Gary Tse's Profile

To be able to clear from baseline to baseline does not depend on strength alone.



Other factors play a part in it, such as;

1. The requirement of power or force exerted onto the shuttlecock

2. Your stroke production/technique

3. Your transfer of weight into the shot

4. Your timing at impact

5. Your ability to make contact with the 'sweet spot' of the stringbed

6. The speed of the shuttlecock

Here is how I coach.

Start with footwork, and then grip

Then incorporate footwork with stroke (no shuttle)

Then start with net shot (with shuttle)

Then add footwork with net shot and shuttle

Then repeat with net push

then mid court net shot,

mid court drive

high clear (forehand)

drop shot from baseline (forehand)

smash from baseline (forehand)

Now teaches the backhand baseline shots