Free video course

Badminton technique: from the grip to doubles

A mini-course in proper technique: video lessons block by block, from the grip to doubles.

  • 25 lessons
  • 8 blocks
  • 3 h 42 min
  • English voice-over
  • Coach Han · full-swing
  • Nikolai Ukk
  • Badminton Insight

Intro lesson · 5:07Main points and chapters →

How to take the course

  1. Watch in order: lessons run 3 to 20 minutes
  2. Under every video: the main points in 30 seconds and the chapters
  3. Your progress is saved on this device

Course blocks

  1. 01

    Grip

    How to hold the racket: the basic grip and the backhand grip.

    3 lessons
    1. No words needed
    2. English voice-over
    3. English voice-over
  2. 02

    Stance and ready position

    Where to stand and how to wait, so you reach the shuttle first.

    2 lessons
    1. No words needed
    2. English subtitles
  3. 03

    Footwork

    Steps to the six corners and back to the centre, fast and with nothing wasted.

    4 lessons
    1. Spoken in Russian
    2. English voice-over
    3. English voice-over
    4. English subtitles
  4. 04

    Overhead strokes

    Clear, drop and smash: the swing, the contact point, the body turn.

    3 lessons
    1. No words needed
    2. English voice-over
    3. English voice-over
  5. 05

    Backhand

    The backhand, from defence at the net to a high, long shot from the back line.

    3 lessons
    1. No words needed
    2. English voice-over
    3. English voice-over
  6. 06

    Serve

    Short and high serves within the rules, with no easy faults.

    4 lessons
    1. English subtitles
    2. Spoken in Russian
    3. English subtitles
    4. Spoken in Russian
  7. 07

    Defence

    Taking a smash from a low stance: getting back what looks unreachable.

    3 lessons
    1. No words needed
    2. English voice-over
    3. English voice-over
  8. 08

    Doubles

    Moving as two: rotation, who takes the shuttle and when to go back to base.

    2 lessons
    1. English voice-over
    2. English voice-over

Six corners

The core footwork drill: from the centre to a corner and straight back. All six corners in turn, without a shuttle, slowly at first.

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