Malaysia Fails To Claim Gold In Badminton

Lee Chong Wei captures silver medal for Malaysia after playing against Lin Dan in the finals. Lee Chong Wei lost badly 21/12, 21/8. RM 1,000,000 will be given out to anyone who claims gold in the olympics and RM 300,000 for silver. Tension rises as Lee Chong Wei struggles to play with Lin Dan. We will be waiting for next 4 years from now for our Malaysian(s) to go get that gold medal in the London olympics 2012!

Serving Styles

Majority of people start their game with backhand serve. On the other hand some people find it hard and uncomfortable using backhand serve instead forehand serve is used. Some might say forehand serve is for singles and backhand serve is for doubles. Actually backhand service can be used for both singles and doubles and for forehand service, it should only be used in singles. Forehand service is not suitable for doubles because the ball will be tapped downwards by the opposing side easily due to a high ball over the net. In my opinion, I prefer forehand service because its easy to use and I usually have trouble flicking the ball to the base if I use backhand serve. Kenneth Jonassen of Denmark uses forehand service as his serve style. On the other hand, many other players uses backhand services like Lin Dan, Lee Chong Wei, Bao Chun Lai and many other players.



Here is a video, showing Peter Gade playing against Kenneth Jonassen...

Footwork Drills

A guide on footwork by Peter Rasmussen former badminton pro (Credits to him on this video). This footwork drill is recommended to be done non stop for 10 minutes if I'd practice this drill.