A reference for beginners and less experienced badminton players, with step-by-step instructions on basic skills, single and double play tactics, serves, overhead strokes, drop shots, smashes, drives and around the head strokes. From the STEPS TO SUCCESS series.
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""The illustrations and descriptions in" Badminton: Steps to Success "are easy to comprehend, and they provide players with the ability to quickly improve their skills. This book is the best resource for every badminton player."
Soohyun Bang
Olympic Gold Medalist
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
Soohyun Bang
Olympic Gold Medalist
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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"The illustrations and descriptions in Badminton: Steps to Success are easy to comprehend, and they provide players with the ability to quickly improve their skills. This book is the best resource for every badminton player.”
Soohyun Bang
Olympic Gold Medalist
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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Great for drills, but useless for strategy,
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This review is from: Badminton: Steps to Success (Paperback)
I bought this book hoping it would help me learn skills and tactics that would make me a better badminton player, but was really disappointed. This book has dozens of various drills that would probably have a positive effect on most persons' games if: (1) the reader had at least five hours a week of spare time to devote to the practice drills; (2)the reader has a partner willing to spend those five hours working on the drills; and (3) the reader can find a place to practice for those five hours. Given that most people (in N. America at least) probably have only a few hours a week available for either playing or court space (which they would like to use for playing rather than practice in any event), it does not become feasible to bother with the various drills that take up the majority of space in this book.
There is very little content in this book about subjects other than drills. [...] I agree with almost all of the comments of the first reviewer, but disagree strongly with his/her rating for the book. I found this book to be substantially useless for my needs. Ok to check out from the library, but definitely NOT recommended for purchase.
12 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
If you know the basics, it helps. Otherwise, it's confusing.,
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This review is from: Badminton: Steps to Success (Paperback)
Badminton is probably one of the most underecognized sports in the western world, but it is immensely popular in Asian countries as well as several European nations. The game is not too difficult to learn, and this book does a good job in explaining the strokes. But the truth is that explaining how to play a game (through a book) is simply an impossible (or nearly impossible) task. The graphics do help, but the instructions can become a bit tedious. You'd do better to buy a video and simply study their actions and then read this book, rather than just buy the book by itself. NOTE: This is not your average picnic-style game. True badminton is fast-paced, incredibly explosive, and filled with trick shots and actions at every turn. One has to be in top physical condition with excellent hand-eye coordination and quick feet in order to play the game well. If you have these skills or have played the game before, grab this book. The basics will help.
2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Badminton: Steps to Success,
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This review is from: Badminton: Steps to Success (Paperback)
An excellent book on the sport of badminton. Easy to understand and follow. Great resource book for any high school p.e. teacher or coach. I recommend this book to all that are interested in the sport.
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conditioning drill, clear drill, net player, doubles drill, drive drill, sideways hitting stance, underhand drop shot, drop shot return, backhand overhead stroke, oncoming shuttle, crosscourt drop shot, good backhand returns, racket leg, place your racket, shots fall close, make contact with the shuttle, overhead drop shot, underhand returns, doubles service line, points for each target hit, short service line, midcourt drive, good forehand smashes, sashay step, throw your racket Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Success Check, Score Your Success Hit, Score Your Success Complete, Overhead Stroke Drill, Service Drill, Serve Return Drill, Advanced Techniques, Correction Move, Trick Shot Drill, Success Figure, Correction Make, Score Your Success Five, None Run, Tactics Drill, Drop Shot Drill Browse Sample Pages:
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conditioning drill, clear drill, net player, doubles drill, drive drill, sideways hitting stance, underhand drop shot, drop shot return, backhand overhead stroke, oncoming shuttle, crosscourt drop shot, good backhand returns, racket leg, place your racket, shots fall close, make contact with the shuttle, overhead drop shot, underhand returns, doubles service line, points for each target hit, short service line, midcourt drive, good forehand smashes, sashay step, throw your racket Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Success Check, Score Your Success Hit, Score Your Success Complete, Overhead Stroke Drill, Service Drill, Serve Return Drill, Advanced Techniques, Correction Move, Trick Shot Drill, Success Figure, Correction Make, Score Your Success Five, None Run, Tactics Drill, Drop Shot Drill Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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