
if your movement skill is not right
you can't get to the shuttlecock fast enough
further more
you cannot find exact right spot
for each shuttlecock
if you find wrong spot
the impact point will be different
there fore your hitting skills will not work
I have been coaching for many years
but I am surprised to see many players
fresh players to badminton
intermediate players
and even experienced club players
have this problem
I have not found out
why many players have this problem
it does not look comfortable
and this is causing many problems
but still many players are doing it
what is it?
Landing on your toes
what I mean
so shuttle is there
you go to the shuttlecock
please watch my right foot
when you are landing at the impact
it should be your heel
landing first
watch me
like that
like this
like that
that way your landing is solid
because your landing is solid
you can recover powerfully
straight away promptly
but
many players
at the time they are hitting
at the time they are landing
they land on their toe
they are landing in this way
if I move side way
they land like that
not
like that
same
backhand
it should be
like that
one more
like that
but surprisingly
more than 60% of players I see
they are trying and they are
landing like that
like this
number one
it is not comfortable at all
number two
landing on toe
limits how much he can go
to the shuttlecock
number three
because landing on toe is not strong
it can cause problem on knees
and ankle, it can be turned
it looks like
the person who is doing that
in the normal life walks like this
no person
walks like that
because it is not natural
so watch this here this is wrong way
what I see
hit like that
only one reason
I am thinking why many players
try to land on toe
is
may be they saw textbook
what some experienced players
advice them use your toe
so use your toe
is right at the base
but not
when you are hitting
when you are landing
so watch this
I am here
I will land toe
to go over the line from here
over the line
because shuttle is over there
I try to land on toe
I have to do that
same
I land my heel first
which is right way, which is natural way
yeah
I can do that
but if I land on my toe
I can't go there
so when I ask players
try to land your heel first
is this
naturally
like that
and sometimes the players
who hear that and try to do well
and they do extreme way
yeah that's too much
that's not what I am asking
just naturally
that
that ready
compare
that ready
is wobbly
I can't move now
but if you land on heel
you are ready
and when you land on heel
your posture is solid
than like this
like that
not like this
very dangerous to your ankle
and your knee
because you can't land on toe straight way
the players who land on toe
normally they turn it
and their ankle direction is wrong
their knee direction is wrong
so please check
you may do it
because in my experience
out of 10 players
6 or 7 players have this problem surprisingly
please check yourself
and if you are doing it change it straight away