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Anyone who gets annoyed with this influencer/badminton player? Like he is very full of himself from his video. And im surprised many are baited to his thirst traps.

I’m playing in a Bay Area charity tournament in a few weeks and I wanna know if I got any shot at winning matches. I’m on my high schools jv team and trained once a week for like 6 months

Hi, I have been playing badminton for 3 months now, and I'm looking for an indoor shoe. The shoe I'm using is an Air Force (pretty bad I know), and it is sore after 2-3 hours of play. That's why I'm looking for an actual shoe.

I need a well-cushioned, durable, and comfortable indoor shoe. My budget is around 50 USD

So I normally play only 2-3 sessions a week, but recently I was dumb and played 2 hours at noon and then another 3 at night. Also, I developed a potentially injurious habit of lunging on my left foot for sudden shots on my left side.

At night after that double session, I sat down at dinner and then felt intense pain on my left knee (near the front kneecap) for like 5-10 seconds. It was around 8/10 in pain, and I've never felt that before. The next morning, right when I was waking up, I bent my left knee whilst my thighs were opened up externally, then felt the same pain as I tried to unbend that left knee. I also felt it lock for the 5-10 seconds of intense pain...

It's been around five days of rest and I can at least walk properly without much issues, but intermittently that kneecap area will radiate sharp pain. I plan to play on the weekend but then take an extended break afterwards. Has anyone ever gone through something similar? Any exercises or tips at all? This is my first time experiencing knee issues from badminton, and I really feel a lot of empathy for all those players with knee braces 😭

Again, not seeking medical advice and obviously medical consultation is recommended.

i am recovering from a knee injury (meniscus tear and what not) and i resumed playing a month ago.

I play only MD.

i can't do explosive movements, which means i am usually beaten by flick serves and deep side court placements.

I have accepted this, that until i am fully recovered, i won't be able to play as before, but

any one have any tips on how i can react better to flick serves and side court placements?

any coaching videos for folks like us?

A common critique I get is to be lighter on my feet. I try to stay on my toes and take the correct number of steps in the proper way, but I simply cannot stop stomping around. How do I fix this?

I’ve been doing gym from an year, growth has been decent yet I had to take a break due to some personal reasons and during that period instead of gym I had played badminton…which surprised me with a decent shoulder imbalance and ive been finding it weird, I understand little imbalances but this one seems a lot because i wasn’t ready for my shoulder Imbalance as I’ve been focused on my shoulders since the initial days..
I’ve been gaining the momentum back with regular excercise and I need some solutions to this issue, I’ve seen many Reddit posts about imbalances hence I’ve been workin on it by performing unilateral excercises and using dumbbells..
I was wondering if giving some rest to the right shoulder for 2-3 weeks and training the left one, so that it could grow as close as the right one and then working on both shoulders together after 2-3 weeks..
I need a second opinion on these solutions
Thanks :)

I know it's totally innocuos, but it just seems weird and a bit icky having the players hold hands with children as they enter the playing arena.

I'm usually a doubles player (can play both mixed doubles and women's doubles) but recently my school is having trials for the team and they have decided to use half court singles as a way to rank the players from best to worst.

I really don't play singles so I just wanted to ask if anyone has any good strategy for playing half court singles especially since I think it's more difficult to move the opponent around since the space is halved. Also, as I'm a girl, should I be using the forehand high serve that a lot of women's singles players are using? Instead of the usual backhand serve for doubles.

Today at Bangkok he was giving away and signing his book, unfortunately i cant read thai language, as he is giving it for free i assume there should be a english version in pdf somewhere online? I cant find it … thank you

She was the youngest world champion ever, and she is also the longest-serving top 10 player in badminton history. That level of longevity is honestly incredible.

At the same time, it feels like her peak wasn’t as dominant as some other legends of the sport. She kind of reminds me of Ryan Giggs in football — maybe not the absolute highest peak, but amazing consistency and longevity over such a long career.

Curious to hear what others think about her legacy in badminton.