5 Badminton Shots that you Need to Master

If you want to be a great badminton player you should spend a lot of time mastering this 5 shots. Practicing and getting these right will go a long way into making you a very competitive and highly skilled player.

Badminton Serve

You should first know the different types of Badminton shots? One of the important thing in badminton and one of the most important badminton shots is the serve as it not only starts the game. But expect that if you play against more competitive opponents it will become a key shot/stroke you will need to improve. Improving your serve skills will change your game forever.

There are two types of badminton serves. The High Deep Serve is taking a full under hand swing with the aim to the shuttlecock high in the air and to put your opponent to the back line. The second type is the Shorthand Serve, you should place your racquet into your stomach area as you will be playing this as a backhand shot, and flick the shuttlecock over the net with the aim of landing as close to the first line, on or over.

Drop Shot

Underhand Drop Shot, you will move into the net with your arm shoulder high and lightly flick the racquet with aim of the shuttle just dropping over the net. Following the shot return to the middle of the court ready for the next shot. The other one is the Overhand Drop Shot, at first you have to move to the back of the court and lift the arm to hit with overhand shot, but here you have to make the shuttlecock drop just over the net. Do not follow through the shot with full power.

Clear Shot

Overhead Clear Shot, you will move to the back of the court and hit an Overhead shot. The aim here is to always put the shuttlecock to the back or corner of your opponents half of the court. The higher the shuttlecock the more defensive the shot this allows you more time to recover your position. The second clear shot is the Underhand Clear Shot, move closer to the net to make the underhand clear shot, then sweep your arm up to the net to flick the shuttlecock over the net and then move back to the middle of the court to prepare for your next shot.

Smash Shot

This is the most exciting and the most commonly used shot to win a point. You will normally be somewhere in the middle of the court to perform the Smash shot, you need to bring your racquet over your head but unlike the other shot you will continue in a downwards motion at speed with the aim of making the shuttlecock hit the floor on the other side of the net. Doing a jump before smashing the shuttlecock will give you more power in the shot and it can be harder for your opponent to return it back to you.

Drive Shot

The Drive shots are fast shots aimed to hit low over the net, making your opponent to run and move quickly. This shot can be done on both forehand and backhand, with drive shots you don’t really need to move your feet.


These 5 different shots can help you in a lot of ways in your badminton game. You should make time to practice these 5 different shots to make you more competitive, if you master this shots you are sure to play on a higher level and that you will kill a lot of your opponents in the Badminton Court.