Fun Badminton Drills

 1.)   To work on accuracy, place buckets or baskets on different areas of the opposite side of the court.  See how many shuttlecocks the player can successfully serve or land into the containers.  You can use this to work on accuracy of placement of shots in the service area, short drop shots, and long end line shots etc.

2.)  If you have many players and you want to keep them all active and attentive, mock games are always enjoyable and educational.  This is where a doubles game is setup and the first person to make an error rotates out, and makes way for a new player to enter the game.  That way every point someone is rotating to get everyone involved. Or in s singles match to 3 points the player that keep winning remains on the court until they are beat.

3.)  To practice smashes and clears at the same time, have one group of players line up on one side of the net and the other group of players on the other.  The one group clears the shuttle over the net to the far back court, and the group receiving the shuttle smashes it back.  When all players have made it through the rotation a few times, switch positions.

4.)  To practice stamina and cross court clearing, players can clear the shuttle to the unoccupied corner of the opposite side of the court and then run to meet the shuttle and clear it back over.

5.) As with the first drill mentioned, two players can team up and practice accuracy on the same side of the court.  Both players must remain stationary and try to pass the shuttle back and forth without having to move out of an imaginary circle.

6.)  To practice footwork and stamina have a feeder hitting shuttles over the net back and forth to opposite sides of the back court.  The person returning the shuttles has to run back and forth cross court, which improves shot accuracy as well.

7.)  Two players versus one player is also an effective way in increasing stamina, footwork and accuracy.  Two players on one side of the net play against one person on the other.  This causes their reaction time to have to be twice as fast.

8.) Half court singles is a great way to improve accuracy and placement of shots.  A singles match is played using only half of the court on either side, so their is little room for error.

9.)    Shadow play works on a players speed, fitness and footwork.  You shadow play from service return position-net shot-back to play clear- come back to net and play kill.   Repeat this drill 12 times with 25 seconds in between each time.  (Shadowplay is done without a shuttle)

10.)  Another fun badminton drill requires no racket at all.  To work on balance and speed place four shuttles in each corner of the court.  The player then moves as quickly as they can to place the shuttles upright.  This is also a drill that can be timed and then improved on with practice.
 

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