hi badmintologists!did you know that the way you move your body can affect the power of your shot?when standing still our bodies aren’t able to transfer lots of energy into a shot. byshifting our weight we can build up momentum. this momentum releases energy and if donesmoothly can help to create a really powerful shot without using a whole heap of effort.to get this power, the muscles which are the
furthest from your racquet need to be activatedand head in the opposite direction to where you’re hitting. once everything is linedup the body then moves towards the direction you’re hitting. your feet should be thefirst to move, followed by your hips and body. your arms and wrist are last to move beforeyour racquet hits the shuttle. your legs are
then the first to land and wait for the nextinstruction, followed by your body and then arms.by keeping a smooth motion from pre to post shot, more energy is transferred from bodyto racquet. you might have seen players drawing halo’saround their head with their racquets. this is so that their whole body doesn’t do onestatic action followed by another, it’s one big continuous motion that doesn’t stopuntil you start moving for the next shot. the racquet arm moves back to pre-load butcontinues straight into moving forward to hit the shuttle which conserves that energyproducing a powerful shot. try it out yourself. stand still and hit theshuttle. then try it again by moving in one
big motion using your entire body. you shouldfind you don’t need as much effort to hit the shuttle the same distance and it shouldmake an awesome crack sound. don’t forget to subscribe to badmintologist.see you next time.
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