Skill Progression in Badminton
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We chose to teach the class the skills of a high serve and a low serve first. We felt that this is one of the most crucial aspects of the game. If you can't get the serve down, then in essence the game can't be played the way it should be. After we taught the basics of the serve, we decided to teach the basics of the return. These basics were the high clear and the underhand clear. These are the two returns that are the most popular in badminton. The word clear appears in both of these skills. The object was to hit the birdie as far deep into the opponents court without it going out of bounds. Next we taught the underhand drop. The underhand drop is used when your opponent is out of position...