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Importance of Evaluating Badminton Performance
- To understand the player's strengths and fine tune them.
- To find out the weaknesses of the player and strengthen them.
- To assess the attitude of the player.
- To evaluate the commitment and competitiveness of the player.
- To facilitate domestic or international ranking.
- To shortlist the eligible players for funding assistance from the Government or badminton academies.
When evaluating badminton performance, generally the following is taken in to consideration:
- Evaluation of performance.
- Evaluation of on court performance.
- Evaluation of the opponent against the player being evaluated.
When evaluating performance, the following are taken in to consideration:
- His skills.
- His agility.
- His accuracy.
- His consistency.
- His stroke producing fluency.
- His ability to execute correct shots at the correct time.
- His stamina.
Evaluating badminton performance on court takes in to account the following additional things:
- Adjustments learnt, be it winning or loosing.
- Practice modifications needed.
- Adjustments required.
- Talents lacking in the player.
In assessing the opponent's game against the player being evaluated, the following are noted:
- How the opponent affected the game of the player.
- How should the opponent be attacked in the next game.
- What the strengths and drawbacks of the opponent are.
Although evaluating badminton performance differs in different countries, generally the following is taken into consideration.
- Citizen or immigrant.
- Whether the player is taking active participation in training programmes adequately and constantly.
- Is he committing himself adequately to achieve excellence at the international level.
- His Ranking in domestic, state and national level.
- His Performance in domestic, state and national championships.
- His Performance in Junior championships.
- His attitude and work ethic on and off court.
- His performance in international tournaments.
- His world rank and at what age he is achieving it.
- His ability to raise his level and perform better when necessary.
- To confirm that he is not averse to make the needed sacrifices to shine in international level and showing indications for the same by fulfilling his professional commitments adequately throughout the year, year after year.
Not only players, but also coaches, umpires, referees, service judges and line judges can also be evaluated regarding their performance in badminton tournaments. It is helpful in prioritizing the people for international tournaments to avoid officiating errors and ensuring fair play.
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Health Benefits of Playing Badminton
In fact it has been found that playing badminton till you get an increase in heart rate or mild breathlessness regularly in middle age lowers the risk of death by about 23% in the subsequent 20 years and improves longevity by at least 2 years. The optimal health benefits are achieved by playing badminton for at least 30 minutes a day after adequate warm up.
The main health benefit is reduction of bad cholesterol and increase in good cholesterol with regular badminton play. In our body, total cholesterol, triglycerides, low-density lipoproteins (LDL) and very low density lipoproteins (VLDL) are bad cholesterols and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) is the only good cholesterol.
Playing badminton regularly increases the levels of HDL good cholesterol while decreasing the levels of bad cholesterols. As bad cholesterols decrease the size of blood vessels promoting heart attacks and strokes, reduction in their levels translates into multiple health benefits for the individual.
Playing regular badminton conditions the body so that the basal heart rate drops a few beats per minute and blood pressure is reduced. Both these effects are helpful in hypertensive individuals. It may help them to ward off their hypertension without medicines and even if they are needed, only fewer amounts are required.
Another particular health benefit of playing regular badminton is protection from heart disease, especially heart attacks. Playing badminton conditions and strengthens the heart muscle besides reducing hypertension and keeping blood vessels from clogging as we have seen earlier. Even people with pre-existing heart disease can benefit by playing badminton within their endurance levels under medical supervision and advise.
Regular indulgence in badminton helps overweight people to reduce their weight and attain optimal weight for their height and age. This effect is due to the excess calories burnt during playing badminton which prevents them from accumulating as fat and increasing the individual's weight.
Moreover, the existing fat deposits are also mobilized to produce energy while playing badminton. But for achieving optimal weight loss, it has to be combined with diet modification as well.
Osteoporosis is a troublesome problem especially in the elderly and women after menopause. It occurs because the bones loose their density due to complex interactions between the body hormones, bone forming and bone dissolving cells. Individuals with osteoporosis can easily sustain fractures because of reduced bone strength to withstand stress and injury.
Osteoporosis can be prevented or delayed by regularly playing badminton, as physical activity is one major factor that prevents osteoporosis, irrespective of the age and sex of the individual. Playing badminton promotes the activity of the bone forming cells and help in the assimilation of calcium in the bone matrix, thereby strengthening it.
Additional health benefit of playing regular badminton is reduced incidence of cancers like cancer of the large bowel and cancer of breast.
Finally, playing badminton keeps you feeling well, strong, motivated, enthusiastic and young. It helps to ward off depression, anxiety, stress and increase self-esteem. It also helps in enjoying a better sleep in the night, thereby minimizing the incidence of pre-existing illnesses getting aggravated due to lack of sleep.
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The fundamentals part II
We discussed the grip and footwork in the last column.
This week I will continue with the two other fundamentals stamina and service.
3. STAMINA
Every player knows that he/she needs to have stamina to play games like badminton because it is a very energy-demanding game.
But very few players understand that stamina in badminton is related to one's style of play. A player with a defensive style, where he engages his opponent in very long rallies, would develop more stamina than the deceptive player who combines it with some features of the attacking style of play.
So, you need to understand the style of your play and develop the stamina required for your style or combination of styles.
It is also important to know the "rate" of expenditure of energy and the "rate" of recovery required for your style of play.
Take a player with an attacking style. The attacking style saps a lot of energy from a player, at a faster rate than the defensive or deceptive style of play.
In the deceptive and especially the defensive style of play, the rate of energy used is not as fast as the attacking style.
However, these two styles of play require stamina which is longer lasting than the attacking style.
Look at Fung Permadi and Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen. They are in their thirties and still able to play and win tournaments against players 10 years younger than them.
When Hoyer-Larsen won the Olympic singles gold, he was almost 30 years old. And when Wong Peng Soon won his last All-England singles title, he was 37.
Both Hoyer-Larsen and Peng Soon are/were brilliant, deceptive stroke players, whose movements in court are easy and economical.
The fact that at such an "advanced" age (for international badminton), they could win major tournaments is a strong indication that stamina is relative to one's style of play.
There is another important aspect of stamina which is normally ascribed to fitness.
I prefer to look at it as stamina the reserve of energy and strength to enable a player to endure prolonged strain.
Other than stamina to last a gruelling three sets of 15 points, what is not normally emphasized is whether a player has the stamina to last a whole tournament and be at his/her strongest in the finals.
One of my main reasons for training until a player "hits the wall" as noted in my earlier article is to prepare a player, as best as possible, to have the stamina to last a tournament where he/she will be at his/her strongest in the finals.
Admittedly, sometimes it may not be possible to train until a player has sufficient stamina to last the whole tournament and luck can play a part.
Two very recent cases illustrate this - one in tennis and the other in badminton.
When Martina Hingis lost her singles final match to Jennifer Capraiti in the 2000 Australian Open, in her post-match interview, she admitted that she was too tired after the semi-finals match with Venus Williams and had very little to give in the final.
Those who watched the match on TV, could clearly see that her movements were lethargic and she could not go for her shots.
Jennifer played a very good match which made it even harder for Martina to win.
The other case is the men's All-England singles final between China's Chen Hong and India's P. Gopichand. Less than 18 hours after Chen Hong's two-hour match with Roslin Hashim he had to play Gopichand.
Without taking anything away from Gopichand for his fine singles win, I am sure Chen Hong would have given him a tougher game in the final had he not had such a tough game with Roslin.
So, other than stamina for a match, you should train and prepare to have the stamina for a tournament.
4. SERVICE
In tennis, you can easily see that the service is the most important shot, especially on grass courts or hard courts.
The powerful serve in tennis quite often determines whether a player wins or loses a match.
For badminton, especially in singles play, it is not obvious. In doubles play, it is more obvious, and quite a number of matches are won or lost because of the service.
Many young players do not realize that the service is the most important shot. To a good number of them, the service is just to start a point in a game.
Do you know that you can begin to gain advantage and control over your opponent by just using your service but only if it is effectively executed.
A good low service is one where the shuttle is about an inch over the net and is falling immediately after passing over the net to the opponent's court, but has speed to cross the service line.
For a good angled shooting service, it should be played in such a way that your opponent has to bend backwards while running backwards to retrieve the service.
For the high service, the opponent must stand between the two baselines to retrieve the service, he should stand nearer the outer baseline.
I would like to concentrate more on the high singles service because it is not so obvious to a lot of young players that such a service, when effectively executed, is the most important shot to play.
Quite a number of you have experienced this.
Sometimes, in a match where you are able to serve high and deep into your opponent's court so that he has to step near the outside baseline to take your service, you feel that you have put pressure on him just by that service alone.
You know that it is difficult for him to smash because he is so far back, and, if he smashes, it is not difficult for you to retrieve.
On the other hand, sometimes when you lose a point during a game it is because your service is poor and your opponent either smashes it easily or is able to play a shot to put you under pressure.
Quite often, it is the service which determines whether you win or lose a point or even a match.
This can be obvious in doubles play, where you may have watched time and time again on TV that the doubles pair which won the tournament was the one that served well under pressure.
One of the main reasons why Park Joo Bong was so superior in doubles play is because of his low service which combines sharpness with deception.
If you still have videotapes of Park Joo Bong playing doubles, just count how many times an opponent was able to tap his service compared to the services of other doubles players.
Very few times indeed.
During my time, there were two players in the same class as Park Joo Bong. They were Christian Hadinata of Indonesia and Tan Yee Khan of Malaysia.
Both of them had consistently high quality low services, almost impossible to tap and they used it to force their opponent to be on the defensive.
Let me explain to you how you can use your service in singles play to take advantage of your opponent's weak point.
Let us assume that your opponent's forehand stroke at the back court is weak and because of this, you are able to anticipate easier his forehand stroke.
By playing a deep high service to his forehand more frequently, just from the first shot, i.e. your service, you would gain an advantage over him already.
The chances of you receiving a good shot from his forehand is less than if you serve to his overhead corner. This initial advantage can lead to a bigger advantage and finally you would score the point.
These are the four fundamentals in badminton players should know and master if they want to play to their maximum capabilities.
Written by Tan Aik Huang
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Badminton Activities for Children
Depending on what you and your child are interested in the area of badminton will largely determine what types of activities you choose to get your child involved in.
The different types of badminton activities for children range from fun and less serious activities to activities that are specifically geared toward bettering your child's skill at the more serious game of badminton.
For younger children who are still trying to decide what type of sports they will enjoy you can get them involved in many different activities that will let you and your child know if badminton is right for them.
The first suggestion for the 4 and under age group who may not know if they would enjoy badminton you should first start with simply getting them an inexpensive badminton racket and shuttlecock to bounce around with you or in the back yard. Many children will enjoy simply hitting a shuttle mid air.
Other activities to explore are games that mimic the idea of badminton such as Balloon Badminton. Balloon Badminton is played with a homemade net, usually composed of string tied to two chairs or trees, and inflated balloons.
Use an old racket to hit the balloons across the net in the same manner you would for badminton. Explain to your child as they get acquainted with the game that they get one hit to get the balloon over the net or you score a point and vice versa.
If you see that your child enjoys either of these activities or similar ones you can be assured that they would enjoy learning the game of badminton when they are at an appropriate age. This appropriate age can vary from child to child and it is important not to overwhelm them with the technicalities of the game until they are old enough to understand it and have fun.
For older children who have already shown an interest in this type of sport there are many organized activities for badminton all over the world. Most recreation centers or gym's have badminton courts that you and your child can frequent to play games or practice.
Badminton clubs and teams are also pretty easy to find and unlike some of the other childhood competitive sport these classes often do not fill as quickly. This is a good thing as you and your child may not have to be on a waiting list in order to become a part of a team.
Other activities for older children is to simply make time to teach them drills or different shots so they can grow in their badminton game. Once your child sees that they can improve with a bit of work most children are motivated to practice and become more skilled. This sort of activity will not only help them to be a better badminton player it will also boost self esteem and teach them to use teamwork as well as be a good sport in the face of defeat.
Childhood games and competition is good and healthy for all children. It is a part of growing up that they should be allowed to experience with enough pressure to motivate them but not to discourage them. Be sure you are not applying too much pressure to your child to be "great" at any sport as part of the point is for them to get exercise and enjoy themselves.
The other positive to playing badminton on a team is you will get to see your child developing bonds with their teammates and learning from one another. Badminton is a great sport for children and getting them involved in badminton activities for children can be a healthy outlet for them.
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