Badminton Training

Help you get a better command the badminton court by practicing your footwork.

Badminton is a fast game; you don't get much time to respond after each shot. Even a second’s delay often turns a winning situation into a losing one. Good footwork will help you to reach the shuttlecock early. This allows you the time to compose yourself to play the best possible shot.

You should play your shots from the highest point you can. Don’t allow the shuttlecock to drop! Playing the shuttlecock from the highest point gives you options to hit downwards. You don’t necessarily have to use those options every time, but the mere threat of downwards shots gives your opponents a lot more to worry about.

When you're at the front of the court, taking the shuttlecock early has an especially dramatic effect. If you reach it early, you can often play a net kill and end the rally at once; but if you delay even a second, then you will lose the option to play a net kill, as the shuttlecock drops below net height. You can still play a net shot, but that’s not as good as a kill. When you're at the back of the court, you want to hit the shuttlecock overhead at full relaxed reach. Reach upwards! Allowing the shuttlecock to drop here is fatal! You will be forced to play a weak shot; when the shuttlecock is below net height, most players struggle to play a good-length clear shot, and obviously a smash is impossible. It’s also much better to get behind the shuttlecock at the back of the court. This gives you a more threatening smash, and makes all your overhead shots easier. If you are slow to move backwards, then you may be forced to hit the shuttlecock from behind your body. It’s still possible to play smashes, clears, and drops; but it’s much more difficult, and your smashes will be less powerful.

Good footwork helps you remain balanced while you hit the shuttlecock. Staying balanced affords you the best control of your shot, because you do not need to correct for body movement.

If you are unbalanced, then it’s much harder to control your hitting action. You have to compensate for your body motion; the greater your body motion, the harder it is to compensate.

It’s not much good retrieving only one shot. You need to get ready for the next one. Good footwork will help you recover into a position to cover the next shot. If you are slow to recover, however, then your opponent will inevitably gain an advantage. Even a slight delay can be exploited, because it can be compounded: if your opponent plays intelligently, you will find yourself even farther out of position on the next shot.

Poor footwork often leads to injuries. Many of these can only be prevented with good practice of safe footwork.

This completely free app helps you get a better command the badminton court by practising your footwork.

- six point training

- nine point training

Both of the above can be used in sequential and random modes.

You can specify the speed between two point changes as well as the duration of the workout.