‘How to practice badminton alone?’ I once asked my coach, expecting a straightforward answer.  He smiled and replied, ‘unlike tennis or football (soccer), where you can simply bounce the ball…

I was in the ready stance mentally preparing for which badminton return of serve to play if the serve crossed as a low backhand serve. The score was 19-20, so…

The other day I was watching a clip of Yuta Watanabe playing. I admire his game and especially his signature more: the flying backhand drop… The more I thought about…

I found myself drenched in sweat after just fifteen minutes of training badminton strokes. It was a scorching hot summer day with high humidity, making it challenging to recover between…

It was a scorching hot day at the court. I found myself at the frontcourt performing a badminton lift in an attempt to get out of trouble during this particularly…

I was unleashing powerful badminton forehand attacks on our opponents like it was an all-out war.  Drop shots, well-placed smashes—I threw everything I had at them.  … Nothing seemed to…