6 Tips For Playing With A Worse Partner In Badminton

bad game? Unfortunately you can't just click your fingers and get rid of your partner

or get a better partner or make them start playing well but there are quite a few things you can

do to still win matches and in this video we're going to share six of our best tips! So if you're

playing against a pair where one player is a lot weaker you're going to try and hit the majority

of your shots to that player and this means that in the same situation there's a good chance your

opponents will do this to you especially trying to move your partner around the back of the court, so

one way to combat this is to get your partner to the net and you want to do this because firstly

it's generally easier at the net as these shots require a shorter swing and less power and it's

also harder for your opponents to keep hitting to the net because they can either play a loose shot

which makes it easier for your partner or they have to play it tight which means they have more

chance of making a mistake so we have two ways for you to get into this formation. Our first example

is when you're side by side here you can play a block into space and your partner moves forward

to the net straight away most players will lift this so the shuttle will then go to you but if

they do try and play this to your partner at the net there's a good chance it will be a loose shot

and hopefully your partner can kill it and win the rally - that would be a nice confidence booster for them!

This is of course assuming you've played a good block and your opponents are taking it late

obviously if they're hitting the shuttle above the height of the net then this could be very scary

for your partner! So our second way to get your partner to the net is to play early return of

serves hard down your side of the court and then you move backwards straight away with your partner

moving forwards if you play a good return of serve it will be really difficult for your opponents to

lift it cross-court over your partner's head and if your partner is returning they can play net shots

and stay in to instantly get you into this front and back formation. Now as with all of these tips

we're going to give this will of course depend on your partner's strengths and weaknesses for

example if they have a big smash then you might move forwards to the net more and let them play

more rear court shots! Okay let's move on to our second tip which is to cover more of the court

covering more of the court means you play more shots and hopefully have a better chance

of winning the rally as we've just said one way to do this is when you're in an attacking formation

your partner is at the net and you pretty much cover the whole of the court. If you're in a

defensive formation then we'd recommend having an understanding with your partner that you'll

take everything down the middle and they'll just need to get anything around their body

or tramline this isn't something we'd advise doing if you're playing with someone a similar standard

to you as you can get much better coverage defending the right way and if you're not sure

what this right way is we'll link to our video discussing this below :-) Now we've even seen lots

of people actually go in front of their partner and take a drop shot almost in their tramlines

but this probably isn't something we'd recommend as it often leads to you both getting in a worse position

How extreme you take this court coverage will probably depend on a. how much you want to win

B. How bad your partner actually is and C. How tolerant your partner will be to you taking all

of their shots, but this probably leads back to point a if you want to win so bad that you don't

care then that's your choice to make! A bonus point for this section is that people can often