5 Stages of Basic Badminton Training for Beginners

 Badminton is a sport that often makes Indonesia famous on the international stage. Therefore, this sport is very popular among Indonesian people.

However, if played live, the sport is considered difficult to do. In order to play it well, you need practice from a basic level.

How was the training? To find out the answer, look at the following basic badminton training stages for beginners:

1. Grip with your thumb in the middle of the grip

The first and most basic thing in badminton is the grip position of the racket grip pad.

Badminton is a sport that relies heavily on the wrist. Therefore, grip position will affect the quality of the shot. In order to get a good grip, you must first position your thumb in the middle of the grip. Next, you adjust the position of your palm as comfortably as possible without changing the position of your thumb. If you don't have a racket, you can practice when holding a broom.

2. Practice hitting by throwing the shuttlecock

Often when beginners play badminton, the shuttlecock they are going to hit doesn't hit the racket. To overcome this, you have to practice hitting by throwing the shuttlecock. In this exercise you have to ask someone to throw the shuttlecock.

When the shuttlecock comes, make sure the racket is in the right position. At first, this exercise will seem difficult, but if you do it as often as possible you will be able to hit the shuttlecock correctly.

3. Practice hitting with the shuttlecock hanging

Exercises can be an alternative or continuation of the exercises in the previous point. This method is fairly easy, you just need to make the shuttlecock hang. You can hang the shuttlecock with a rope on a tree branch or iron pole. Then you adjust the length of the string to the reach of the racket. You can do punch training 10 times in 1 set or adjust as desired.

4. Against the wall

If you have started hitting the shuttlecock smoothly and precisely. You can improve your skills by practicing against a wall. How to? You just hit the shuttlecock towards the wall, the shuttlecock will automatically bounce towards you. Then you continue punching continuously, so that it seems like you are fighting a wall.

This exercise is effective for improving the quality of the shot and also the agility of the feet to catch the ball.

5. Practice test

After passing the four training stages above, then you can try it out with someone who has good badminton skills. This needs to be done so that you get used to hitting the shuttlecock from a real opponent. Practice this test as often as possible so that the quality of your shots continues to improve and you can play in real matches.

These are the five stages of basic badminton training for beginners. After the basic stage, advanced badminton training will be related to foot agility and stamina.