The Biggest Mistakes Amateurs Make In Badminton

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⏰ Timestamps:
00:00 – Introduction
00:24 – Bryan
1:26 – Yuma
2:15 – Nghia
3:23 – Jonathan
4:09 – Melvin
5:26 – Yutaka

A few weeks ago we asked our subscribers to send us footage of them playing badminton and after watching we found some common mistakes that if they can change will massively improve their game! So in this video we’re going to focus on doubles and the points we make will be applicable to a lot of you too so as we go through the video think about whether you make the same mistakes and listen out for our tips on how to fix them! So first up we 
have Bryan from Malaysia who’s in the red shirt now Bryan like a lot of players could be winning 
more points if he improved his ability to know what shot is his and what isn’t. So Brian hits a 
good serve but then he tries to take the return of serve which ends in disaster and if we look at his 
partner he was literally waiting there and in a great position, but the question is how do you know when to take this shot and when to leave it? Well we have a general rule of thumb if you serve and 
can move forwards into the shot then it’s yours if you serve and move sidewards but can still hit 
the shuttle in line or in front of your body it’s yours but if you serve then move sidewards and 
you’re striking the shuttle behind your body like Bryan was then it’s not yours. This is because you can’t see where your opponents are and you won’t be able to play as good of a shot yeah if Bryan 
had left this shot for his partner this is what could have happened instead he can move forwards into it and he can see where his opponents are so he’s more likely to play a better shot. Funny 
enough this is the same mistake we saw Yuma making who’s in the red top from Indonesia again 
he turns backwards to take the shot whereas his partner would have been moving forwards and taking it much earlier! We told you these were common mistakes that a lot of you make but as you can see improving this is literally the difference between losing and winning rallies! We also saw one other area of improvement for Yuma and this will really help him and you get to that next level so Yuma makes a great move forwards towards the net but then look at the placement of these next two shots, he hits them both to his opponent’s racket. If we compare this to one of the world’s best men’s 
doubles players Kim Won Ho who is amazing at this you can see that he switches the second shot to the other side and doesn’t let them off like Yuma did Okay let’s move on to Nghia from Vietnam who’s in the yellow top now Nghia had some great areas like his power and speed but in the short clip he sent in we noticed one key area for improvement so if you watch closely here Nghia hits a really 
nice drop shot and got himself a short lift ready to use his powerful smash but he then hits it 
straight onto his opponent’s racket which gets his partner into trouble and they lose the rally 
as a result Oh that’s unlucky though! Now aside from just don’t hit to your opponent’s racket we have one rule that would have helped Nghia in this situation yeah so if your opponents lift 
down the middle you generally want to smash down the middle unless of course it’s a very short 
lift and this is for two reasons one is that it can create confusion between your opponents 
about who’s shot it is and the second reason is that if they do get it back it’s likely to 
come back into your partner’s hitting zone if we compare this to what happened with Nghia his partner was stood in the middle as he should be but then because the smash went to the side 
the easiest reply was down the tramline which exposed his partner and forced him to take 
it late! Now let’s compare this to our next subscriber Jonathan from Australia who’s 
in the black top his opponents lifted to the middle and Jonathan hit down the middle 
creating confusion and it was an outright winner Yes! Jonathan knows the rule… or does 
he? Two points later his opponent did the exact same lift but this time Jonathan played a different shot to their racket! Why Jonathan, why? Yeah some basic Badminton Insight for you 
all – if it’s working like really working then keep doing it until it’s no longer working! That’s why you’ll see some pros flick time after time or use the same return of serve again and again! Next up we have Melvin from England who’s in the black top and in the clip he sent in we noticed that 
whilst he was technically and physically really good there were some elements of his tactical game that could definitely be improved so let’s break this rally down and show you what Melvin could 
have done differently so his partner plays a great cross court drive but then even with the opponent looking like this both of them just stay stood there! So the first tip for Melvin and his partner 
is to make moves forwards this is something pros do all of the time when they see that their 
opponent is in trouble and doing this means they can instantly finish off the rally! So yeah 
hopefully Melvin now moves forwards and kills this shot but say he doesn’t and he’s still in this 
position what else could he have done differently? Well what he should have done here is hit a 
net shot to the middle rather than directly in front of his opponent for his opponent here 
it will be a lot harder to change his direction and momentum towards the middle especially with the way he stood yeah because of his defensive stance it’s actually pretty easy for him to just 
lunge forwards but if Melvin had played the shot to the middle then he might not have reached the shot at all! The difference between hitting a shot here and here might not seem like much but it 
can have such a big impact, absolutely! Now next up we have Yutaka from Denmark who’s in the white top. Yutaka also made two of the common mistakes we’ve shown so far not using small turns to the 
middle and not moving forwards when the opponent is in a position where they can’t play with power. But despite Yutaka actually being tactically smart most of the time he still made one more common 
mistake and this was not adjusting his tactics for when playing taller players so look at this for 
example the flick serve was way too flat for this tall opponent so he could quite easily smash it 
down for a winner yeah and there’s many ways you can adjust your tactics for when you’re playing 
taller players whether that’s making sure your lifts and flicks are higher or playing softer soft 
shots these shots will help you hit it out of the reach of your tall opponents and make them move which they often don’t like doing! Now you might have noticed a theme throughout this video so far 
that we’re comparing what you guys do to what the best in the world do yeah for example if you lost 
a rally and wanted to see what you could have done differently then you might look for a clip of Kim Won Ho in a similar position at the net or maybe Rankireddy to see where he’s placing his smashes and to do this well you might need to watch a