Forehand+Overhead

Improving your technique for clears and smashes:

Get behind the shuttle
Smashes and clears are much easier if you can get into a position slightly behind the shuttle. This allows you to make the best use of body rotation for power. The ideal contact point for a smash is farther in front of the body than for a clear (high clears are hit more directly overhead). Consequently, it’s especially important to get behind the shuttle when you want to play a powerful smash. It’s still possible to play both clears and smashes when the shuttle has travelled behind you, but it’s more difficult and you won’t get as much power.

Don’t follow the shuttle; get there first!
A common error is to follow the shuttle as you move backwards to hit the shot, so that you stay underneath the shuttle at all times. As a result, you will reach a hitting position with the shuttle level with you or even behind you. Players do this because it helps them track the shuttle and move to the right place. As you get more experienced, however, you can learn to know immediately where the shuttle is going, based on its speed and trajectory. As you get better at judging where the shuttle is heading, you can move faster and get there first. This will help you get into a hitting position behind the shuttle with enough time to play a powerful shot.

**Let’s Begin With Your Feet! ** Why your feet? Simple. If you haven’t the speed to get behind the shuttle before you hit it, then there is no way you are going to hit a good powerful accurate smash. You need to be behind the shuttle so your bodyweight is ready to move in the direction of your smash. Adding your bodyweight to the smash provides more power. How far behind the shuttle should you stand? Ideally, you need to be far enough that the shuttle would land slightly ahead of your non racket leg, but in alignment with your racket shoulder. **Exercise 1** You need to test whether you are moving fast enough to get behind the shuttle. Stand on the front service line and ask your feeder to lift the shuttle towards the back line. Now, with your racket in your hand, try to beat the shuttle. But, you mustn’t hit the shuttle! Instead, allow it to hit the floor and note the position it lands in relation to your body. Where is the shuttle? Is it sufficiently in front of your body that you can hit it down, allowing your bodyweight to move forward? If not, you’ve just discovered one key element you need to improve that will add more power to your smash. So try again, and this time move faster, going beyond where you would normally stop. Test again. Any better? If so, repeat this exercise until you are comfortable that you’ve got it right. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #111111; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Finally, test again by moving back and this time hit the shuttle. Work it and it’s likely the first few shots will fall into the net!

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