u/multifaceted_vishesh

A few weeks ago I posted here about building a badminton training app because I was tired of showing up to court with no plan.

The feedback from this community helped shape it. Thank you for that.

Today it officially launched on the App Store. Still completely free.

What it has:
- Structured training plans for beginner and intermediate players
- 100+ drills filtered by solo/partner, court/home, skill level
- Progress tracking with streaks and badges
- Works on Android too via link below

If you tried it before and had issues, worth checking again. A lot has been fixed.

If you haven't tried it, today is a good day.

App Store: in comments or just search "Smash-Badminton training" in Apple app store.
Web/Android: Smashappbadminton.com

Something I noticed about my own game that took me way too long to figure out.

I thought I was being deceptive. I was holding my shots late, swinging through, all that stuff. Turns out I was just being slow and my opponents were reading me the whole time.

The thing nobody tells you is that real deception is not about hiding the shot at the end. It is about making two completely different shots look exactly the same all the way up until contact. If your preparation is different for a smash versus a drop, it does not matter how late you hold it. A decent player is already moving.

The giveaway for most people is the elbow. Check yourself on video. Your elbow probably drops early when you are going for a drop and stays high for the smash. That alone is enough for someone to read you before your wrist does anything.

What actually helped me was picking one combination, I started with straight smash and cross drop, filming myself hitting both, then pausing the clip a few frames before contact. If I could tell which shot was coming at that point, I knew my opponent could see it in real time.

Once I started training it that way the feedback loop got way faster. You stop guessing and you can actually see what you are giving away.