Badminton Movement Cues

What part of the movement similar in clear shots?

• Limbs in opposition

• Move to where the birdie is Snap wrist

• Path of birdie goes over opponent

• Follow through where you want the birdie to land

Movement cues for underhand clear shot

• Hit the birdie from underneath, not the side

Movement cues for overhand clear shot

• Hit birdie at highest point

• Racket up with dominant arm at around ear level and opposite arm up aiming at target

Movement cues for drop shot

• Limbs in opposition

• Contact at highest point

• Don’t snap wrist

• Contact slightly more in front of your body than a clear

• Make sure your drop shot looks the same as your overhand clear shot until the last part when you don’t snap your wrist or follow through high

• Land before the opponents service line

Movement cues for smash shot

• Make this shot look the same for the first 90% of the shot as clear/drop

• Limbs in opposition

• Contact at highest point

• Contact slightly more in front of your opponent

• Path of birdie is a straight line from where you hit the birdie, just over top of the net, and to the floor around the middle of the badminton court

• Hit the birdie on the top so it goes down

• Follow through down towards the ground

Movement cues for short double serve

• Contact birdie below waist

• Don’t snap wrist

• Birdie should be no more than a foot over the net

• Needs to land in front of the opponents service line

• Start right up on the attack line

Movement cues for long double serve

• Contact birdie below waist

• Snap wrist

• Birdie must go over your opponent and land near the back line

• Follow through high

• Must look almost identical to short serve

Movement cues for long singles serve

• Drop birdie in front of body

• Limbs in opposition

• Contact in front of your body

• Snap your wrist

• Path of birdie needs to go over player and land near back line

• Follow through high

• Start around mid court

Movement cues for short singles serve

• Looks exact same as long serve until the end

• Don’t snap wrist - Birdie shouldn’t go more than 1 foot over net

• Start around mid court

• Limbs in opposition

• Follow through low

• Drop birdie in front of your body