Backhandclear tutorial: How to play a powerful backhand in Badminton

A lot of badminton players think, that they cannot play a backhandclear because a lack of power, but in reality the technique plays a much bigger role. Of course you need some power in your arm, if you want to play the shuttle all the way to back, but with the right technique it is less than you think.

In my eyes the four keypoints for a powerful backhand are:
1) Grip
2) Forearmrotation
3) Elbow
4) Wrist

1) The right grip is important if you want to hit a backhand with power. A lot of players try to use a thumbgrip, but as soon as you are hitting it behind the body (and that is where you usually need to play a backhand) you can't generat any power with that grip. It will even force you to bend your wrist in order to hit the shuttle and that will cost you a lot of power (more about that later). To creat power besides or behind your body you have to use a grip that allows forearmrotation like the V-Grip. In addition to that you should also put your thumb on the edge of the grip. That will help you to generate extra power when you tighten the grip during impact.

For more details about the grip just check out my grip tutorial: Badminton Grip Tutorial: 4 different ...

2) Forearmrotation
As i said you should use a grip that allows forearmrotation. Just like on forehand overhandshots your forearm is the biggest source for power. For backhandshots you just have to rotate in the other direction, what usually is a bit harder but still key to accelerate the racket in the short given time.

3) Elbow
The elbow is very good keypoint to focus on. Don't make the mistake to start with your elbow too far up but give yourself some room to accelerate. Start with a relaxed arm and low elbow and start the armmovement by throwing the elbow towards the shuttle. If you do it right and still keep your arm relaxed, the rackethead should fall down and give you a perfect position for accleerating the racket by stretching the arm and rotating the forearm.

4) Wrist
The wrist can be used to change the direction of the shuttle, but it should never be used to produce power in shots. When you want to hit with power, try to keep a fixed wrist during the impact, otherwise you will loose power. Also bending the wrist too much will cause problems, because it will bring a lot of tension to your forearm. For a powerful shot you need a relaxed arm until the very last moment, so try to find a grip that helps you to keep the wrist in a neutral position.


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