Congrats. Since badminton is turning to battle between China vs non-Chinese alliance, I am happy for you. Enjoy the victory!!!

The variety and short matches keeps the audience quite engaged. It's less fun to watch in the prelims when the two teams are not evenly matched and it's just static camera w/o commentary, but I'm having a good time watching the finals right now. Thoughts?

Singapore looking for players

Looking for players in the west to play badminton tgt singles dm if interested, Level mb-Hb. Cant play during weekends and late evening(aft 6) as difficult to book courts, so mostly weekdays afternoons.

A week ago my girlfriend bought me a yonex arcsaber 11 pro but the grip feels way too big for my asian hands. Is there a proper way I can reduce the grip size without impacting the racket performance?

Edit: I already teared down to the wood and wrap it with electrical tape. Then add the towel grip. I can't use PU grips as my hands are very sweaty

All of a sudden I'm finding it difficult to smash cross court smashes from the back court (specially from corner court, if I'm not stranded in the corner of the court I'm still able to). How can I improve it? Something in my mind keeps saying "don't do it" and in that low confidence I'm hitting the net or hitting way out. Anyone who has faced the issue, please tell me what did you do to improve?

I play single badminton so I want a trick of the footwork

Rolled my ankle 6 weeks ago. Doc said its a high ankle sprain (see pic) which is more severe than the more common low ankle sprain.

Swelling is mostly all gone but the area (red arrow in the second pic) does feel little tender to the touch. Compared to the non injured ankle the fibula (the red arrow area) feels thicker .

Have you had a high ankle sprain? how long did it take to heal and for you to get back to play. The doc did say 3 months but i wanted to know your experience recovering from this injury.

Thank you

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I recently started playing badminton since two weeks. I started noticing a bulge in teres minor/major region in the right side. There is pain which gradually goes after not playing for a day or two. I noticed some bruises as well.

Is it normal or is it because of wrong technique?

I used to play badminton few years back and i don’t remember having these symptoms.

Any suggestions on improving the technique would also be helpful.

TIA.

Does anyone know what happened to Chen Yu fei. She has applied for Protected ranking. Is she injured?

Same question with ZSW/HYQ. Have they broken their partnership? I guess HYQ is retiring soon+getting married but what about ZSW?

I've been using my phone, but it takes too much space and the zoon isn't good enough, so could anyone please recommend a camera that has got 0.5 zoom so I can place it close to the court, 60 fps with 1080p and not too expensive. Thank you.

Youth player looking to get back into their favourite sport after way too long, if anyone wants a serious training partner in this area DM me 🙏

I'm a beginner for playing badminton and I would like to know how to improve my back hand skills (e.g.prepare a muscle before use backhand?).

Who do you think have the better defence between Yuta / Endo & Lee Yong Dae? I loved to see their defence, always so exciting and fun to watch.

For me personally I prefer Lee Yong Dae - aggressive defences (turn defence into counter using drive) might due to his tall build. And he also can smash hard.

Yuta & Endo on the other hand, always so fast with their instinct and they are more comfortable to lift back the shuttle high when defending. Might due to their smaller built hence are not in the position to make more defence drive. Endo is definitely the more consistent compare to yuta but Yuta is very fun to watch with his drop shot and fast skill.

Let me know your opinion.

Do all top players wear contact lens instead of glasses? Does it make a big diference?

I have an astigmatism thats been getting steadily worse over the years so my glasses prescription is a huge lense in one side small lense in the other. This has seemingly made my depth perception worse, which I'd not realized until I picked up Badminton this year.

So I'm struggling to just hit the shuttle cock sometimes because I'm really misjudging where it is, so I need to train into solving that, specially when the shuttle is above me with no frame of reference other than a very tall ceiling with bright lights.

Other than just raw practice time, what might improve depth perception specifically?

Hey guys, I’m visiting Manila for a week and I’ve heard great things about the Manila badminton scene. I’m staying in the BGC area, so I wanted to see if there are any courts nearby and if anyone knows a coach who can teach me one on one for a few days while I’m here.

Curious to know whether stripping it down to the wood to add grip (and maybe cushion under it) is a 100% usecase, or if people tend to do other things too, like double layering perhaps?

this evening, 2-3 hours ago I went to play badminton, so there was this new guy, he is an year older than me but much taller [I'm 5'2] , we played a game and i surprisingly won at 21-12. He was mostly hitting clears and drops so his game was kinda predictable but his smashes were strong, I knew I just had to play from the back and make it to the net. One thing I noticed was that i was very tried after even 1-2 rallies. Main thing that you can say is that I'm low on stamina, i mostly get tired when playing against opponents like this guy and then my shots are rusty, i still manage to win games in this situation but this dosen't happen everytime. Can anyone tell me how can i get less tired while running here and there on the court, while maintaining good quality shots and keeping my upperhand in the rally? pls reply

Hello all,

I apologise in advance if this is a bit of a generic post but I thought I’d just put it out there to hear your thoughts and advice.

I started playing badminton last year, pretty much starting from scratch. I haven’t been the sporty or athletic kind at all, so it was a bit of a surprise when I found that I loved playing badminton. I joined a local club, realised that I had to up my game to keep up with the excellent players there. I was lucky enough to find a great coach and have been training every week since last autumn.

While my technique has vastly improved from when I started out last year, I find myself dealing with a lot of fatigue post training / playing matches. I don’t know if my body is struggling to deal with this massive new change, going from couch to court, or if I just need to balance exercise with rest and diet. I am not very light footed on court, and I’m not sure how to go about feeling “lighter” and more agile. I also struggle occasionally with morale. The people that I play with are friendly and great with tips and motivation, but I feel like I’m not a natural with internalising techniques and developing muscle memory soon enough.

Welcome any thoughts or advice that you might have. Thanks in advance!

Anyways I just noticed it and I don't ever recall seeing it, I think it's really cool.

I play in badminton court within my community, i regularly play with men than women and most times in doubles i pair up with men against 2 men because I am the only girl left out, if other girls are there then it's mixed doubles. I manage to win in games even if the opponents are guys. But I try really hard to win them which is not the case when opponents are girls. How much a skill / stamina difference men feel when playing with women.

Any tips to correct it? Like i said, i try to hit the shuttlecock in a more downwards direction but i keep hitting too straight and parallel to the ground. How do i fix that?

Local club tournaments finish in 2 days with many participants so they are forced to schedule games close to each other. I have back to back to back singles games with around 20 min break in between, sometimes even less depending when the previous game finished. Any tips and advice on how to best handle this?

Hi everyone! Mulyo Handoyo was set to become the Indian head coach at BAI NCE in 2023, but as we moved into 2024 he didn’t end up joining the team. I recently heard an unconfirmed news from a BAI employee that he has been facing serious health challenges specifically a life-altering disease (ca*cer) which is why he couldn’t take on the role.

I’m reaching out to my Indonesian redditors do you have any updates or news about Mulyo? It would be great to know how he’s doing. Thanks!

I've noticed that a lot of Yonex rackets have a different kind of hologram sticker.

My friend has a Yonex racket bought from a Mall so there's no doubt its real.

but i've noticed that his hologram sticker is an Oval Shape, unlike mine that is a rectangular shape.

Questions: What is the difference between a oval-shaped hologram and a rectangular hologram?

I had an accident with my arm and I want to know what precautions I should take when playing.

These are players/pairs who I think would've performed much better but unfortunately couldn't qualify or be selected by Association.

MS : Li Shifeng ↔ Weng Hongyang

Nishimoto Kenta ↔ Watanabe Koki

WS : Tai Tzu Ying ↔ Hsu Wen Chi

He Bingjiao ↔ Wang Zhiyi

Mia Blichfeldt ↔ Line Kjaersfeldt

MD : Liu/Ou ↔ He/Ren

WD : Crasto/Ponnappa ↔ Jolly/Pullela

XD : Feng/Huang ↔ Jiang/Wei

Rivaldy/Mentari ↔ Ferdinansyah/Widjaja

I admit it's debatable for many of them but no doubt He/Ren could blow Liu/Ou out of the water and be classified as frontrunners worth a closer look for gold. They're just different class.

Your thought?