{"id":5659,"date":"2022-03-23T20:36:15","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T20:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/badm-insight.local\/?p=5659"},"modified":"2024-08-20T10:48:41","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T10:48:41","slug":"the-badminton-warm-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/badminton-insight.com\/the-badminton-warm-up\/","title":{"rendered":"The Perfect Badminton Warm Up"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5659\" class=\"elementor elementor-5659\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3c90b8b2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3c90b8b2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-633b0f32\" data-id=\"633b0f32\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30acfdfa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"30acfdfa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Perfect Badminton Warm Up<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43e55796 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"43e55796\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">A good warm-up could be the difference between you losing and winning a match! In this article, we&#8217;re going to give you some tips to make sure you have the best possible on-court warm-up.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc94c3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cc94c3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #333333;\">An on-court warm-up for badminton should consist of:<\/p><ul style=\"font-size: 18px; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333;\"><li style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Flat Drives<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Overhead Clears<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Drops<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Lifts<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Smashes<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Defence<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Net Shots<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Reactions<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Cross-court Shots<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Serves<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Return of Serves<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cae059e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cae059e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">We\u2019ll be covering each of these in this article whilst explaining 7 routines you can do for both singles and doubles.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\" style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-567be11c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"567be11c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1) Flat Drives<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c0c5fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2c0c5fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #333333;\">We\u2019d suggest starting with flat drives, as this will help with:<\/p><ul style=\"font-size: 18px; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333;\"><li style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Getting used to hitting the shuttle and warming up your wrist.<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Getting your\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">timing<\/span>\u00a0right, especially if you\u2019re playing in a new venue.<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Getting used to changing your\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">grip.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e847e3d elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e847e3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"408\" src=\"https:\/\/badminton-insight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-20.45.22-pm.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5674\" alt=\"Flat Drives\" srcset=\"https:\/\/badminton-insight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-20.45.22-pm.png 816w, https:\/\/badminton-insight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-20.45.22-pm-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/badminton-insight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-20.45.22-pm-768x392.png 768w, https:\/\/badminton-insight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-20.45.22-pm-600x306.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b83db4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1b83db4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2) Overhead Clears<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b997ac6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b997ac6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">After the flat drives, we\u2019d suggest moving onto overhead clears, you probably only need a few of these before you move onto the next shot. This will again help you to get used to timing the shuttle and further warm up your shoulder.<\/span><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\" style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3df23a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e3df23a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><em style=\"color: #333333;\">Important Note<\/em><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00a0&#8211; We would advise doing a thorough physical warm up before you step on court to do your on-court warm up. Check out our\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333; text-decoration-line: underline;\"><a style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); line-height: var( --e-global-typography-text-line-height );\" href=\"https:\/\/badminton-insight.com\/badminton-specific-warm-up\/\"><b>\u2018How To Warm Up For Badminton\u2019<\/b><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00a0article for more information on this.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-912b047 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"912b047\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"421\" src=\"https:\/\/badminton-insight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-20.49.14-pm.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5675\" alt=\"Overhead Clears\" srcset=\"https:\/\/badminton-insight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-20.49.14-pm.png 818w, https:\/\/badminton-insight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-20.49.14-pm-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/badminton-insight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-20.49.14-pm-768x404.png 768w, https:\/\/badminton-insight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-20.49.14-pm-600x315.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0ad5b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f0ad5b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3) Drops &amp; Lifts<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b91872d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b91872d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Next up, one player starts by playing drop shots, varying the&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #333333;\">pace<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\">&nbsp;and&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #333333;\">direction<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\">. The other player can practice their lifts, focusing on lift&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #333333;\">accuracy<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\">&nbsp;and most importantly,&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #333333;\">length!&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\">After a few rallies of drops and lifts, swap around so the person who has just lifted now practices their drops, and vice versa.<\/span><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\" style=\"color: #333333;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61f4e19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"61f4e19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">At this point in the warm-up, you want to get a feeling for the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #333333;\">speed<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00a0of the shuttle, as well as practising other aspects of the game, such as your\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #333333;\">movement<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\">,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #333333;\">timing, shot quality and consistency.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6200e2a elementor-blockquote--skin-boxed elementor-blockquote--align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"6200e2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\ud83d\udca1 Make sure you add in some movement when doing the drops and lifts, so both players are moving forwards and backwards, i.e., the person lifting isn\u2019t just standing right in front of the net, and the person doing drops isn\u2019t just standing on the back line!\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4558ad0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4558ad0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/badminton-insight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-20.55.52-pm-1024x562.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5679\" alt=\"Drops &amp; Lifts\" srcset=\"https:\/\/badminton-insight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-20.55.52-pm-1024x562.png 1024w, https:\/\/badminton-insight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-20.55.52-pm-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/badminton-insight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-20.55.52-pm-768x422.png 768w, https:\/\/badminton-insight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-20.55.52-pm-1536x843.png 1536w, https:\/\/badminton-insight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-20.55.52-pm-2048x1124.png 2048w, https:\/\/badminton-insight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-20.55.52-pm-600x329.png 600w, https:\/\/badminton-insight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-20.55.52-pm.png 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba098fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ba098fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4) Smashes<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b00013 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b00013\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #333333;\">It\u2019s now time to bring in some power, with the smash! You can either:<\/p><ul style=\"font-size: 18px; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333;\"><li style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Have one player smashing, and the other player lifting straight off the smash (then swap around after a few rallies).<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Have one player smashing and then playing a mid-court layoff (then swap around after a few rallies).<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Both players smash in the same rally, by playing a smash, block, lift and repeat!<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e43673 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0e43673\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/badminton-insight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-21.00.06-pm-1024x531.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5680\" alt=\"Smashes\" srcset=\"https:\/\/badminton-insight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-21.00.06-pm-1024x531.png 1024w, https:\/\/badminton-insight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-21.00.06-pm-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/badminton-insight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-21.00.06-pm-768x399.png 768w, https:\/\/badminton-insight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-21.00.06-pm-1536x797.png 1536w, https:\/\/badminton-insight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-21.00.06-pm-2048x1063.png 2048w, https:\/\/badminton-insight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-21.00.06-pm-600x311.png 600w, https:\/\/badminton-insight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-21.00.06-pm.png 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6fa699 elementor-blockquote--skin-boxed elementor-blockquote--align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"f6fa699\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\ud83d\udca1 For singles players, you might choose to do more of a slice drop instead, and then move forward to the service line to push the net shot, then repeat. Alternatively, you could lift the next shot if you both want to work. \t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f88b55b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f88b55b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">5) Quick Defence<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-577b4d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"577b4d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Advanced players will always do some defence to the net, this helps to really get your defence and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #333333;\">reactions<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00a0going! This is an essential part of the warm-up for doubles players, where fast reactions are so important.<\/span><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\" style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70333e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"70333e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/badminton-insight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-21.02.21-pm.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5681\" alt=\"Defence\" srcset=\"https:\/\/badminton-insight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-21.02.21-pm.png 862w, https:\/\/badminton-insight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-21.02.21-pm-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/badminton-insight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-21.02.21-pm-768x376.png 768w, https:\/\/badminton-insight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-21.02.21-pm-600x294.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a717d4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a717d4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">6) Net Shots &amp; Reactions<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a41af6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a41af6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">This part involves both players standing near the service line and hitting the shuttle\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #333333;\">semi-cooperatively<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00a0to each other, focussing on having\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #333333;\">fast eyes<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #333333;\">fast grip changes.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\">It\u2019s important to also include some net shots here, getting that\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #333333;\">soft touch<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00a0ready for your match ahead.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d3a1a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d3a1a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For singles players, you may choose to focus more on just net shots, to get comfortable with the <b>feeling<\/b> of the shuttle on the strings.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5860245 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5860245\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/badminton-insight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-21.03.39-pm.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5682\" alt=\"Net Reactions\" srcset=\"https:\/\/badminton-insight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-21.03.39-pm.png 858w, https:\/\/badminton-insight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-21.03.39-pm-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/badminton-insight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-21.03.39-pm-768x376.png 768w, https:\/\/badminton-insight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-21.03.39-pm-600x294.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72a70f0 elementor-blockquote--skin-boxed elementor-blockquote--align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"72a70f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\ud83d\udca1 As a general point, we recommend practicing some cross court shots in your warm-up too if you can. It\u2019s very likely you\u2019ll play cross court shots in your match so it can be good to practice these before and gain some confidence in playing them!\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a8396e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1a8396e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">7) Serve &amp; Return<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05e3cb8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"05e3cb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">It\u2019s essential to practice some serves and return of serves, this will build your&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #333333;\">confidence<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\">&nbsp;in these shots, before you step up to do them in your match!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a66a684 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a66a684\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"397\" src=\"https:\/\/badminton-insight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-21.07.39-pm.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5686\" alt=\"Serve and Return\" srcset=\"https:\/\/badminton-insight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-21.07.39-pm.png 862w, https:\/\/badminton-insight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-21.07.39-pm-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/badminton-insight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-21.07.39-pm-768x381.png 768w, https:\/\/badminton-insight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-21.07.39-pm-600x298.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfe0df8 elementor-blockquote--skin-boxed elementor-blockquote--align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"dfe0df8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\ud83d\udca1 Even if you\u2019ve been through all these warm-up shots, don\u2019t be afraid to tell your partner or opponent if you still want to practice something (time-permitting, of course!). We each have extra things we like to do before a match from mid-court control to full-court net routines! \t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6631f2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6631f2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Learn More<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b65813 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b65813\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">If you&#8217;d like a complete guide on how to warm up for badminton\u00a0<b>off the court<\/b> before doing these drills, you can check out our article <a href=\"https:\/\/badminton-insight.com\/badminton-specific-warm-up\/\"><b><u>here<\/u><\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77e06e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"77e06e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Or if you&#8217;d like to watch our YouTube video on how to do the perfect on-court warm up, you can do so below!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15627300 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"15627300\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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