Class size: 4 - 8 students
Fees: $20 per class Future Star classes and adult classes, $25 per class others (minimum 8 classes); students who
sign up for 16 classes will receive 10% off.
* $30 one class only
*If you want to arrange a private or group lesson with any of our coaches, please contact the office to make arrangements.
Adult Class
TRAINING CURRICULUM - For C-level or D-level adults and intermediate to advanced juniors
- 1. Mental Toughness & Match Preparation – these are discussion points that are incorporated into each of the drills described below.
- The ABCs of Badminton
- Adjust, Balance, Calm, Defense, Exploitation
- Improving Your Warm-up
- Three-minute drill. What did you miss?
- Hit all the shots you plan to use, Serve/Return, Depth perception, Targets
- Raise your body temperature to avoid injury if no stretching
- Fulcrum point of each Rally
- Each rally starts balanced. Tip the rally in your favor. Stay on offense.
- Large swings across the fulcrum are risky. Go from defense back to balanced
- Expanding The Box
- What can you cover? Where can you hit consistently?
- Moving outward from Beginner to D to C to B to A
- Reading Your Opponent’s Menu
- It’s fast game, so learn how to slow it down
- Recognize tendencies, abilities and options
- Narrow their options, shorten their menu of choices to increase anticipation
- Exploit their weaknesses
- You’re not the President
- No media, no headlines, no consequences for failure
- USE practice time to get BETTER
- The W.I.N. Concept
- What’s Important Now? Don’t waste energy
Evaluate, Reset, Prepare
- Stopping Streaks
- No more than four points, 25c to 50c to $1.00 to $2.00
- Serve & return error streaks are killers
- Endgame Situations
- Practice these at 17-17, 14-14. Keep track of success/failure rate at practice
- Find ways to add pressure so that you can get used to it. Bets, penalties
2. Doubles Basics
- Serve & Serve Return
- The Most Important Shots. Short rallies increase their importance
- You’re in control. No movement adjustments necessary.
- Find your comfort spot. Consistency and calm. Eyes closed.
- Ten serves with penalties. Practice being under pressure
- Pick a target. Balance between Variety and exploiting patterns
- Drops, pushes, mid-court, rushing, flick serves
- Quality determines whether you’re on offense or defense right away
- Hitting Straight
- Don’t hit cross-court unless for a winner or exploiting weakness
- Adds depth and time
- Benefits partner preparation at net and for defense
- No Unnecessary Lifting
- FULCRUM POINT – keep the balance in your favor
- Playing from defense is tiring, hard and usually unsuccessful
- Use your peripheral vision to find place to hit soft and low
- Drill with someone moving at net
- Short court game with 2 people or full court with 4 people
- Repeated net play requires patience and calmness
- Lifting sometimes necessary, but too often not
- When it happens, still pick a target – width, depth, weaker player
- Rotating with your partner
- Moving as a team to protect the space. Sliding side-by-side & recover
- Stepping forward when your partner is being attacked
- No backing up unless necessary – more later
- Rotation drill – five points, clockwise and counterclockwise, variations
3. Transitioning from Defense to Offense/
- The Three Time Blocks
- Your shot to their shot
- Target your shot, give yourself more time
- Position yourself – face hitter for better vision
- Evaluate options and possibilities
- Don’t be passive if they’re attacking your partner
- Their shot to your shot
- Evaluate opportunities
- PICK A TARGET & EXPANDING THE BOX
- After your shot
- Move to offense. Coordinate with your partner
- Lifting
- Height vs. depth to maximize preparation and balance
- Attacking Drops
- Get in an offensive mindset
- Move in balance with racket ready at height
- Execute and finish calm with no pullback motion
- Drill with tossing, then hitting, then rallies
- Targeted Smash Returns
- Importance of width. Cross-court only for winner
- Depth placement to get lifts
- Know your opponent – drives vs. lifts
- Drill for width and depth targets
4. Staying on Offense
- Being Patiently Aggressive
- Not every shot has to be a winner. Remember FULCRUM
- Pick best option given your balance, skills, partner, and opponent
- Dropping, soft or angled smashing until opportunity to finish
- Net player needs to apply pressure. Watch opponents and mirror movement
- Beware overdoing it though. Mea culpa
- Targeted Smashing
- Changing your height and location to exploit weaknesses
- Precision trumps power
- Practice this in warm-ups
- READING THE MENU
- Drill with targets
- Timing Your Rotation
- Allows rotation to stronger team balance
5. Mixed Doubles Specialties
- The Nine-Square Court
- Unbalancing Your Opponent
- Using width vs. middle attack in MD
- Get her to cover 5 or him to cover 6, then attack
- Protecting Your Weaknesses
- Lifting away from the woman
- Rotating ASAP
- Drill with her retreating
- Sharing the Glory
- If she’s finishing, then everything’s good