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Short Serve in Badminton

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Summary: Fool your badminton opponents with a short serve. In this clip learn the basics of the game of badminton as our expert demonstrates and explains everything from the history of the game to footwork and grips. In this clip learn the short serve with forehand position.

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By Ben Alano
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Bryan Alano played badminton for 12 years, has experience in coaching and organizing badminton events, played national and local tournaments in the US and in the Philippines, former...read more

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" Hi my name is Bryan, and welcome back to expertvillage.com. Now we are going to talk about doing a short serve using the forehand position. First off left foot needs to be forward. Racket needs to be pushed back. It should not be close to anybody, because the tendency once you have the bird to close you would have difficult doing the swing. It would be the same concept as a bowler swing. Same motion but instead there would not be a follow through. Since we are only using it for a short serve we do not need that much of a power. Point of contact will be below the waist line not above the waist line. That would be a fault position already. So keep in mind swing, contact, follow through should not reach over the shoulders since we are not using that much of a power. Point of contact to the bird. swing. "

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