COLLEGE OF SAINT JOHN PAUL (II)

ARTS AND SCIENCES

C o lle g e o f A r t s a n d S c ie n c e s

COLLEGE
P.E.1

WEEK 7

Badminton
 Basic Skills
 Basic Techniques
 Terminologies

Introduction

People are now emotionally, physically, socially, psychologically, and

spiritually disturbed as a result of the pandemic catastrophe. Our
everyday routine has changed dramatically. This module teaches
fundamental badminton movements in order to improve physical
activity among students, family, and community members in order to
avoid or even reverse many of these troubling health issues.
Individuals' physical, mental, and social health may all be improved
via sports exercise and play.
Many people overlook badminton footwork because it seems to be
unimportant. Some may argue, "Why should I worry about footwork
when I can smash at 300km/h?" Are you thinking along the same lines?
However, I believe that mastering your footwork is the most critical skill
you should learn. It is even more crucial than shattering! This is
because good footwork gives excellent speed and agility, allowing
the player to travel quickly around the badminton court to return
every shuttlecock. It's all about speed in badminton. The shuttlecock
moves really quickly, and you must be able to outrun it in order to strike
it.

Specific Learning Outcomes

At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to
1. Describe the basic grip
2. Demonstrate the proper holding of the racket
3. Appreciate and increase one’s skills and abilities in
fundamental skills execution
4. Learn the basic footwork
5. Execute the basic footwork starting from ready stance and
proper grip
6. Learn the different terminologies in Badminton
7. Apply the terms during practice and actual game
8. Enjoy the activity

Essential Questions

1. What is the five different skills of Badminton?

2. What are the terminologies used in Badminton?

3. What are the different techniques under the 5 different skills of
Badminton?
 5 Basic Badminton Skills and its techniques

1. Basic Gripping Technique

Learn how to use the forehand and backhand grips on your racket.
You won't be able to execute forceful strokes, particularly to your
opponent's baseline, if you don't grip the racquet correctly.

Badminton Gripping Technique

The way you hold your racket can affect the flexibility of your wrist.

In order to execute strong badminton strokes with high accuracy,

your wrist needs to be flexible.

To achieve this, make sure you:

 Do not grip your racquet too tightly. This will make your wrist less
flexible in rotating and flicking.
 Use ONLY your thumb, index, and middle finger to control the
racket. Your last 2 fingers should rest comfortably on the
badminton grip to balance the weight of the racquet. By doing
this, it enables your wrist to be more flexible and move more
freely.

Forehand Badminton Gripping Technique

For a forehand stroke, your thumb does not have to be pressed on
the larger surface of the badminton grip.
In a forehand stroke, your index finger should be the one in charge.
This simply refers to pushing the racquet forward with your index
finger when performing a forehand stroke. However, you may rest
your thumb anywhere near the broader surface of the badminton
grip to swiftly switch to a backhand grip.

Backhand Badminton Gripping Technique

The way you grip your racquet is crucial to producing powerful

backhands. A badminton backhand shot's actual force comes from
the push of your thumb.

A backhand stroke necessitates the use of your THUMB. As a result,

place your thumb on the badminton grip's larger surface. Move your
index finger closer to your middle finger by relaxing it.

You'll be performing a 'thumbs up' with your backhand grip.

Generating power with Finger Action

Just remember, finger action plays an important role in generating

strength for a badminton stroke.
  Push your index finger forward for forehand strokes.
 Push your thumb forward for backhand strokes.
Pro Players Switch Grips Quickly

You should learn to switch quickly from the forehand to

backhand grip, and vice versa.This enables you to quickly prepare
for your strokes and hit the shuttle at the highest point, hence
delivering quality shots.

2. Basic Footwork
Good footwork allows good movement around the court.
Learn the basics of covering the court to return your
opponents’ shots!

The 6 different corners include:

• Forehand front corner
• Backhand front corner
• Forehand side • Backhand side • Forehand back-court corner
• Backhand back-court corner
1. Front corners
To get to the front corners, a player can apply the 3-steps footwork
(from the center of the court): racket leg, non-racket leg and racket
leg (lunge). For a right-handed player, it would be: right leg, left leg,
right leg to get to the front of the court, depending on where the
opponent hits the shuttle.

The front corner usually involves shots such as netting, lifting, tapping
and flicking.

2. Side corners
The footwork to get to the side of the badminton court is slightly
different as compared to moving to the front of the court. The
footwork to move to the forehand side corner also differs from the
footwork to the backhand side corner. The side corners usually involve
shots such as defense and driving.

2.1 Forehand side corner

From the center of the court, the player should apply something like
a chasse step, with the last step being a lunge towards the direction
of the forehand side corner. This is similar to the racket leg, non-racket
leg and racket leg footwork that we implement for the front corners.

2.2 Backhand side corner

The backhand side of things is where it gets a little tricky. From the
center of the court, player should attempt a shuffle towards the
direction of the backhand side corner before turning their body with
a racket-leg lunge in the same direction while trying to return the
opponent’s shot.
3. Back-court corners
There are various ways to get to the back of the court, today, in this
guide we will be discussing the most common and simple way for a
player to reach the back-court.

3.1 Forehand back-court corner

From the center of the court, we will shuffle towards the forehand
back-court with our racket leg being nearer to the back-court while
keeping our eyes on the shuttle. When it is time to contact the shuttle,
we attempt a jump-swing (bringing our racket leg to the front) before
shuffling back to the center again for a return shot.

3.2 Backhand back-court corner

For the backhand side of things, if time allows, we will usually
implement an overhead lob instead of turning to our backhand to
return the shuttle. The reason for this is because beginners will have
more strength in their forehand overhead shots as compared to their
backhand shots and will be able to clear the shuttle better. The
footwork that we take for this corner will be turning our racket leg
towards the direction of the backhand back-court and shuffling
towards the back while keeping our eyes on the shuttle at all times.
Similar to the forehand back-court footwork, we will attempt a jump-
swing and then shuffle back to the center to prepare for the return
shot.
Tips on How to Move Effectively

There are many ways of moving out there but does this mean you
have to know and follow all? No, just be comfortable with your own
style of moving around the court.

However, there are a few tips that I would like to share on your
badminton footwork

 Take ONLY 2-3 steps when moving to the back of the court.
 Stretch ONLY 1 step towards the sides of the court.
 Take ONLY 2-3 steps to the front of the court.
 Are you a beginner? Does it seem difficult to take so few steps?
No worries, the key is to stretch your legs as wide as possible while
maintaining a good balance. If you are a beginner, take more
steps. Then slowly reduce the amount of steps you take as you
move faster while maintaining good balance.
 Maintain your balance: While one of your hands will be holding
the racquet, keep the other hand wide open. Not because it
looks cool, it is because it helps in balancing. This enables you to
return to your base quickly.
 Good stance:. When you’re in a ready position (before your
opponent serves), make sure one leg is in front and one leg
behind, opened slightly wide (refer to the picture above).
 If the shuttle is served to the front, use your toes of your back leg
to push your bodyweight to the front.
 If the shuttle is served to the back, use your front leg toes to push
your bodyweight to the back. This enables you to move fast
once the shuttle is served.

3. Basic Badminton Strokes

Strokes are simply your swing action to hit the shuttle. If you
 don’t perform your strokes correctly, you won’t be able to
execute quality badminton shots.

There are 4 basic strokes:

 Overhead forehand – the most

common we see, the first to learn
 Overhead backhand – many
people’s main weakness
 Underarm forehand – a low shot on
the forehand side
 Underarm backhand – a low shot on
the backhand side
https://www.timminsbadminton.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/strokes.jpg

4. Badminton Serve
A badminton rally starts with the serve. Learn the correct
techniques to deliver good serves. Good serves definitely give
you an edge over your opponent right from the start of the
rally.
 The High Badminton Serve

This type of serve is usually executed when you want the shuttle to
land at the back end of the court. A good high serve must have the
shuttle dropping steeply downwards at the back end of the court.

A high serve will prevent your opponent from executing a strong

smash. Instead, a lob or a drop is more expected from your opponent
(unless they can do a jump smash).
Try to serve the shuttlecock to your opponent’s backhand area. The
objective is to force your opponent to use his backhand. This is
because most badminton players, even world class player, have
weaker backhands (compared to their forehands)

 The Low Badminton Serve

The low serve is used when you want the shuttlecock to land in front
of the court (in front of your opponent).

A GOOD low serve will have the shuttlecock flying JUST ABOVE THE
NET. If not, your opponent will have the chance to dash forward and
smash the shuttle down to you. A low serve, when executed
beautifully, prevents your opponent from making an offensive shot.
Unlike the high serve, you can let the shuttle drop anywhere in front
(forehand area or backhand area of your opponent) neither makes
a difference because it does not disrupt your opponent’s footwork.

 The Flick Serve (“Fake” Low Serve)

The “fake” low badminton serve can also be used to trick your
opponent (deceive your opponent to expect a low serve).

When you stand in a low serve position, your opponent would

probably expect a low serve. However, push your thumb and flick
your wrist harder so the shuttlecock flies HIGH and heads to the back
of the court!

5. Basic Stance
A good stance sets you up to defend and attack effectively
during a game! Learn the offensive stance, defensive stance,
and the net stance. You’ll find yourself at the top of your game
when you use them correctly.

THE 3 BASIC STANCE

1. Attacking Stance

You’ll need to use this stance whenever you hit

an overhead forehand stroke.

To get into the attacking stance,

 Turn your body facing the side of the court.

 Place your racket leg behind; your non-racket leg
forward.
 Both legs should be shoulder width apart.
  Raise your racket and non-racket arm

Hitting forehand strokes via the attacking stance enables you to hit
powerful shots. It also enables you to recover quickly after you perform
your shot.

When to use?

Whenever your opponent lifts or clear the shuttle high up to you, move
towards the shuttle and adopt the attacking stance.

2. Defensive stance

The key to strong defense is to retrieve your

opponent’s smash via the defensive stance.

To get into the defensive stance,

 Face your body to the front of the court.

 Place your racket in front of you, around waist
height, and pointing slightly forward.
 Raise your non-racket arm for better balance.
When you’re on a defensive stance, you can cover wider angles.
For example, you’ll find it a lot
easier to retrieve smashes hit to your body, left hand side, or right hand
side.
When to use?
Whenever you hit a High Clear or perform a High Serve, move to your
base position and adopt the defensive stance. Ideally, you want to
be at your base position before your opponent hits the attacking shot.
3. Net Stance

The net stance enables you to take the shuttle at

the highest point when you’re at the net. When
exchanging net shots, every millisecond counts! So
make sure you take the shuttle as early as possible.

To get into the net stance,

 Place your racket foot forward; non-racket foot

at the back.
 Place your racket in front of your body, slightly above waist
height.
 Raise your non-racket arm for body balance.
 Place your body weight slightly forward and get ready to
pounce forward.
When to use?
Normally the only time you need to adopt the net stance is after you
perform a Tumbling Net Shot.

BADMINTON TERMINOLOGIES
Ace : A good serve that the opponent is unable to hit or touched
with his racket.
Alley – the extension of the court by 1 1/2 ft. on both sides for
doubles play.
Back Alley – the area between the back boundary line and the long
service line for doubles.
Back court – the back third of the court, in the area of the back
boundary lines.
Balk – any deceptive movement that disconcerts an opponent
before or during the service.
Baseline – the back boundary line at each end of the court, parallel
to the net.
Bird – also called as the shuttlecock.
Backhand : Any stroke made on the side of the body opposite of the
racket hand.
Carry – an illegal tactic, also called a sling or a throw, in which the
shuttle is caught and held on the racket and then slung during the
execution of a stroke.
Center or Base Position – the location in the center of the court to
which a singles player tries to return after each shot.
Center Line – a line perpendicular to the net that separates the left
and right service courts.
Court – the area of play, as defined by the outer boundary lines.
Clear : A high shot which falls close to the backline or rare court.
Drive : A hard horizontal stroke that is hit straight and close to the net
Drop ; A low shot closer to the net
Fault : Any infraction of the rules resulting in loss of the serve or the
point.
Flick – a quick wrist and forearm rotation that surprises an opponent
by changing an apparently soft shot into a faster passing one; used
primarily on the serve and at the net.
Forecourt – the front third of the court, between the net and the
short service line.
Forehand : Any stroke made on the racket side of the body.
Half-court shot – a shot hit low and to mid-court, used effectively in
doubles against the up-and-back formation.
Inside : The ball landed on the playing side of the court
Kill – a fast downward shot that cannot be returned. Also called as
“put-away”
Let : A shuttlecock touches top of the net and falls in the proper side
of the court during Service Love : The term designates a score of zero
Match Point : The last point by the player made which result winning
the game.
Mid-court – the middle third of the court, halfway between the net
and the back boundary line.
Net Shot – a shot hit from the forecourt that just clears the net and
then falls rapidly.
Outside : The ball landed outside the playing court.
Push Shot – a gentle shot played by pushing the shuttle with little wrist
motion, usually from the net or mid-court to the opponent’s mid-
court.
Rally : Continuous striking of the shuttlecock back and forth over the
net
Racket – an instrument used by the player to hit the shuttlecock.
Weighs about 90 g. (3 oz), is 680 mm. (27 in.) long and is made of
metal alloys (steel/aluminum) or from ceramic, graphite or boron
composites, and is generally strung with synthetic strings or natural
gut.
Service : Act of putting the ball in play.
Set Point : The last point by the player made which results winning the
set.
 REFERENCE
 https://www.divinebadmintonacademy.com/post/mastering-
the-badminton-footwork
 https://www.masterbadminton.com/badminton-stance.html
 https://jamesnorielfaustino.wordpress.com/2017/09/12/badmint
on-terminologies/
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