Why is Modern Badminton Faster?
Stay there. Get ready! Hit it. Catch. Move it. Move it. The shuttle is coming.
Where are you going? I can't believe you're this slow to react. You're not ready. You just don't have any ideas. You're not prepared for the shuttlecock. When you see the shuttlecock, you have to move. You see the shuttlecock. You saw the shuttlecock. Stop. Look at your legs. Your left leg is always standing stiff. Your left leg has to follow the direction of your progress. Stop. Look. You didn't turn your left leg, did you? Your left foot is still on the ground. Your left foot is stuck to the floor.
Your left leg can't keep up. If your left leg turns around, your body can follow. Why am I bouncing with my knees? To add bounce to the step. The split step is a two-footed jump.
and then run away. You're skipping the jump.
You're just grooving with my knees.
Keep your body moving. That's it. Follow the body as it turns around. If you hold the legs still
the torso can't follow. Your left foot… Your left foot is a liability.
It makes the whole thing harder. Your left leg is supposed to follow the direction of your torso. But if you put your left foot on the floor
your body stops. Lift the heel of your left foot. That's right. Lift the heel of your left foot. Look up. Come here. Over here. ❌ The side of a particularly worn shoe. Your left leg is forcing itself on you. ❌ Even if your left leg holds up
the nose of the shoe should touch the floor. If the sides of the shoe are worn down, you did this. ❌ This is how you do it. This is being dragged. ❌ This is being followed. ✅ Quickly lift the heel of your left foot. Lift up. I wonder if this will work,
or should I put my left foot on the floor? The left leg can follow the torso.
Just like you did when you first learned.
when you first learned. ❌ Your footwork is fast, your left leg follows your body. You've extended your lunge far enough.
Your legs are spread out like this. Can you easily return to this position? Badminton players used to do this. Nowadays, their left leg follows their body and turns like this. Their left leg follows their body. The left leg is following, like this. The left leg follows naturally. The classic badminton emphasized swing and posture. But what about now? The world's best players are all different.
They all have their own style. Nowadays, badminton has to be fast. Smashes didn't used to come out at 500 kilometers per hour. The strings and rackets weren't the same. Badminton has become a science. The rallies have gotten faster. The players are more physical and stronger than in the past. Because they train scientifically.
The shuttlecock is faster.
and the players have to keep up with it. If they hit it like this, they can't keep up. To play fast, you have to change direction because your left leg is following. That's why footwork has changed. It's the same with any exercise. Or a marathon, or a run… Is it true that the heel touches the ground first? Is it correct to run with the front of the foot? There are many theories, but it depends on the athlete. Q. You advocate using 100% of your stride length,
rather than utilizing 100% of your stride width? I think so. That's much better. It's usually singles players who need to use stride technique. How do singles players like Ahn Se-young run? Is this how they play defense? The players have to defend a wide area, but their stride is limited.
What do you do? Diving. Then the left leg follows,
and I stand up. You're holding on with a lunge, but you don't stand up. You dive and your left leg follows. I can't stand up without my left leg following. That's why techniques change.
The right answer doesn't last forever. It's a natural change. It's hard because you're trying to copy something you've learned before. ❌ When the left leg follows the body.
the body turns around. I'm not saying to take your foot off completely. I'm saying that your left leg can only follow this far. stop. Look. Your left leg will follow naturally. You're trying to keep your left foot on the floor somehow. ❌ Your left leg is following you forward. This is faster, even with an extra step. Try moving your left foot a little bit. Then try pushing back with your left foot.
Is this faster? Or would it be faster to support myself with just my right foot? If you don't use your left leg, you're the only one who's struggling. Your left foot should follow your body. But if you put too much force on your left leg, it can't keep up. I can't keep up with your left leg. You have to relax to keep up with your body. When you relax, your left foot will naturally follow your body. The left foot naturally follows the body when hitting a shuttlecock in the distance. Depending on the distance from the shuttle, the left foot sometimes goes and sometimes doesn't. But you go anyway. You have to look at the shuttlecock and make a judgment call. You don't look at the shuttlecock, you just go. You have to decide whether to take your left foot off or hit it on the spot based on the direction and distance of the shuttle. You just run. You look at the distance the shuttlecock is coming and decide. But it's just a two-step. I only learned two-steps from the beginning.
Nothing else.
Why? How did you learn the hairpin and step? You're just doing steps for no reason. And what happens? What if the shuttlecock comes toward you? Eh? I can't do that. 🥲. Depending on the shuttlecock and the distance, it could be one foot, two feet, or three feet… But it's fixed. Left foot, right foot. Two-step. It's fixed. (Backhand.) The racket and eye should follow the shuttlecock. Should the arm be down?
Or should they follow upward with the gaze? Then just keep going. Take your feet with you! That's right. The eye follows the shuttlecock, checks the distance, and swings.
Look at it now. (Blah blah blah…) When the shuttlecock goes over my head, I'm supposed to put my foot back. Why is this happening? You're in a swinging position. But where did your foot go? You don't watch the shuttlecock. You put your foot back, but the shuttle is beside you. Look at the direction of the shuttlecock,
and determine the direction of the step. You play without rules.
The shuttle went somewhere else. but your feet are moving independently of the shuttlecock. That was too fast. Q. Is this another one where you have to look at the shuttlecock and move? Look! And then!
Where did your foot go? Where did the step go? (Unnecessary double step.) You're supposed to look at the Shuttlecock and then decide where your feet should go. (Another double step…) You only need to move one foot at this point. I'm getting ready.
The step and racket should be going in the same direction. You have separate hands and feet…
❌ (Lineout check.) (Hands and feet go together towards the shuttlecock. ✅) The shuttle is here. One-step or two-step? This distance is covered in one step. (Hand and foot separately…❌) You hit like this. Do you have separate hands and feet? See? Am I right? See what I said? The last five. If you don't understand this
you're done for the day. fail. 1 fail. 2 fail. 3 fail. 4 It works at the end. It should be like the last one. But you insist on two-stepping. It doesn't mean anything.
It's just unconsciously left foot, right foot. It's just the way it's set up. Look at that. Ready. (Your hands and feet are moving together in the direction of the shuttlecock.) (Forehand, backhand, anywhere.) And you…?.
