Badminton Smash: How your elbow should be set for a smash (Part 1)

[randysite]

Good video. I am a tennis player and I am used to pulling arm sideways and twisting at the hips which he said we should not do for badminton.

[coachingbadminton]

@randysite Yes, I do believe that way with reason that if you turn your vision and the direction of your power has to be changed on the way resulting lose power and the control. Lee

[Halonerd628]

3:30 why is he smashing the cocks together? Lol cool vid

[Deeutube]

<3 the video and

[khalifahsaladin]

Thanks a lot Mr.Lee...I like your teaching method.

[coachingbadminton]

@khalifahsaladin

Thank you very much for your nice comment.

Lee

[fruitychees]

good stuff, i subscribed!.

[coachingbadminton]

@fruitychees

Thank you and I am very pleased to know.

Lee

[cernovlasy]

I simply don't agree with this. Many times he says "straight", thus simply ignoring something so fundamental for smash like pronation of the forearm.

[huaxzhang]

@cernovlasy Did you not see he supernates his forearm as he swings his racket backward? Without pronation, how can he hit the shuttle?

[cernovlasy]

@huaxzhang I think you're mixing up rotation of the ARM (inside or outside, which does (of course, otherwise he simply cannot hit as you say) with rotation of the FOREARM (supination and pronation). He's not supinating anything (you shouldn't supinate your forearm during the smash or you can get injured), and he's definitely not using pronation.

[huaxzhang]

@cernovlasy Please review very closely, slowly and carefully what he did with his forearm between 0:39 and 0:41. He supinated his forearm when he pulled his racket back as part of the set up, before he pronate it forward again. If this is still not clear, I'd suggest you visit a website called badminton forum (without the space) dot com and ask people there to examine this video.

[Rexaze]

cant believe people are accepting his way of smashing..more like strokes for aged people. LOL, no offense

[jisungyu2]

@howtochow he clearly said his suggesting smashing pose is to maximize power. He is using body weight, but his critical point is:

1. do not pull your elbow beyond your chest.

2. do not to twist your upper body, or shoulder.

Those tips will help us to have crisper smash and short time to re-position.

In real game, your foot work has to be super fast like Lee Chong Wei to hit that smash in the left real corner. This pose may eliminate the angle and be easier to see the direction.

[0xan4xan0]

1:50 he made the the noise with his hand...

[haha96ism]

funny red kungfu panda

[howtochow]

Doesn't turning your body increase the power of your smash since you are using your whole body rather than just your arm? I would assume his suggestion for the elbow would work if you don't have enough time to get your weight behind you to get a really powerful smash off. Correct me if I'm wrong?

[huaxzhang]

@howtochow Perhaps there's such a thing as "too much rotation"? Power generated is the result of summation of all forces, of which rotation is but one source.  He's explaining in this video how we'd lose power if elbow is not set properly as the force from the swing is not in the same direction (drawn out an arc instead of a straight line for acceleration).

[cincrlatko]

he eyplained it 12 times :D but good explanation :)

[behrami29]

He reminds me to Kungfu panda

[fmp2]

@behrami29 LOL!!!!!!

[coachingbadminton]

@behrami29

I like your comment as my nick name was White bare. Lee

[ChrisXT0]

LOL 2:49 a shuttle trys to attack him.

[JobertsRon]

very helpful

[LightningFever86]

lmao 2:50 was funny xD

[lightninja456]

thanks :)

[IceFoxable]

nice video and 2:50 lol