MUST learn Forearm Rotation Bio-Mechanics - Badminton Famly

[@Kazubla]

This 4 year video may have just helped cure me of my elbow injuries. I didn't realise that pronating/supinating required the full rotation of the shoulder as well as the arm. Thanks!

[@thomassterling2919]

I'm retiring and decided to transition from tennis to badminton. Thank you for producing and posting this training video ! It's the best detailed information that I needed !

[@BadmintonFamly]

Thats amazing to hear, glad to help you along👌🏻

[@fokusmok7]

Rotation of forearm helped me a lot in fh clear shots, cos before I did it with panhold grip and it wasn't that effective and was taking too much time to change grip

[@beastmode6256]

Tips start at these points 3:33 - exercises to do for strengthening 4:21 - exercises for rotation 5:21 - importance of finger power You are welcome!

[@4kelly446]

Ty💕

[@paullindsay8878]

Great video! For years I've been flopping my wrist around and wondering why it was so easy for my opponents to return my smashes. Thanks coach.

[@md.arifuzzamanrabby7490]

I am a primary level player. However, I try to improve my badminton following all your precious videos. Thanks a lot, sir.

[@BadmintonFamly]

Nice to hear, good to know you like them🤗

[@vivihanifah8969]

@@BadmintonFamly whereare you from bro?

[@khan-gd7tf]

Thanks for your help. I'm in my 30s just started playing badminton and your help is very much appreciated. Merry Christmas ;)

[@BadmintonFamly]

Your welcome, and merry Christmas to you to 🎄

[@thanviHimanshu]

You know what players face challenges while playing badminton nd this video was the need , that's why this channel is one of my favorite channel on KZbin 👏👏. Good work 👍 thnx

[@BadmintonFamly]

Thank you SO much👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@Peter-ii4xq]

The best rotation video I can find. Can you show it please with more slow motion? Thanks a lot for your help.

[@BadmintonFamly]

Great to hear ⚡️😎

[@mikaeldeni6722]

Can't wait to practice this on the court. Thanks!

[@sarahchristopher]

Really good advice on the rotation exercise, thank you Coach!

[@miguelv2985]

I think I need this right now Suffering from tennis elbow pain from incorrect technique. :-(

[@hanschristensen3274]

Great video. I have been thinking in this direction for many years now. I especially like the part were you give som arguments on why there is a need for an angle inbetween the arm and the racket. I shall look in the Badminton Familiy plattform if I can some more on how to the grip ideally should be in the hand to create the right angle. BTW, we Love the clip content in Badminton Family. Hans from Haninge BMK

[@praveentu9239]

Can u please make a vedio of badminton ready positions and postures

[@hiteshrabha1174]

One of the best tutorial videos.

[@driveslowly]

Wow as always your instructions is second to none. Thank you and Merry Christmas.

[@BadmintonFamly]

Thaaaaaankkkk you and merry Christmas to you to🎄🤩

[@chrishaynes5280]

Brilliant video on showing the rotation of the whole arm. Is it still possible to use my arm with rotation as I can’t straighten my arm all the way due to an accident years ago.

[@BadmintonFamly]

Yes I believe so, but of course a bit tricky to get full power but wish you good luck on this, sorry to hear about your accident 🙏🏻👍🏻

[@khizertahir3]

Thanks for making the video . people use wrist instead of forearm rotation and this video will help most of the beginners and intermediate players . Keep it Up ♥

[@BadmintonFamly]

Totally agree, it is SO important and a must learn thing in badminton 😄

[@orlandomayta562]

Muchas gracias, pondré en práctica todo lo indicado, muy didáctico e ilustrativo

[@prachoomthiarachawna5766]

Thank you. Will keep practicing this technique.

[@avishekchaudhuri9321]

Wow!!!! I needed this soooo much , Thanks a lot Thomas 😍😍❤️❤️

[@BadmintonFamly]

Your welcome, nice to hear you like it, really hope you can learn a bit from the video 🤩

[@avishekchaudhuri9321]

@@BadmintonFamly surely it will help me a lot, specially in the forehand lifts from the front corner👍😃

[@gurmeettanwar8376]

Great video, really helpful. Keep posting videos like this.👍👍

[@Shandougla]

Many thanks for an informative and detailed video. Very helpful.

[@BadmintonFamly]

Very good to hear🙏🏻😊

[@phamkhanhduy1197]

All your videos are really helpful

[@BadmintonFamly]

Good to hear, thanks for tuning in👌🏻💪🏻

[@hemantkrishna7513]

Thank you very much thomas. What i requested you uploaded that. Thanks. 🤗🤗

[@BadmintonFamly]

Your welcome 🤘🏻

[@wallyan5735]

A very helpful video !!! Thank you so much guys.

[@BadmintonFamly]

You are very welcome 👌🏻

[@nevr9199]

Thanks a lot... This was completely oblivious to me.

[@BadmintonFamly]

Really good to hear, hope you learned something new 😄

[@HailDb]

Much needed video for me.😊 Thanks a lot for making this video brother🤝

[@BadmintonFamly]

Your welcome brother 👍🏻💯

[@HardWorker2025]

Yes...let's keep learning from you

[@BadmintonFamly]

Thanks for that, Nice to hear you can learn from our videos👍🏻

[@vlog-to-me675]

Thank you coach you are the best for my badminton

[@bimannath4]

This video inspire me a lot thank you🙏🥰

[@王剛-m7n]

very clear and very easy to practice，thanks a lot

[@BadmintonFamly]

Your welcome 🙏🏻

[@piu7374]

the racket look like jelly when you fling it :))

[@abdullahahmad184]

Doubles returns of low serves please Everyone in my club just lifts the shuttle or at most does a poor net shot from the floor I would like to send them a video summing all the ways of returning a low serve (and learn them myself of course)

[@BadmintonFamly]

Good ideas, we will look into that later on👍🏻 We have some og this on Famly+ but will also post something about it here on YT for sure...

[@nilufabegum8213]

Sir, you are great.💪💯👌

[@BadmintonFamly]

Thanks 😎

[@nilufabegum8213]

💯👌

[@iimiboy]

Kitha goh shuna 😁

[@salvadorbenneth]

Cool! Could you demonstrate how to perform the backhand drive cross court defence on the forehand side? As I find that the pros use this shot a lot to get out of pressured situations. You covered the backhand defence on the forehand side in one of your previous videos but only showing the straight lift so I thought this might be great to add 😃 Loving the vids!

[@BadmintonFamly]

We should have it on our channel, try searching for it💪🏻👌🏻🕺🏻

[@handberbagicerita79]

How to clear backhand from back court. I usually train with trainer racket that heavier than normal racket. Feel comport and think I've good trained and play backhand well. But when playing with opponents, when i must do backhand clear from backcourt still not enough power and precision. How to make good at match in backhand clear from backcourt. Thanks for you answer.

[@yerramchettiparijatha3639]

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[@华华-e1q]

The action is well spoken, and even better with Chinese subtitle

[@BadmintonFamly]

Thanks👌🏻

[@badmintontutorials7306]

U nailed it ...❤️❤️👍👍👍👍

[@balsonnaoshekpam5680]

Thank you Sir, please tell me when to contact the shuttle I mean the height of contact point between shuttle & racket. Low or high? I'm waiting

[@noobatgaming4881]

Always hit it at the highest point for more angles

[@balsonnaoshekpam5680]

@@noobatgaming4881 thanks

[@stevenchen6752]

How do you know you have done it correctly? Because a lot of videos say lock the wrist but all i notice is my wrist rotating and my fore arm along with it

[@BadmintonFamly]

Yes true the wrist and forearm rotate together in most shots💪🏻

[@Stephan19474]

Very good information. Thank you coach

[@BadmintonFamly]

Your welcome ✌🏻

[@kamaleshs5324]

What string do you use Thomas? and what tension do you recommend for someone who plays with plastic shuttles a lot?

[@BadmintonFamly]

It is BG80 with around 14 kg. With plastic shuttles it is okay to have much lower tension, maybe around 11 kg 😃

[@kamaleshs5324]

@@BadmintonFamly Thank you for helping out Thomas! and keep up the good work, appreciate your videos!.

[@BadmintonFamly]

@@kamaleshs5324 Thanks you SO much 🤩

[@shankarambalanathan7182]

Very useful guidance

[@Rajairusu]

Nice video. thanks for sharing

[@akshatpatel7846]

Lay borne , this one is an important one for biggeners 😊👍

[@BadmintonFamly]

Yes very important for Everyone👏🏻

[@masudrahman3729]

Thanks a lot for this video.

[@BadmintonFamly]

Your welcome👌🏻

[@hemantkrishna7513]

If you don't mine thomas please try to cover the positioning in singles

[@SandeepSingh-ds2zj]

Hey which racket do you use is it 88s or 88d

[@BadmintonFamly]

It is 88D 🤩

[@tathagataroy8791]

Please can you update a video with back hand positioning and smash

[@muhammadmidhulajbs633]

Thanks..fan from india.Please upload video for how to return flick serve

[@BadmintonFamly]

We have one on our channel 😎

[@muhammadmidhulajbs633]

@@BadmintonFamly link

[@kevino4372]

The arm should be fully outstretched after shot is complete?

[@khangnghiemminh3289]

Just 90-95% outstreched

[@Quoutub]

Does it matter whether the rotation is clockwise or anti-clockwise for a smash?

[@BadmintonFamly]

You should be pronating the forarm in a smash . Supination for backhand. Pronation can be seen as counter clockwise

[@shinygreninja4650]

I seem to forget about the rotation in a match. How do I prevent that? Thank you!

[@BadmintonFamly]

It is very important to train this A LOT so you will do it automatically in a match. In ALL exercises and technique you must do this so you learn the rotation 💪🏻

[@shinygreninja4650]

@@BadmintonFamly Thank you! Now whenever I play I wil keep that in mind until it gets into my head!

[@Serapa2022]

Very good & helpful 👍

[@BadmintonFamly]

Thanks a lot👏🏻

[@nilufabegum8213]

Sir very excellent sort.💯👍👍

[@chitung2277]

Exactly the topic I had been dreaming of every night to ask, and you answered it!! I have one question though. If I am trying to return a shot either FH or BH side approaching from a distances away (which means I have to run sideways towards the shuffle fast), I find this difficult because I am thinking to hit it hard, i need to have big swing. So what is the best way to hit this kind of shot? I understand about the forearm rotation you are referring to, but it seems to work better if I am closer to the shuttle and can hit it upwards. If the shuffle is further away (that's why I have to run towards it), then I cannot rotate the forearm and find I need to swing more to generate so power.

[@chitung2277]

I understand both your answers, but sometimes the shot may call for a big whack (with a big swing), as seen done by professional players regularly. Maybe that's beyomd the abilities of us mere mortals. Thomas...keen to see what you might add to this thread.

[@BadmintonFamly]

Correct it is tricky to rotate fully when reaching for the shuttle far out in the sides, the finger power is key here, and can you just get a small rotation in the wrist/beginning og the forearm then it still can be a good shot with a lot of power💪🏻

[@chitung2277]

Thx Thomas and understand what you are saying. So you suggest don't do the big whack (with the big swing)? I find this shot very inconsistent and soft but it seems like the logical thing to do and I see pro players do it as a defensive shot.

[@chiewhoong2020]

@@chitung2277 Then you need to have the fastest rotation. Meaning lowest length to rotate. So you move your arm in 1 direction fast as you can. And rotate with min area of your arm covered. For the lunge, you can't bend your elbow much. For swing, it needs to be compact and bend your elbow smoothly and sharp; to fix the length distance between you and the shot, you need to step further as you swing.

[@hemantkrishna7513]

Thomas when will the next video arrive? Quick bro eagerly waiting you did not gave us the christmas present

[@buku2008]

really helpful!

[@BadmintonFamly]

Thanks, nice to hear 😎

[@cerebralchaos93]

Would love to see a video from a different perspective. I've been playing for 10 years and I dont remember rotation my arm at all. I'd like to improve my backhand clear but when I watch this video and I look at my arm and how I swing, i'd have to change the way I hold my racket, which I hold normally like you do. I dont understand how to hit the shuttle when rotating to arm, I completely miss the shuttle.

[@BadmintonFamly]

It is a hard thing to learn, but necessary in unlocking almost every shot in the game of badminton. First up start by learning the forehand version. Go find a video from us on the forehand grip. Then from there watch our newest video on clear and look at the slow motion stuff in that. If you get the grip right, then the forearm rotation tends to come naturally. The next thing you do is that you look at learning the backhand version. For this the best material we have is on our app Famly Plus, whack you can get acces to bu having an account. All of our best stuff is on there. If you don't want to use the app then we'd recommend for you to watch our video on the "perfect backhand" and try to train it. Then after all this come back to this video and watch it again. We know that it's a bit of a process, but once you learn it it'll change your game forever!

[@trendingtopics5492]

I love badminton ❤️

[@BadmintonFamly]

We do to 🤩

[@kosan3688]

who was taught to flick your wrist while hitting at ur budget badminton club?

[@ropearya_31]

Sir I have query that if in doubles smash is coming in center of both player than how we can defense it

[@BadmintonFamly]

The one fastest can take it, or the one standing ready with the backhand. Or the person standing cross from the smasher can also work💪🏻

[@ropearya_31]

@@BadmintonFamly thankyou sir

[@Longtack55]

Hit it back...... You "Indian" guys crack me up.

[@kartikaygupta2626]

I have a confusion between lining us 988 and Yonex duora 77 LCW , please suggest?

[@abrahamaugustine2098]

Doura 77 lcw as it has box shaped which increases acceleration and gives out more faster smash than usual as it has special forehand and backhand sides for both.

[@tikarampokharel7325]

nice one love it

[@BadmintonFamly]

Good to hear 💪🏻

[@venkatapavankalyansirivell6287]

Really helpful

[@BadmintonFamly]

Great💪🏻

[@yogasampath9939]

Very useful one

[@BadmintonFamly]

Good to hear🤘🏻

[@mdrajualom8683]

Wow very nice teach

[@BadmintonFamly]

Thanks👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[@jainnehul]

Thank you Sir :)

[@BadmintonFamly]

Your welcome😉

[@godssouls3061]

Looks grt

[@BadmintonFamly]

Thanks👌🏻

[@huzefadhorajiwala11-c-m20]

Nice video

[@BadmintonFamly]

Thanks a lot👌🏻

[@maryb.]

What are you doing in 7:50 is clear? What is difference/advantages between doing shot (clear) with this type of follow through-racket immediately bouncing back after shot and the normal followthrough when racket continues down,alongside of the body? Thanks:)

[@leln]

better accuracy and faster recovery. Maybe a bit of saved energy as well. It is also easier to disguise the shot as something else.

[@BadmintonFamly]

It is a fast smash, a stick smash with small explosive movement. The bigger swing is more relaxed and used for clears og full power smashes 🤩

[@bikramshaw7516]

I AM 38 YEARS OLD AND IAM INTERMEDIATE BADMINTON PLAYER AND I WANT TO PLAY IT CONTINUOUSLY IN FUTURE SO PLEASE GIVE ME SOME ADVICE TO DEVELOP MY GAME AND CAN PARTICIPATE SO MANY TOURNAMENT .

[@BadmintonFamly]

All our KZbin videos can help you improve for sure, but if you want more you can sign up to our e-learning platform Badminton Famly Plus at www.plus.badmintonfamly.com✌🏻

[@oakoat9302]

i use index and thumb only to easily rotate the forearm, is that ok ?

[@danbrown7411]

Just watching your latest (and very good!) TV podcast. I'm considering doing training sessions with a higher string tension than I'm comfortable with to train me to find the sweet-spot and then when I play with a slightly lower string tension in the match it will seem easy to find the sweet spot (albeit with a little less feel). Kind of the same principle as with training with a powertrainer racket - train hard, play easy.Any thoughts ? Thanks Dan

[@BadmintonFamly]

Hey Dan, interesting thought, but i would probably stick to the increase of tension as you master the tension you play with now, so you developer at the same time the tension goes up👍🏻 But if you are up for it you could try your idea amd see if it works😉 Nice to hear you like the podcast🤩

[@danbrown7411]

Thanks guys 👍 Yeah video cast was great - I’d like to see them all be ‘on court’ personally. Sorry to hear about people complaining about your English btw - how rude!! Your English is good and considerably better than my Danish! You guys ever in the UK ?

[@abdullahahmad184]

Where can the podcast be accessed?

[@danbrown7411]

Via Badminton Famly + website via paid subscription

[@jamuelnavarro669]

Nice tips thnks

[@BadmintonFamly]

Your welcome👌🏻

[@kartikaygupta2626]

Is lining us 988 graphite badminton racquet is good for intermediate to advance player?

[@BadmintonFamly]

Im not familar to that racket sorry. But if it is a normal lining line up racket and not a Cheap one it should be fine👌🏻

[@NazmulIslam-ul2tn]

Good

[@ranaraza4237]

Sir backhand power shorts .????

[@pijerani3946]

Super video😍😍

[@BadmintonFamly]

Thanks a lot👍🏻

[@dhanjitrungmang9045]

How to improve this technique

[@hammadA887]

Sir whenever i start playing badminton then i have pronator teres pain in my elbow. So i can't play badminton due to serious issue. PLEASE tell me what can i do?

[@BadmintonFamly]

Tricky to say, maybe see a physio👍🏻 If you are doing the rotation correct pain should not come from that.

[@kathiravannatarajan438]

Superb

[@BadmintonFamly]

Thanks🕺🏻

[@JMRichard92]

We always talk about forearm rotation in badminton, but in your example you seem to rotate the whole arm and not only the forearm. I've always used only the forearm because it was the way my coach showed it to me (along with finger power and whole body movement of course), but is there a big advantage of using the whole arm as you seem to be doing here, mechanically speaking?

[@boliussa]

obviously if you rotate your upper arm as well as your forearm then all the better.. He says the arm generally. That's why when people smash they rotate their arm, upper arm, lower arm.

[@ImKrazyFrench]

I wouldn't recommend using the whole arm in every situation especially for a drive. The movement is to complex and will most likely lack in precision once you tire a little bit. Also it creates instability in the whole body as the torso is in movement. In a fixed drill it's ok, but in a complex situation, it is an hard task to remain still with such technique.

[@BadmintonFamly]

I agree there are more steps/layers to this topic, but i also mention the wrist, the forearm and the full rotation. In the video about the power smash physical i go into more depth on the topic as well💪🏻

[@nilufabegum8213]

Oh, sir.💯💯👌

[@BadmintonFamly]

Thanks...

[@nilufabegum8213]

💯👌

[@knowbasics7380]

Is swing important for powerful smash? How big should be our swing for smash. I noticed my back swing is very small

[@yuyayamamura4928]

Yes it will generate a big power to the smash.. But you have to practice it.. because it's not gonna be easy if you are used to small swings. Pros swings alot when they smash. u can see it in slowmo.

[@knowbasics7380]

@@yuyayamamura4928 thanks a lot. let me know how can I change my habit. is there any special practice ?

[@iimiboy]

@@knowbasics7380 you need to to face net side on with left feet in front if you are right handed. You need to push forward with back leg and twist hips forward whilst upper body is stretched out awaiting for smash. Watch the coaches smash video

[@kalpeshchari827]

How to increase backhand reast powe

[@atan5274]

Your astrox88d 4u or 3u?

[@BadmintonFamly]

The light weight one, cant remember what is what😝

[@chitung2277]

5U

[@williamjacob5719]

Any comment on your Astrox 88D? Considering buy this model. And may i know what string tension you are using. :-)

[@BadmintonFamly]

Yes it is really good, very all round with a lot lf power, i use 32lbs💪🏻

[@williamjacob5719]

Badminton Famly I bought it already. String tension 25lbs. But my game was very bad. Few times mid of the game I changed my old racket (Arcsaber 1000). After the game my elbow and shoulder were painful. Is it because new racket? What I should’ve done first?

[@Mars-du3gu]

William Jacob probably the stiff shaft cause you're not used to it

[@theasparagus0076]

William Jacob yes as Mars Hermington said, maybe because the shaft is stiff. I have Astrox 99 and I feel hard to use it. I change back to Voltric 100 Light.

[@williamjacob5719]

Slowly I’m getting used to it. I guess I had the pain because not getting the sweet spot. Stroke was helpful to my muscles remember the right way to hit the bird.

[@Upgradezz]

Can you please show the rotation in a smash shot more clearly

[@BadmintonFamly]

We have tutorials on the smash with more clear view 👍🏻😎

[@omsairam918]

Sir plz help me! why my shoulder is paining while playing plz tell me what to do or not? Plz sir

[@Longtack55]

See a physiotherapist.

[@matthewfarrow1115]

train your rotator cuff with some simple exercises its a common badminton injury

[@dishu5443]

What is the background music?? Please tell 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@pijerani3946]

hello badminton family mostly hand rotation does not happen naturally, do we need to force hand rotation il?

[@BadmintonFamly]

Try to get it to work/rotate together with the forearm rotation💪🏻

[@pijerani3946]

@@BadmintonFamly o yes rotate my wrist thanks badminton family

[@tathagataroy8791]

Your guys badminton plus website doesn't have google reedem card facility

[@Flightsimmovies]

this cause me to have sprained wrist. Am I doing it wrong?

[@BadmintonFamly]

You hopefully shouldn't sprain a wrist from this. That sounds intense. Inflammation maybe. And if that's the case then yes you are probably using the wrist and not the forearm. The two can be hard to distinguish between. But for any pain that seems out of the ordinary we advise you to seek out a physician to get it checked.

[@hemantkrishna7513]

One doubt thomas. The weight of the racket also matters in firearm rotation. There is a racket named apacs feather weight which is only of 69g the lightest racket in the world and your racket is of 4u means around 85g but i have never seen anyone using the racket. We can rotate our forearm with more ease if racket is light so why not a racket of 69g!!?

[@abdullahahmad184]

I think if the racket is heavier the swinging will cause greater momentum in shuttle. Personally I have a light racket but I've tried heavier rackets. They are harder to swing but it's worth the power when smashing. But since my playing style is not aggressive, I like the light racket which I can move with ease and control delicate shots more easily, but compromising power of smashes.

[@abdullahahmad184]

Rotating speed and racket weight both contribute to smash power. But I think the weight factor overrides the rotating speed factor.

[@suehan9699]

lightweight rackets are good for defensive players but offensive players who preferred to attack and good at it prefers the heavier racket. I personally use 4U, my coach is using 3U and my trainer uses a 5U-6U, it depends on the preference of a player.

[@alancmchan]

Lighter rackets = less power.

[@BadmintonFamly]

I agree on the comments here, more weight=more power but at the same time harder to swing around. So go for a weight balance in the middle section in my mind👍🏻

[@swathiprakash4745]

Sir ll u take classes personally.... My son z 9 yrs old now.. How should I contact u sir

[@BadmintonFamly]

You can sign up to Badminton Famly+ then we can coach you online👌🏻

[@teemardhuj8421]

How to tap shuttle on net. When and where?

[@BadmintonFamly]

We have a swipe kill tutorial on our channel, but will cover more taps later on for sure 😉

[@华华-e1q]

动作讲的很好，能加个中文字幕就更好了😁