Age matters?

Hi
Today i am going to tell you about age.You will have lots of questions about age

At what age i should start?

Have i late to play badminton professionally?

I have the answer .
                Basically is it the best as early as you start to play badminton like at the age of 5,6or7.Lin dan started at the age of 6 .But lee chong wei (world's champion) Started at 11.Peter gade at 13.Mostly start around 10 or 12 .Now the question arises if you are 16,17or 18.can you think about badminton as a career.Most of the coaches and senior players will suggest you not to choose badminton as a career but in my opinion they are all wrong you can start at 18 even and can be world champion if you have strong will power and continous hard efforts.Nothing is impossible.It is said by Swami Vivekanand "EVEN MAN DOESN'T KNOW HIS FULL POTENTIAL"
       You need dedication and self discipline to achieve your targets .Here age doesn't matters,what matters ,your will power to do efforts.You need a high level of motivation to do this.To stay motivated read the stories of most exceptional people in world ,read motivational quotes everyday.Stay Positive always and do meditation.
So in the last i will say age doesn't matters,your efforts and self discipline matters ,It up to you what you think
Share your views and opinion with me.

Thanks 

Pradeep Sheoran

Badminton Dictionary

There are lots of words used in badminton,which you don't know so today i will explain every word of badminton:

• Baseline: It is the back boundary line, which is parallel to the net and farthest from it.
• Short service line: It is a line 1.98m from the net, serve must reach this line.
• Long service line: The line, which the serve should not cross, to be legal is called the long service line. The base line  serves as the long service line for the singles play and 0.76m inside the baseline serves as the long service line for doubles.
• Center line: It is a line running perpendicular to the net from the short service line to the baseline dividing the court into equal left and right service courts.
• Side line: It is the outer boundary line beyond which the shuttle should not fall to be considered legal. The side line for doubles is 0.46m outer to the singles side line.
• Fore- court: It is the area of the court between the net and the short service line.
• Mid- court:It is the area between the short service line and the long service line for doubles.
• Back court: It is the rear third of the court containing the two back boundary lines.
• Back alley: It is that area of the court between the two back boundary lines.Also called back gallery.
• Side alley: It is area of the court between the two side lines.(Side gallery)
• Court: The play area, measuring 13.4m by 6.1m, and defined by boundary lines.
• Racquet: or racket. It is the equipment used by the player to hit the shuttlecock. It weighs 90 grams  and is 680mm  long. It is generally made of metal alloys.
• Shuttlecock: or the shuttle is the object that the players hit back and forth across the net. It consists of 16 goose or duck feathers embedded in a cork base covered with leather.
• Net: The net is the barrier tied across the center of the court dividing it into two equal halves, each measuring 6.71m by 6.1m. The net is 1.55m high at its center.
• Clear: It is the basic stroke of badminton. It is played to the opponent's back court.
• Drop: A shot played with soft hands and with finesse to land the shuttle swiftly and close to the net on the opponent's side.
• Smash: It is the most attacking shot in badminton. It is an overhead shot which brings the shuttle down from a height at a steep angle.
• Drive: A fast and flat shot that travels horizontally over the net.
• Push: A gentle shot played with little wrist action from the fore or mid court and falls in the opponent's mid- court.
• Kill: The Shot played to end the rally.
• Feint: A deceptive movement meant to confuse the opponent regarding the player's intended direction, choice or speed of shot.
• Throw: An illegal act wherein the shuttle is held on the racket and then thrown during the shot.
• Fault: Any violation of the playing rules in serving, receiving or during rally.
• Let: A legal stoppage of play when Player is not ready.
• Wood shot: In this shot the shuttle hits the frame of the racket. Once considered illegal, the International badminton federation in 1963 endorsed this shot.

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Pradeep Sheoran

How to be a professional badminton player-3(court Skills)

Only fitness and fluid moment is not enough to be a professional badminton .you should have perfect court skills .Today i will explain you about how to improve court skills.Court skills means deception.accuracy and consistency.
Deception-In order to be deceptive, you have to keep your opponents guessing. Basic preparations for executing shots are all the same. You will discover that the angle of the racket face, speed of the racket head and point of the impact can be changed to create deception. Of course there's a need for experience.
Deceptive Lifts :-

• Hold and flick(The basic idea is to play your lifts with a very short hitting action. Your preparation should look the same as a net shot, and you should hold this posture as long as you can.)
• Reversing the hold-and-flick(As an occasional variation, you can reverse this deception by making a larger swing—as though playing a lift—before slowing down your racket movement and playing a net shot. The downside is that your net shot will be less accurate; the upside is that, because this deception is less common, it’s more surprising)
• Double motion(For example, you can start a racket swing in a cross-court direction, before withdrawing the racket and quickly playing a straight shot instead (bending back the wrist to help achieve the straight angle.)
• Slicing your lifts(This is technically very difficult, but it can produce spectacular results. As with double motion, sliced lifts are used to mislead your opponent about the direction of the shot; but they can be more deceptive, because they use an uninterrupted swing.)

Accuracy-In order to gain accuracy, you need to have good footwork, technique and also fitness. You can develop shot accuracy through multi-shuttle drills. You have to hit a lot of shuttles toward the same spot on the other side of the court.In a match, an accurate and consistent performance will give you an advantage when you are under pressure. The advantage refers to driving your opponent to commit unforced errors and making wrong decisions first.

Consistency -Before hitting the shots accurately, you need to have the consistency first. Consistency can be defined as keeping the shots simple and safe over the net. In order to be consistent, frequent and repetitive practice of a technique is needed. Understand the techniques first before gaining the skills.
Try to repeat the shots again and again until you master it. Soon, no one would dare to have a match with you.
Thanks
Pradeep Sheoran