Learning Badminton: Get started with the forehand high serve By Abhijeet Naimpally Published on: Begin in a side stance. Transfer your weight from the back leg to the front, and drop the shuttle to the side, in front of you. Bring the racquet downwards from an elevated position and swing it forward...
Learning Badminton: Choose the right grip and make every shot a winner By Abhijeet Naimpally Published on: Choose from four grips depending on the shuttle position. The basic or V-grip when the shuttle is in level with the player, thumb grip for backhand strokes in front of the body, corner grip wh...
Learning Badminton: A brief introduction to the sport By Abhijeet Naimpally Published on: A match consists of best of 3 games of 21 points. There are 5 formats – men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles, and mixed doubles. Standard equipment consists of a racquet and shuttle c...
Learning Guitar: Play chords one note at a time with arpeggios By Tony Das Published on: We let the notes ring into each other for a lush sound. There are two ways to go about this – counting in 8 notes and counting in 6 notes. This is essentially -1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8- and with each cou...
Learning Guitar: Muting techniques using your left hand By Tony Das Published on: By playing barre chords, you can mute the chord simply by releasing the pressure on the strings. To improve your technique, use the G Major Chord and an 8th note pattern. Start with down and upstrokes and then proceed...