4 Corners Badminton Footwork Basics

Learn the footwork for each of the 4 corners on a badminton court.
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Learning good footwork is one of the best ways to improve your badminton game. In this video guide I'm going to teach you how to move quickly to the four corners of badminton court. I hope you learn something from this tutorial, for more badminton coaching videos subscribe to Swift Badminton School.

[@SwiftBadminton]

Why do I teach 'running' steps instead of 'chasse' steps for the front court? I'm pinning my response from one of the comments: This is really supposed to be a VERY basic overview of badminton footwork for beginners. I do mention there are different movement patterns for different in game situations. For example if you play a cross court drop from around the head, and the opponent does a straight block - your footwork is going to resemble running steps much more than chasse steps. Of course the opposite is true, there are many situations where you'll need to chasse to the FH corner. But as coaches, it's important not to overwhelm the player with too much information, especially at a beginner level. We may take it for granted, but this is a lot to remember for someone who is new to the sport. So for that reason I chose to simply it, and just give one type of movement for each corner in this video. So why did I choose running steps instead of chasse? Well I used to do a lot of coaching with Xu Huai Wen (European Champion singles player), and we found that this technique comes much more 'naturally' for beginners. So we've always first introduced them to moving in this way, and as they become more confident we introduce additional movement patterns that are more appropriate for certain situations. At the end of the day neither of them are wrong, but this is the way I've always taught it and it works well. But there are many schools of thinking in badminton, and that's part of why I love it so much. I respect your channel a lot, so I'd love to hear your thoughts on this.

[@llamudos9809]

Badminton Smash. 1. Footwork Start with weight on back foot, move weight onto front foot (racket hand foot) as you address the shuttle. Your weight needs to transfer via the rotation of the body stage. Jump and change from back foot to front front. 2. Body rotation The movement start with the feet but weight transfer should carry on with the hips alternating to the opposite facing position (left hip to face right or vice versa in the jump stage depending on your racket arm like the feet they should end up in the opposite position. 3. As you are about to jump to rotate point at the shuttle with your non racket hand draw back your racket hand (like a bow) 4. Your body needs to project forward reaching towards the highest point you can hit the shuttle from. 5. Use your arm like whip. hitting the shuttle at the highest point. As you make contact with the shuttle your wrist should pronate (inwards) the knuckle on your thumb should be pointing down as you finish the smash. 6.Your racket head should end up pointing down towards you non racket hand foot. This action will improve your dynamics of smashing. When you realise little effort is required by over exerting power you will hit the shuttle clean and with power without over hitting. Hope this helps!

[@llamudos9809]

try kzbin.info/www/bejne/boLPiGuVhcmMmNk 1:55 onwards is a good example!

[@llamudos9809]

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[@tonyhtran]

what about footwork side by side?

[@brunofigueiredo795]

Good video man. Especially the part of you mentioning not to focus too much on speed and more on technique. I see a lot of new players focusing way too much on speed, which causes a lot of unnecessary mistakes. Tip to new players: Try remaining calm in a rally (especially in singles) and start focusing more on your footwork, this'll prevent you from committing unnecessary mistakes.

[@KenKarsaputra]

great seeing your channel grow so fast! keep up the good work! much respect

[@vincentchaksanli5261]

Poison Cobra lol suddenly found your comment here..

[@oblivi0n949]

Today I finally decided to watch some of your tutorials and it's the best decision that I've ever made. I'm already feeling like a better player, but I know that I still have a lot more training to do to unlock my full potential. Thank you so much Jonathan for helping me become a better player!

[@edwardwilson8595]

Thank you so so much, this is so informative and simple, I've just been copying this in my living room but I can already tell it's improving me. I'm only sixteen, so I'm no expert but I love the sport after playing it for 3 years so far but I've generally found it hard to make sure that I don't injure myself during my last season, so it made me quite unconfident in playing at full throttle, so I spent the entire summer doing weight training to strengthen my ligaments and tendons as well as to be able to hit an over head clear from a full courts length. And watching these videos have made me so happy to realize that it was all in the technique. Thank you

[@andrij3078]

I play badminton for years and got my ass beat more often than winning due to my bad footwork. This is the easiest video to learn footwork. Great video.

[@msmeghan8185]

Watching your videos could also improve my english· Thank you!

[@RakimMiddya]

Thanks a Lot! Today I played Badminton after a long time so I lost all the Footwork. Hopefully Shadow Courting will help me a lot.

[@darlinguwu14]

Footwork is a really big problem for me since I don’t do trainings and I’ve just learned to love badminton. “Late for a bus” was very relatable and thanks so much for this video!!

[@zuhairyassin505]

its been a year now since i started playing and i recently developed a decent footwork and started wining rallies

[@AndrewRayVentura]

This is way easier to follow than other KZbin videos about the 4 corners.

[@suckers0]

Superb - nice clear, concise video. As an old fart (aged 50 something, I can't remember :-)) who's recently (15 months) taken up Badminton as a fun way to keep fit, I have concentrated way too much on shots (how to - especially backhand). I've come to realise that my real limitation is mobility, exacerbated by not knowing the correct steps i.e. I'm wasting too much energy running for the bus!

[@sengottuvelavan]

I started watching your videos to improve my game which are concise and lucidly explained. Keep it up!

[@jordanhii6180]

Good Job mate! A simple and yet effective video that is extremely easy to understand for all beginners learning movement for the first time. Like u said in the video, often in the court you focus on the shuttle and things like “Should I smash? Clear? Drop? Or maybe deception?” My Current muscle memory for backcourt is terrible but the front is good for me, I’ll be sure to practise! My biggest issue is definitely moving from Backcourt to front court. I am able to take the shuttle just milliseconds before it hits the ground but often I’m really off balance so if opponent lifts then I’m kind of screwed 😅. Nonetheless, maybe an idea for a future Movement video?

[@unexpectediteminbaggingare8074]

Jordan Hii practice a forehand net and practice the around the head shadow ! You don’t even need a court

[@ayuniramadhani5522]

Good Job mate! A simple and yet effective video that is extremely easy to understand for all beginners learning movement for the first time

[@Suni1chark0]

Hi

[@ShuttleLife]

Great video Jonathan! Very easy to follow with step by step! Great! You should be a bit aware about the footwork if you want to cross, with the left leg, to the front forehand side. Instead of pushing with left foot followed by a che-che. What are your thoughts about this?

[@harryurgreat4991]

Interesting

[@KNhunterX]

A chasse to the front forehand side is probably a more advanced movement for starters. I believe that it is actually more efficient and faster.

[@SwiftBadminton]

Just to clarify, are you talking about taking running steps (like in this video) vs chasse steps? If so there's a reason for that. This is really supposed to be a VERY basic overview of badminton footwork for beginners. I do mention there are different movement patterns for different in game situations. For example if you play a cross court drop from around the head, and the opponent does a straight block - your footwork is going to resemble running steps much more than chasse steps. Of course the opposite is true, there are many situations where you'll need to chasse to the FH corner. But as coaches, it's important not to overwhelm the player with too much information, especially at a beginner level. We may take it for granted, but this is a lot to remember for someone who is new to the sport. So for that reason I chose to simply it, and just give one type of movement for each corner in this video. So why did I choose running steps instead of chasse? Well I used to do a lot of coaching with Xu Huai Wen (European Champion singles player), and we found that this technique comes much more 'naturally' for beginners. So we've always first introduced them to moving in this way, and as they become more confident we introduce additional movement patterns that are more appropriate for certain situations. At the end of the day neither of them are wrong, but this is the way I've always taught it and it works well. But there are many schools of thinking in badminton, and that's part of why I love it so much. I respect your channel a lot, so I'd love to hear your thoughts on this.

[@ShuttleLife]

Swift Badminton School we can see your point. It might be the greatest answer we have ever had! I (Mads) will really try to teach older 'beginners' these techniques! Actually they have seen your video as preparation for tomorrow's session. You are completely right about making the cross, to demonstrate simple movement patterns - which definitely will be very easy for everyone to apply as a basic. Then afterwards when it gets necessary, the footwork can have a remake. Again great video! We are really hoping for more cooperation in the future ✌

[@SwiftBadminton]

Me too, love your channel and it's really great to be able to share insights with each other. I've been to Denmark to play badminton once and it was a great experience!

[@zeerak500]

Few months back I stumbled upon this channel, now I crave for more...

[@zeerak500]

Plus which racket is in your hand, I bought a mao 11 II, do review it.

[@pratikpattanaik]

Can you please make a video on when and how to change grip during play and whether to focus on it when the shuttle is coming at you super fast ? There's contradictory advice all around and need some clarity on that. Thanks for the footwork basics. It's very well presented !

[@shashwatparth3672]

0:56 we play the whole damn game watching through the net lol.

[@suchittt]

Jonathan you are awesome mentor. thanks so much. will implement this. 😊✔️

[@tskumarbibletruths]

It is very useful i actually improved Hats off to you

[@glynhannaford7332]

Great vid thank you Jonathan. I never quite got the split step. Thanks to your explanation that it's not a bounce but more of a 'hop down', it now feels right for moving off quickly! 👍

[@dudemaster9385]

Hi this really helped improve my game.......gr8 stuff bro

[@jackburtonstwin]

Good video Jonathan. I think you are right to demonstrate one example of moving to each corner of the court. There are multiple variants (each with their own devotees). In many cases the benefits are marginal to the point where only a very good player might gain from these variants. To all novice players I advocate that they shold focus heavily on developing clean, fast and light movement around the court. Hitting techniques are, of course, much more fun to learn, but if you fail to reach the shuttle it will not matter how advanced your racket skills have been developed. Indeed, I would argue that movement is probably 80%, or more, of the singles game

[@sarahchristopher]

Awesome video! Great footwork and coaching!

[@agustinotan3172]

Thank you for this video it will help a lot to my students

[@BadmintonTrickShotsHD]

Great video John! Really usefull and easy to understand

[@r.renganathrao4088]

Helped me a lot... Thank you... Now i have to just take it slow and concentrate more on the technique rather than speed.... Please make a video on jogging and some running exercises which would help us in improving the footwork

[@ronyboylive6934]

Please make more videos! I love your channel ❤️ u r great 👍

[@augustroesen2140]

I can see this helping beginners (its always good to get new people in to the sport) but it might not be as good for advanced players :) Keep up the good work👍

[@SwiftBadminton]

Absolutely, this is covering the basics only.

[@SumitYadav-kg3oh]

Keep doing these videos. They are amazing!!

[@TheMarahaxi]

great vid again. simple and to they point.

[@puntkickpov]

Really helpful video man. Thankyou so much ❤️🍾🤝💪

[@iswagion964]

Amazing work

[@researcher_21c72]

Oh wow footwork. Uptill now you wouldn't believe the crazy ways I had to bend my body over and stretch and shit just to get the cork to the other side slowly just for the other player to deliver a smash to my face. Gonna practice footwork ASAP.

[@christianmendoza9842]

Great Video!!! Keep up the good work👌

[@divyanshusrivastav103]

Thank you so much for this video😊

[@littlechilli22]

I need a left handed coach 😅 reversing everything is a struggle

[@tharindu79]

KZbin needs a setting to watch videos in mirrored view :)

[@arnav995]

I was like: Jonathan uploaded new vid?? WoW today I'm gonna learn something.

[@SwiftBadminton]

awesome man!

[@parikshitpadture4122]

Excellent information

[@kevinlucero7031]

New sub here. I like this vid lesson about footwork. I learned a lot. Thanks!

[@hksarlawyer]

Thank you so much for this

[@gam437]

I hope this is for the beginners because while going to the rear courts we go till the third line of the court so that we can attack from there as well.

[@thinguyen4549]

quick question about the forehand front court one. when would you use the “cross-over” (left foot steps to the front first) versus the chasse (right foot goes first)? I do see pro players do the chasse way more often.

[@xingnanzav]

Nice video. However, I would like to add that returning to the center position is optional. I have seen many players, mostly beginners, returning to the center unconditionally. IMO, whether you should return to the center depends. The only time that you should always return to the center is after you play a defensive clear shot. In this case, you have ample time to return to the center to prepare for the next shot. If you are playing net exchange, returning to the center is probably not a good choice. You want to stay close to the net in case your opponent play crosscourt or continues net exchange. In case your opponent plays a clear shot, you still have enough time to get it.

[@jatinnebhani8602]

You make things easy to understand ^_^

[@arunfz]

can u plz post cross step to front corners and other chasse and lunge to back corners ? you doing good job in very clear ways !!!

[@yudhyasva_self]

At Rear Corners is the jump is necessary because momota usually does not make jump at rear court. please tell me is dive important in badminton. Please Jonathan make video on dive at corners

[@АндрейМурин-п4я]

Обожаю твои видео!

[@Lolage208]

Another very useful video for me to implement in my badminton. Thank you for the hard work and keep it up! Where do you teach in the UK?

[@SwiftBadminton]

I'm down in Surrey

[@SumitYadav-kg3oh]

Great effort!

[@balsonnaoshekpam5680]

Thank you sir

[@papaburger]

For playing doubles , are the footworks different ?

[@badmintonmaniac3913]

Hello bro, can u do a tips/advises to calm the mind when u get mad/stressed in the court especially when facing the provocative opponent? I mean psychologically how to stay focus. I dont know how to explain but i believe u get what i mean. Thanks bro.💪

[@SwiftBadminton]

will do mate

[@badmintonmaniac3913]

Swift Badminton School thanks bro. I really appreciate it.

[@cedrixaaron8340]

Hi, This video is helpful and great please make a new video 😇

[@weengood2879]

i was always taught to step with my right foot first (i’m right handed) for front court shots and either take one or three steps. would this be a problem?

[@imageofanapple4455]

I love your pants where did you get it?

[@revathiajayan5256]

Okay so I am a beginner. I literally laughed so freakin hard for STRAIGHT 5 mins at "like you are late for a bus" because it's so freakin true 😂😂😂😂😂😂 I restart the video and I start laughing at myself again 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@IOL-ox5tn]

Do left handed players do the che-che on left side back court and the around the head from the right side back court or do lefties do them on the same direction as right handed people do?

[@eminem3052]

Could you tell us which part of opponent court we should shoot the shuttle?

[@pol2990]

It would be a better teqnique for the round the head if instead of pivot, chasey, turn and then hit, it would be pivot jump turn and then hit. It would be better because from the split step you generate power and a pivot won’t use all of it plus this method is slower. However I understand this is a basic tutorial so I suggest you make another vid for more advanced players as now players probably know now how to fo this type of footwork

[@tejupagi5663]

Thank you

[@RobbeBrees]

I really like this video, but to be fair, i think you should work a little on your technique of your lift and try to focus on being low while you move arount the court. This way you can generate a lot more power. I'm not trying to be rude, i'm just giving advice. 😉 Good vid tho🤩

[@RGMofED]

This guy is so funny and awesome

[@r4xpower740]

How about getting to the rear court for a backhand clear? Thanks

[@bro_15]

Do eye glasses create an issue during focus ?? Are players having glasses are selected for teams ??

[@dragonfire4679]

Do one video on how to hit a smash close to lines accurately ever time plz

[@1001001a]

Does these basic steps stays the same even for taking extreme far corner shots? Does it mean we just need to stretch further out as we move (keeping the steps count unchange)? Thanks.

[@SwiftBadminton]

You should be able to get to the extreme corners like this. But feel free to take more steps if you need to

[@harryurgreat4991]

Please make video about double footwork

[@shovasingh2406]

Sir...i need help..as a beginner trying to improve my strokes....i need to know how could i practice to hit shuttle from the center of my racket...could there be any drill which is very effective?

[@nirmalvishal2013]

Hey do you play in Altona ? Melbourne

[@theeditor306]

Review the kawazaki gear???:)

[@SwiftBadminton]

5MWN will do!

[@happyfish1212]

train that peter Rasmussen drill video on youtube.. that help alot.. really a lot..

[@mayankrajgupta11]

Is plastic shuttles destroy racket tension

[@Theorangesack]

Hi Jonathan, I think your link to the ebook is broken. Is there any other way of receiving this? Thanks in advance.

[@SwiftBadminton]

Yep sorry about that mate, shoot me an email and I'll manually send you a copy

[@namankhandelwal9254]

make a video for netplay tutorials

[@antiquark6594]

Just what I needed. You go Swift Badminton! I have a question: When should I use a scissor or China jump and when you I play the shot without them?

[@mablequadros5244]

Try 6 corner,the third and fourth corner would be in the center of the court

[@frequentmisgivings6567]

Do you always misspell the names of those you thank especially at the end? JK, good vid, great channel, keep it up.

[@nishkarshkabra9001]

Um. Jonathan, I liked the video and it explained a lot of stuff but the problem is that I can't reach the shuttle in two steps so the footwork becomes right-left-right and that confuses me. Hope that you can clarify this

[@jay38_robloxian]

Question Why do you wear does pants?

[@kujaa1831]

Do you play with your glasses on because when I do that, the glasses ends up sliding off due to the sweat. I have pretty bad vision so it’s hard to play without glasses.

[@SwiftBadminton]

I do and generally don't have issues with that. But you could try contact lenses

[@alpanakatariya9869]

How is yonex nanoray 9i for playing badminton

[@АндрейМурин-п4я]

Крутое видео!

[@hoangnguyenhuy9557]

thanks

[@kvenkataraju]

How to take forhand smash in singles and doubles, I see the shuttle but I can't move. please help me.

[@pranavshinde9529]

My back court footwork is just as you showed.But during the front court my coach taught me to do right leg first , then a small left leg step and then right to hit the shot.Should I change? I'll find it difficult to do so because it's been a while I am doing this.

[@SwiftBadminton]

Pranav Shinde the method your coach taught you is correct, but more for beginners who can't reach the net in 2 steps. As you get better you'll want to just take 2 steps as it's much faster.

[@pranavshinde9529]

Swift Badminton School ok so I'll try this one from now on

[@darylchow8206]

You should be aiming to reach all four corners with 2steps from the mid making 2step a basic why would you learn a 3 step movement and relearn a 2 step, when I started my training my coach constantly make me move only 2step thus making it a basic to all of my footwork

[@bhugulkaman]

Late for a bus, I see it many a times.😂😂😂

[@karl5213]

Please make a more in-depth video on footwork

[@mikaelas6323]

For the front forehand side footwork when I use my left foot first I always trip or it would be a hindrance. Is this normal to happen?

[@SwiftBadminton]

Not sure why you're tripping, but you can try chasse stepping instead.

[@darrenwang8368]

Can you teach us defensive footwork

[@adilmasood7516]

I clicked on this link, added required information. Not able to receive email ?

[@sricanths8720]

may be next time try doin video with your shorts i think it will look more good :)

[@vibrant4419]

Hey Johnathan I signed to get your Ebook but it never came

[@SwiftBadminton]

send me an email

[@vibrant4419]

Swift Badminton School Thanks, the email came through and keep up the awesome videos!!!

[@sairamtejaakkiraju5894]

What if iam unable to reach the shuttle at the net with lunges....?? How to cover that situation??

[@jnana1985]

I like your footwork when you are late for a bus..LOL

[@yohanneteodosio3078]

Yan ang paborito Kong laro

[@XxkYs]

I personally feel that for beginners, the back court landing of the correct foot is very important. At the forehand backcourt, the landing should be right foot at the front after the jump so you could recover faster and conveniently move to the centre of the court. Badminton is about how fast and convenient you can reach to the shuttle and hit it efficiently with as lesser effort as possible. Is just my personal opinion and no offence~~~

[@simtan2418]

You should upload footage of you in a normal game. It's cool to see you play just normally

[@poggom]

actually, learning the dark arts is pretty easy. i mastered it in a few decades only.