BOB HUNT: Okay, in this clip, I'm going to show your how to hit the shuttlecock with a backhanded grip. Now, this is a lot different than the forehand grip, but somewhat similar. Remember about your grip, if you've got a forehanded grip, you've got the V. So you want to turn the racket, and then turn your hands, so that you are actually, thumb is going down. That is the backhanded grip. Most of the time, when the shuttlecock is coming over to this side of the court, you are going to hit a backhanded swing. Now, the important things about this are your grip, and holding it loosely, you want to be parallel to the net as you are going towards it, your feet, your body, everything parallel, so that your swing is almost like your forehand. You just want to scoop, scoop at a 45 degree angle. The important thing is if this is the net, my body is parallel to the net, and I want to take the racket back, elbow down, racket up, arm up, so that when I swing, I've got enough power to come through to hit that shuttlecock at a 45 degree angle to force it to go up and over. So, it is simply done like this. Make sense, so remember parallel to the net, shoulder down, arm up, rack it up, and swing through, so you make contact right there at 45 degree angle. Again, if you want the shuttlecock to go left, or if you want it to go right, you are going to want to make contact here with the racket going this way, so that the shuttlecock will go that way, straight, it will be just a straight on shot, or if you want to hit it right, you want to make sure that you are making contact with it ahead of your body, and so that the racket goes up, and the shuttlecock goes to the right. Remember, wind plays a big factor because the birdie is so light. So, when doing this, you've really got to practice this, it is a good thing to practice forehand and backhand, hitting it to yourself, or hitting it to a partner. And you can actually, see that I'm doing backhand, switch my grip, go to forehand. So, if I've got a backhand shot coming to me, parallel to the net, I want to take my body back, I want to throw it up, and I want to hit the shuttlecock and come through with my whole entire body. Practice makes perfect, and practice and getting perfect makes badminton of a lot of fun.
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