Badminton Day 10 - Badminton Tips - Footwork Part 3 (Back)

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Badminton Tips - Footwork Part 3 (Back)

https://youtu.be/Qq5c_gR6dAc

00:00 Now going to the back, I am going to start off with a shuffle going back to my forehand corner.

00:05

Racquet up, move sideways, hit, come back forward to the middle.

00:10

Once again, side shuffle, hit, come back to the front.

00:15

You notice when I finish hitting I did a scissors kick, my body weight is coming forward after I contact.

00:21

So that is the shuffle. The next one I have is, I can use the footwork which I can go across this way and hit.

00:30

Notice my right leg cross to the front, left leg step, hit. I am coming back forward again.

00:35

So that is the two step with a cross front.

00:38

I can use the cross back as well. If my right leg crosses to the back, step, hit.

00:45

The important thing is my racquet leg, which is my left leg ends up at the back.

00:51

And that will always be the case, whether I where I start from the back,

00:55

my left leg ends at the back, hit , come forward.

00:59

When I cross to the front, my left leg lands to the back, hit, come forward.

01:04

When I shuffle, my left leg ends in the back, hit and come forward.

01:10

So going to the forehand corner, you have three different ways of going to the shot.

01:15

Which one you wanna use is up to you. Which one you feel more comfortable. Which one you feel faster going to the shot.

01:23

Shuffle is always faster, but it gets you more tired.

01:27

Using your footwork you save some energy and you are in control of your body movement.

01:33

The backhand side, you have two ways of going to the backhand.

01:39

Either you use your overhead or you use your backhand.

01:43

For the overhead, there are so many different ways of going to the backhand, even for the forehand.

01:49

I am just going to show you every one of them and then you have to decide which one you want to use best.

01:53

I will start off with the shuffle. My right leg would takeoff.

01:58

When I get to where I wanted to be, my left leg would turn, that becomes my overhead and then I can hop back.

02:05

Once again, right leg take off, left leg turns back, overhead hit, come back here.

02:12

So that is for my overhead.

02:15

The other way of going to the overhead is I can turn right away, and shuffle back, and hit and come back.

02:22

Once again, turn, shuffle all the way, hit, come back.

02:28

So that is another way of going to my overhead.

02:48

When it comes to the backhand, I would still lead with my right leg.

02:52

Shuffle, turn my left leg, hit, come back and that is my backhand shot.

02:58

Let me show you again. My right leg leads, left leg crosses to the front, hit, come back forward.

03:05

Notice my body momentum is following with how the bird travels.

03:10

So that is one way of going to the backhand. There is so many ways that I can do that.

03:16

The other way I'm going to show you is, just turn right away and just run there.

03:21

I will just turn right away and start running there.

03:25

So that is another way of getting to the shot, to the backhand.

03:30

So the important thing to remember is always end up with your racquet leg.

03:34

In this instance I am a lefty, so I always end up with my left leg.

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And once I position with my left leg, I will always be in a good position to hit the shot and come back into the position.