Teaching Points for Net Shots:
- Grip: on the forehand side, be sure the handle is in the
base of your fingers – this greatly facilitates your “touch”; on the backhand
side, use full backhand grip
- Be in a “lunge” position, with and extended racquet arm
- Racquet should extend naturally from the hand, approximately
45deg from the forearm
- Racquet face virtually parallel to the floor
- Racquet foot forward, toe pointing towards the net corner
- Hit and land (with racquet foot) at the same time
- The stroke is a “cutting underneath action”, where
the parallel racquet head displaces the head of the shuttle causing it it
tumble end over end.
- Contact should be made wide of the racquet shoulder on
the forehand side, and wide on the non-racquet shoulder on non-racquet side.
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Activity:
- Practice proper lunging technique with out any birdies,
with partner watching to see if correct technique is being used
- Using the task card/criteria for the net shots, have
a partner feed 15 birdies, starting with only forehand, then only back hand,
then use the cone to mark the returning point and practice both
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