"OLYMPIC SOLIDARITY" TOWARDS 2012 AND BEYOND

"OLYMPIC SOLIDARITY" TOWARDS 2012 AND BEYOND

As we fast approach the second year of the Olympic Games quadrennial cycle, the BWF Development Department hosted a key forum in Lausanne recently with the theme of “Development Solidarity”.

Bring together key stakeholders in the sport from each continent, from BWF Member Associations and experts and practitioners from other sports, Development Committee Chair, David Cabello and Director of Development Gunther Huber hosted 4 days of thought provoking forums, workshops and planning sessions following the key areas of the Development Working Groups:

· Development status of member associations

· School Sport Badminton: to become the best racket sport in schools

· High Performance Systems in Badminton: to create pathways to develop Badminton from grass roots to (inter)-national elite level

· BWF Coach Education programmes: the coach, key of success in sport?

In opening the 4 day session and in welcoming the delegates to Lausanne Andrew Ryan, former BWF Executive Director and current Executive Director of ASOIF, focused on a new trend for the IOC – that of coaches and the important role they play in sport. The IOC which unveiled a new Commission at the Olympic Congress held in Copenhagen in October.

“The IOC has taken the decision to set up a Training and Coaching Commission, thus setting the trend to be followed by the Olympic Movement for the forthcoming years, after having spent many previous years centred on Athletes. This new trend should be watched by IFs which should accordingly give importance to Coach Education in the future” Ryan said.

One of the themes of the four days was coach education and development and the role of this at the various levels within the sport. The status of development of Member Associations and the diversity that exists within badminton worldwide from under developed to highly developed badminton systems was also a fey focus and a key concern of BWF President Dr Kang.

After his re-election in May 2009, BWF President, Dr Kang, reminded the delegates of the importance of development and the importance of this and BWF’s role in developing the sport.

“Development is one area that we want to focus on and we need to look at how to serve the developing and yet to be developed nations better”.

Representatives from Olympic Solidarity made a very informative contribution, explaining how the system of grants works through the National Olympic Committees:

“Any Member Association of Badminton wanting Olympic Solidarity grants should contact with the NOC of its country and apply for it, as it is the only way for an IF to obtain such help.”

The wide panel of experts invited to take part in these meetings from badminton and also from other IFs, such as Archery and Athletics Europe, contributed to the debates, discussions and planning for the future. A long period of work will now begin, to develop collaboration between Member Associations, Continental Confederations and BWF.

“A new era has started which we could call “Badminton Solidarity” and it will take years of careful planning to develop Badminton all over the world with the contribution of all countries and continents. We aim at making our sport one of the most popular and practised worldwide” said David Cabello who will report to the BWF Council and Executive Board in Bali later this month.

Danes on a roll, Koo-Tan stunned

YONEX-SUNRISE HONG KONG OPEN 2009 - Danes on a roll, Koo-Tan stunned

Peter Gade keeps enjoying his Kong Kong journey and will be facing Kenichi Tago in the semi-final. His compatriots Lars Paaske and Jonas Rasmussen also got their ticket for the last four.

A good night for Denmark in Hong Kong. It all started with Peter Gade, who beat Simon Santoso to get his ticket for the semi-final the last Super Series Gade would play in this year as he is to skip China next week.

And the Dane knew he had a chance against the one who had taken the Denmark Open title – as a symbol. He just had no idea it would go so fast, as he hinted right after his match. “I knew I would have to keep pressuring him until he bowed. And tonight, it happened much sooner than I expected,” said the Dane who was happily surprised of the short fight he had to put on - 35 minutes – for a 21/12 – 21/8 win.

“He is a good player and I knew that I had to be careful against him. He’s had a great past few weeks and he is amongst the players who are now able to beat the top ones. Nowadays, the men’s singles is like that – many new youngsters can just come in and beat the 4 or 5 players who used to win everything all the time. And I was ready for that tonight.”

But it is Kenichi Tago that the Dane will meet on Saturday, as Chan Yan Kit gave everything in his 21/19 first game victory but had no energy left for the second and third, which Tago took easily 21/9 – 21/12. Tago is yet to beat Gade in an international competition, hence, the Dane will be clear favourite to take on either Bao Chunlai or Lee Chong Wei on Sunday.

In the doubles, the old timers shone in Hong Kong, first the duo of Paaske and Rasmussen edged out Singapore’s youngsters Saputra/Wijaya in straight games, making it a good day for Denmark, while Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong were shown the exit by a pair they know well for having trained with them for many years – Lee Wan Wah and Choong Tan Fook. Choong and Lee beat their compatriots 21/12 – 21/7.

England saw the end of their run as well, with the mixed doubles pair of Anthony Clark and Donna Kellogg playing well below par. Clark had already given its best against Jung Jae Sung and Lee Yong Dae of Korea in the men’s doubles, and the constant pressure put on by the Polish team of Robert Mateusiak/Nadiezda Kostiuczyk was just too much – the Polish came away with a 21/13 – 21/16 victory and will face Fang Chieh Min/Wang Pei Rong of Chinese Taipei, while a rematch of the French Open will occur in the other mixed doubles semi final between Hendra Aprida Gunawan/Vita Marissa and Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir.

In the women’s singles, once again Wang Xin proved her talent by beating 5^th seed Pi Hongyan of France. After a terrible start where the Chinese gave in 10 points on direct faults, she was back in the match and her left arm worked wonders, creating difficulties for the French to read her fast and efficient game.

It would have been a lesson of badminton, had Pi let go when trailing 13/21 – 8/13, but the French kept fighting, which provided the large audience with a beautiful end of second game.

Both shuttlers leveled up at 18/18, but Pi had given too much energy to catch back and lacked stamina in the end, while her younger opponent was still very fit and took the last three points to enter the semi final. She will play against another Wang – Yihan, who beat the current world champion Lu Lan in straight games 21/17 – 21/15.

Paaske-Rasmussen want to regain winning ways

YONEX-SUNRISE HONG KONG OPEN 2009 - Paaske-Rasmussen want to regain winning ways

The Danes, once again, shone at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium when Lars Paaske/Jonas Rasmussen and Peter Gade qualified for the YONEX-SUNRISE Hong Kong Open men’s doubles and men’s singles final respectively.

“We want the names of Paaske and Rasmussen to be on the winning roll again”. Jonas Rasmussen couldn’t be more explicit on his target together with partner Lars Paaske. It’s been a while since the two Danish veterans have stepped onto the highest podium spot – more than one year exactly as their last success was in Japan in September 2008.

Since then, a semi-final in Korea and Singapore this year, but no chance at clinching a title yet, slipping just outside the top 8 with their younger compatriots Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen stepping in as Denmark’s best pair at the moment.

“We’ve had few bad results lately, especially with our outing at the world championships, but overall, we haven’t lost to weak pairs and we’ve tried to keep strong mentally in order to get back. There are ups and downs but I believe we have shown that we were still up there with the best. And being in the final of a Super Series again feels nice,” explained Jonas Rasmussen.

The duo played an uneven game today, just like their opponents, mainly due to the windy conditions in the hall. “The fans were laughing at us in the first game as we were making easy mistakes, but we have had the experience of such a venue before as we’ve played so many tournaments, that we know that the next game would be easier. Maybe a younger pair would lose its composure, but both pairs knew what it’s like and in the second game it was the Malaysians the fans made fun of,” said Rasmussen, before Paaske added. “Of course, people don’t realize what’s going on on court. The spectators in the hall, but also people at home watching TV, think “what a hell are they doing” ?” laughed Paaske.

And it is exactly what happened, with a clean sweep for Lee Wan Wah/Choong Tan Fook in the first game – 21/13 before the Danes scooped the second one 21/11. “For the third game, it was all about scoring as many points as we could on the bad side, because we knew that we would play on the “small court” after the break,” said Paaske.

“I think the points we scored from 4/10 to 8/10 made a huge difference as we didn’t have so many points to get back even,“ added Rasmussen after winning the third game 21/17.

The Danish duo had been the second good news for Denmark after Peter Gade had already gotten his ticket to the final. He and Kenichi Tago from Japan were expecting a bit of change in the drift as the court position had been changed completely, with the new set up having courts face the other way.

But they probably didn’t expect that much of a change. “It’s the most windy place I’ve played in so far. Just like the most windy days in Singapore. But I know this has to be if we want to play in a reasonable temperature. We just have to get on with it,” said Gade.

“I knew exactly what to do and the thing I avoided was to lose focus. I kept putting pressure on him at all times – this is how I’ve beaten him in the past and I knew I could pull that again today if I remained concentrated,” added gade after winning 21/12 – 21/13 in 35 minutes.

In the whole China affair in the women’s singles, Wang Lin lost to Jiang Yanjiao as the left hander, wearing a fitting purple shirt was more consistent and played around with the drift more than her opponent to clinch the victory 21/18 – 21/14.

The next match got the fans going when Olympic Champions Du Jing and Yu Yang were facing Wong Pei Tty and Chin Eei Hui of Malaysia. And the Chinese were not far from bowing to their opponents, when they trailed 18/21 – 15/17. Before the eyes of Gong Ruina – the former World champion, now living in Hong Kong – the Chinese duo hung in there and managed to win the second game and the third, earning their spot in the finals, which had – on Saturday afternoon – been sold out except for a handful of tickets only.

LI-NING CHINA OPEN 2009

LI-NING CHINA OPEN 2009 - Final countdown begins for SS Finals

The Li-Ning China Open which kicked off in Shanghai this Tuesday with the qualification rounds will be the last chance for a player or pair to earn points to qualify for Super Series finals to be held in Johor Baru, Malaysia, from December 2-6.

One last chance to make the cut. That what was probably on the mind of players who flew from Hong Kong to Shanghai, this week end, during the short flight that took them from Hong Kong to China’s fashion capital – Shanghai.

Several players and pairs are already assured of their ticket for the US$500 000 Finals, but some will need to perform well in China this week to make it into the top 8 of the dedicated ranking – which takes in account only the points given in the 12-leg Super Series.

If Peter Gade, Lee Chong Wei, and Lin Dan are already assured of travelling to Johor Baru, other big names may not. Taufik Hidayat is only 500 points ahead of Park Sung Hwan and less than a thousand ahead of his compatriot Sony Dwi Kuncoro.

As the 2004 Olympic champion is not travelling to China this week, he could see his closest rivals overtake him and qualify. It’s especially true of Sony Dwi Kuncoro, who could be the second – and last – Indonesian to qualify should he reach a higher stage.

In order to do that, he will have to beat Andrew Smith of England, then, either Shon Wan Ho of Korea or Arvind Bhat of India before facing Chen Jin, who is the No 4 seed.

However, Indonesians have yet to confirm whether they will be participating in the Finals after their governing body enhanced the importance of the upcoming SEA Games.

For Park Sung Hwan, 6^thseed, and currently 9^th on the Super Series Ranking, his first round might be crucial – even if the fact that three Chinese are ahead of him, he might get him into the invitation list for the finals.

But the odds are such that the Korean will be facing his direct opponent Chan Yan Kit of Hong Kong, 10^th on the Super Series Ranking, and who ended the Korean’s run in Hong Kong last week. It will be revenge time for the Korean.

Top seed Lee Chong Wei will also have a tough first round in the name of Jan Jorgensen, the new jewel of Denmark – the first player in over 10 years to have beaten Peter Gade on the International stage.

Jorgensen will have had a little more time to rest as he was ousted earlier in the Hong Kong Open last week while Chong Wei had to go the full distance – clinching the gold medal on Sunday.

Amongst the other mouth watering starters, the two friends Lin Dan and Bao Chunlai were drawn to play each other in the worst possible draw for China. Kenichi Tago, meant to play Simon Santoso, as well as Hafiz Hashim, Kuan Beng Hong all withdrew from the tournament as did Gade and Hidayat.

Tine Rasmussen, who is also assured of participating in the Finals, heads to Shanghai with some video footage to look at – she was present in the Hong Kong Final Open, in the stands, recording the match between Wang Yihan and Jiang Yanjiao.

She could be meeting again Wang in the final as they are both top seeds on either side of the draw. Rasmussen starts her tournament with Ai Goto, the ever running Japanese, while the worst draw for the seeded players is awarded to Pi Hongyan, 5^th seeds and meant to play one of the two uprising “Wangs” – Shixian – in the first round.

If the 8 players are almost set to be picked, the only one hoping for a last minute chance would be Salakjit Ponsana, but the tiny Thai has to face Jiang Yanjiao in the first round. But new faces could be appearing as it is usually the case in China events.

This Tuesday, youngster Li Xueri could be one of them as she qualified for the main draw to face Wang Chen, representing Hong Kong but originally from Shanghai. Zhou Mi and Yao Jie will not participate in the event, as Yao is still injured.

The Chinese couldn’t hope for a worse draw in the men’s doubles as well – the first round will see Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng take on their partners Guo Zhengdong and Xu Chen. And, as if seeing the best two pairs of the same country play each other in the first round wasn’t bad enough, the two pairs are hand in hand in the race for the Super Series qualification, at 9^th and 8^th spots respectively.

This means that, no matter what, China will have only one men’s doubles pair in Johor Baru. Should Cai and Fu make it to the quarter final, they are likely to play against Jung Jae Sung and Lee Yong Dae of Korea, winner last week in Hong Kong.

Korea’s in luck as the new pairing of Cho Gun Who and Shin Baek Chol will not have to face Malaysia’s Zakry Abdul Latif and Faruzizuan Tazari as the latter withdrew as did some of their compatriots. Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan will have another chance at getting even with Alvent Yulianto and Chandra, who beat them last week – the two pairs are meant to meet in the quarter finals.

Top seeds Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong start of their Li-Ning China Open against the young Chinese duo of Liu Xiaolong and Xiu Zihan.

If the women’s doubles is usually a done deal for China, this should be even more true this week, as no less than 14 pairs from mainland China have entered the draw. Cheng Shu and Zhao Yunlei are top seeds and could face either compatriots Zhang/Tian in the quarter, or Korea’s Kim/Park.

Chin Eei Hui and Wong Pei Tty have been quite lucky with the draw, with only one out of the 14 pairs in their quarters. Their strongest opponents should be either India’s Ashwini Ponnappa/Jwala Gutta or England’s Jenny Wallwork/Gabrielle White.

For Lee Yong Dae and Lee Hyo Jung, this event will be the perfect way to get even with Indonesia’s Fran Kurniawan and Pia Zabedah Bernadet, who had stunned the Olympic champions last week : they will play each other in the first round.

The only seeded team to have withdrawn is Denmark’s Joachim Fischer Nielsen and Christinna Pedersen, but all eyes will be on Liliyana Natsir and her new partner Devin Lahardi who replaces the evergreen Nova Widianto.

YONEX-SUNRISE HONG KONG OPEN 2009

YONEX-SUNRISE HONG KONG OPEN 2009 - Polish stunner

Robert Mateusiak and Nadiezda Kostiucyz made a stunning impression by clinching their first ever Super Series title over double world champions Nova Widianto and Liliyana Natsir while Lee Chong Wei also signaled his return with a bang.,

Six months ago, Nadiezda Kostiuczyk was at home, doing nothing. And hating to sit around while she could have been practicing as hard as ever, but a second hip injury performed in March meant she was to wait a little while longer before she could resume training – she had been out since the 2008 Olympics with a recurrent injury which forbade her to play.

Little did she know that she would enjoy an amazing evening in Hong Kong, less than 6 months after her second operation, she would be stepping on the highest step of a Super Series podium for the first time in her career.

The Polish pair of Mateusiak and Kostiuczyk were facing Nova Widianto and Liliyana Natsir – a pair they had never beaten in the past. Yet, Mateusiak thought they had their chances. “First of all, we talked about it and realized that except for one exception, we had never lost any finals before and even if those were not Super Series final, we took it as a good sign.

“Secondly, we had beaten this week the English pair of(Donna) Kellogg and (Anthony) Clark – even if he was obviously tired after his men’s doubles – but it was the first time, so, we believed we had our chances today,” hinted Mateusiak.

“For me, playing again is just amazing and like a lot of other people who have come back from injury, I am just happy to be on court and to be able to play. I do not take it for granted anymore, and then, it takes off the pressure from our shoulders,” added Nadiezda.

The Poles stayed very focus and were more consistent than their opponents throughout the game. The key of the match was certainly when the Indonesians led 20/18 and failed to convert. Instead, the Polish got back and scooped the first game 22/20.

It was then a whole different story. “They started feeling insecure; we could feel it after the first game. It’s was really the turning point I think,” said Mateusiak, still excited few minutes after the match.

The second game was even until 10/10, but with no real solution for the Indonesians, they lost track in the second part of the game, letting the Polish pair up by 6 points – the gap was then too big and Mateusiak kept hitting hard from the back while Kostiuczyk worked wonders at the net.

On their second match point, they scored for their first ever Super Series win, falling into each other’s arms while the fans were stunned.

Denmark was hoping for two Golds in Hong Kong. They will leaving the city with two silver instead as the world ranking was respected in both the singles and the doubles. There was not much difference between Peter Gade and Lee Chong Wei, but the Malaysian played a bit better at key points, on top of being lucky.

“In the third game, I was leading 3/0 and he came back thanks to three lucky shots with one behind his back. It could have gone the other way then and made a difference. But Chong Wei is one of the two best players in the world right now with Lin Dan, and I proved that I was not that far this week. I still have the motivation in me to win the big ones and I am overall satisfied with my performance this week. Now I need to get back to my family whom I miss and get ready to compete in the Super Series finals,” said Gade, after his 13/21 – 21/13 – 16/21 loss to the Malaysian.

Same fate with Jonas Rasmussen and Lars Paaske, who were mentioning the night before how one result from a teammate could affect the performance of the others competing the same day. It turned out to be true on Sunday as they failed to take their first title since the Yonex Japan Open 2008.

The first game against Lee Yong Dae and Jung Jae Sung went smoothly for the Danes, who applied the tactic which had seen the mighty Koreans not winning a medal in the Olympics last year. But after a fragile start, the Korean duo started getting back into the game, thanks to some inspired shots by Yong Dae on top of the power delivered by Jae Sung.

The second game went Korea’s way and the decider was a one sided story for the title holders, with Lee and Jung ending their journey in Hong Kong with a 13/21 – 21/15 – 21/8 success.

China clinched the other two titles, as expected as it was all China girls involved In the other finals. Wang Yihan was delighted to beat Jiang Yanjiao in 39 minutes with a score of 21/13 – 21/15, showing what kind of form she’s in few days before her home event in Shanghai – the city she was born in.

Olympic Champions Du Jing and Yu Yang, on their hand, failed to deliver in spite of being higher ranked than their compatriots Ma Jin and Wang Xiaoli. After a beautiful battle, the youngsters took it 16/21 – 21/19 -21/12.

The Chinese will all be present in this week’s China Open, including Lin Dan, while some of the heroes of this year’s Hong Kong open will go home, such as Taufik and Peter Gade, who will meet again before the end of the year for the Super Series finals.

YONEX-SUNRISE HONG KONG OPEN 2009 - Chong Wei looking for first Hong Kong title

YONEX-SUNRISE HONG KONG OPEN 2009 - Chong Wei looking for first Hong Kong title

Sunday, November 15, 2009 - By Raphael Sachetat. Pix by BadmintonPhoto

Lee Chong Wei trounced Bao Chunlai to enter the final of the YONEX-SUNRISE Hong Kong Open on Saturday evening. He will meet Peter Gade on Sunday, for a clash which will give a first time Hong Kong Open winner as neither one have won the event before.

In spite of the home support, Bao Chunlai will not get his revenge of the French Open against Peter Gade. The tall Chinese was beaten in straight games by a boiling Lee Chong Wei, back at his best. The surprise came with the score – 21/17 – 21/12, which was explained by the amazing start from the Malaysian.

Picking the side of the court with the wind on the back, Chong Wei knew that the first game was going to be difficult. But he managed to keep ahead in spite of the court disadvantage.

“I knew I had to play at net level and not lift anything as I would get punished. I was ready to lose the first game, but once I managed to win it, I knew I would win as I was going to play on the easier side after,” said Chong Wei.

The second game, as expected was a one man show for the Malaysian, who looked sharp and very quick on his feet, while Bao was often late on the shuttles, and sending his clears way wide at the rear of the court.

Chong Wei was in full confidence and rolled on to an easy 21/12 victory in the second. “I didn’t expect such an easy victory, really. I feel good and my knee injury is gone. I will now meet Peter Gade in the final. I know it will be a tough match as he is also very experienced and knows to play in difficult conditions. It will be a mental game,” said the Malaysian, who had met Gade twice at the beginning of the year – he had won in Malaysia before losing in Korea.

Robert Mateusiak and Nadiezda Kostiuczyk were the other big winners of the evening session when they upset Taipei’s Fang Chieh Min and Wang Pei Rong.

The match was a delight to watch with its share of suspense towards the end, when the Poles saved three match points before turning into gold – or silver - their only one. They will be meeting Nova Widianto and Liliyana Natsir who had taken care of their compatriots Hendra Aprida Gunawan and Vita Marissa earlier in the day in what appeared to be a friendly and fun match rather than a Super Series semi-final.

The men’s doubles should be exciting as well, with Denmark’s Lars Paaske and Jonas Rasmussen taking on Korea’s Jung Jae Sung and Lee Yong Dae, with quite a good record for the Europeans against the mighty Koreans.

Lee Yong Dae and Jung Jae Sung beat Indonesia’s Chandra and Alven Yulianto in straight games for the last match of the day. Before that, Ma Jin and Wang Xiaoli secured a final showdown against Du Jing and Yu Yang, and Wang Yihan beat Wang Xin in a very entertaining game.

How to train footsteps (Footwork) you play badminton?

In the game of badminton one of the most important element is to step foot (Footwork). As good as any you'll smash useless if not accompanied by a good footstep in the field. Step feet (footwork) that effectively and efficiently will make your move in the field, stamina and energy required would be smaller. Imagine if you ran up and down half a badminton court-sized 88 × 99m2 and tried to return the shuttlecock is sliding fast, can imagine in 15 minutes would have been struggling.

Here are tips on training steps (footwork) for a single game by using the right hand: Start from the center position with the dancing movements. To reverse backhand Dropshot shuttlecock, a small step left foot and then followed a big step in the right foot backhand position. Done reverse shuttlecock, back to the starting position with your right foot steps behind left foot step followed. Knees slightly bent to get the leg strength. Keep dancing movements while waiting shuttlecock.

Dropshot shuttlecock to reverse forehand position. Keep dancing movement begins with small steps and followed the left foot a big step the right foot, knees slightly bent trying to get the leg strength, then back to the center position with the right foot steps and then followed a small footsteps.

Reversing a long shuttlecock backhand position. Keep dancing movements and step right foot to the left with right leg crossed position and back to the net. Finish return shuttlecock back to center position with the right foot steps to the starting position.

If the shuttlecock falls on the long position on the forehand, step right foot in accordance with the distance that can be reached and then returned to the center position, while waiting for the shuttlecock is reversed opponent.

Noteworthy is the starting point at the center point of the field or center field every Dropshot return the shuttlecock, or behind you trying to return to that point while waiting for your opponent dibalikin shuttlecock. Try to stay awake dancing movements so there is an initial velocity for the body to move.

Tips on footwork as a reference only to train your foot steps because the movement is quite efficient but not absolute. Chances are you can find a better movement and efficient in your own way.

The point is to do the feet (footwork) in accordance with the rhythm of your game, find yourself the most effective measures and efficient based on the game because each player's body posture is different as height, bone shape, and balance the body are also different. There's even a world champion pebulutangkis have footsteps irregular.

Step foot (Footwork) It looks easy but to practice it sometimes takes a long time.

6 easy steps to prevent injury to play badminton

Badminton including a limited net game means no body contact with the opponent directly, but still possible injury would have occurred if not addressed either from inside or outside factors. The following are tips badminton teach us how to prevent injury to play badminton.

1. Warming (Warming up)
Tips to avoid injury as the first other game, which is sufficiently warmed up before starting the game badminton because by doing muscle-Otot warming our bodies are better prepared to conduct follow-up activities more difficult. Badminton requires us to move the whole body starting from the feet, ankles, hands, fingers, arms, wrists to the waist. So we must warm up sufficiently before starting the game. Remember do not ever forget to warm up before starting to play badminton. Warm up at least 15 minutes, your muscles will be better prepared.

2. Badminton Shoes (Wear)
Wear shoes that have badminton tread surface with a rubber material will be stronger because it stuck to the ground. Do not wear jogging shoes are usually of synthetic carbon materials for badminton because it can make you slip. Wear shoes suitable for the size of your feet, too narrow, causing the heel or toe pain, not too loose can cause sprains or injuries.

3. Badminton conditions (Course Condition)
Note the condition of the field you play badminton. Badminton court could be made from wood, carpet, cement. if the wood and the carpet is usually water or sweat can make you slip, if the cement is usually sand or gravel. Keep the field clean, make sure the field you are free from water, sweat and sand.

4. Body movement
Badminton requires rhythmic body movements with a high speed chase especially since you are Dropshot shuttlecock, and then rely, and each in turn. bit error limb movements can cause injuries, especially hip, knee and thigh. So the movement should be relaxed and heating are also very helpful.

5. Double Games. Be careful with your friends racquets
Double game of badminton can cause injury because of the racket blow teammates. For these professional players unlikely to happen, but for the amateur and have not previously paired careful. There is still a friend in the field
Read your friends movement, give the command to tell your friends that you are going to reverse shuttlecock.

6. Stretch (Streching)
This stretch is very important after playing badminton. Done playing stretch your legs, sit on the floor with your legs straight position parallel to the floor. Relax your muscles, especially the legs with a little massaging the thighs and calves. Do not sit cross-legged or bend your leg because it can block blood vessels after circulatory activity moving quickly. If one position can sometimes cause cramps.

With the above tips, hopefully can help you avoid injury while playing badminton.