Receiving a badminton singles low serve – which face

Which racket face is best & does it matter?

Have you listened to this episode of ‘The Badminton Experience’

Steen Pedersen debates with Anders Antonsen & HKV !

There was a very interesting little section towards the end that I would like to share

They were discussing future improvements in men’s singles

The topic of receiving low serve came up, Steen said ….

“I see lots of people return low serves with the forehand (racket face) and I hate it, I truly hate it”

 

 

Anders Antonsen, Steen and Hans-Kristian Vittinghus have a lively very interesting debate

He says more in this short discussion. If you want, stop here and go and listen, then come back to consider the ideas below.

Steen suggested

• There are more opportunities for disguise and deception when using the BH face
• You don’t necessarily need to spin the return
• More players should consider how they wish to receive, as in his opinion there was an advantage to be gained
• That in the past Taufik Hidayat changed where he low served to when playing Peter Gade to nullify PG’s great backhand net returns

Anders Antonsen asked

“What can you do with the Backhand return that you can’t do with the Forehand?”

Coaches & Players

• Do you practice the art of receiving a badminton singles low serve
• What are the considerations for returning and serving in singles?
• Do you engage with your players in these discussions – you should in my opinion

Want to read more ? … click on these two posts

6 Ways to improve your return of a singles low serve

6 ways to help develop a singles low serve

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As always, I’m very grateful if you have read this far 🙂

I’d love to hear your views about receiving a badminton singles low serve

Does the racket face really matter?

Why not send me an email  contact@badmintonandy.com

 

This is part of a series of conversation starters. 

Although not in detail, the posts are written to get you thinking and talking with others.