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By Abhijeet Naimpally Published on: Thu Mar 31, 2022
Positioning and stance are critical. Begin with your stance in the mid court area with the non-racquet foot forward, and with a basic grip. Be quick on your feet when you receive the shuttle. This will allow you to get behind the shuttle faster and hit it at the highest point, giving you more choices of strokes.
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It’s not enough to know how to hit a winning serve; you also need to know how to receive one. And there’s a way to go about returning the serve. Positioning and stance are the first things to take care of. You should never be caught off-guard by the opponent’s serve. The trick is to position yourself in such a way that any serve can be played in front of the body and at the highest point before the shuttle starts to drop.
Being able to play it early means you’ll have a lot of choices in terms of strokes. You can also play an offensive stroke right at start of the rally, and keep that advantage. The receiving stance and position for singles and doubles is different as the rules of service are different for both. Let’s now explore the singles high service return.
Begin with your stance in the mid court area with the non-racquet foot forward, and with a basic grip. Be quick on your feet when you receive the shuttle with no signs of lethargy. This will allow you to get behind the shuttle faster and hit it at the highest point. You’ll also have more leeway with hitting a deceptive stroke as the holding capacity will be much more.
There’s no shortcut to improving your service return. You have to practise and keep at it until you get better at it. There are two exercises that are recommended for this. For the first one, start a 1 on 1 practice with multiple shuttles where your sparring partner tries out different serves, one shuttle at a time, and you practise returning the serves. This will hone your reflexes and support quick reaction and movement.
The next exercise is targeted at improving your accuracy with the service return. To practise this, place boxes or mark all corner areas near the net and rear court. Your service returns should fall in these boxes or the areas marked.
Returning a service is an important skill to master, and professional players usually spend hours practising and perfecting it. Make these exercises a part of your regular routine and you’re sure to see improvement in no time. In the next post, you’ll learn how to go about the singles low service return which is equally important. Happy reading and learning to you.
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