The new semester has started, and Lelé continues to enthusiastically train daily according to the teacher's guidance and requirements. In this process, Lelé has also encountered more and more difficulties, setbacks, and problems. Of course, Lelé has also made progress in these repeated difficulties and setbacks. Usually, after completing his courses and training at school, Lelé still has excess energy and will take time out of his spare time to go to social badminton courts outside the school to find people to practice and play matches with.
One day, while playing with friends at a badminton club, a skilled player who had just graduated from an amateur badminton sports school arrived. Lelé would never miss such an opportunity to meet a skilled opponent, so he boldly challenged the opponent. Lelé rarely gets the chance at school to play badminton with someone who has received professional or semi-professional systematic training, as several retired professional badminton athletes are either playing or teaching badminton in society. However, students like Lelé, who have only a bit of badminton foundation, can only play with classmates of similar skill levels. For this reason, Lelé, who is eager to improve, highly cherishes the opportunity to compete against skilled opponents, hoping to perform well and strive to defeat the opponent.
In the first rally, the opponent served a high-quality short net shot, forcing Lelé to lift the shuttlecock. As the opponent prepared to hit the shuttlecock, their movement resembled that of a flat smash, but at the moment of impact, they instead played a short net shot. Lelé's reaction was slow, and his footwork did not keep up, leaving him to helplessly watch the shuttlecock land.
In the second rally, the opponent served a high clear, and Lelé returned it with another high clear, preparing to judge the direction of the opponent’s next shot. This time, Lelé noticed that the opponent’s pre-hit action also looked similar to the previous drop shot. Lelé thought, "He's probably going to play a drop shot again." Thus, Lelé immediately prepared to rush to the net. However, the opponent unexpectedly hit a backcourt flat smash. This made Lelé extremely frustrated because he was not only deceived, but also completely unable to determine whether the opponent would play a frontcourt drop shot or a backcourt flat smash.
After these two rallies, the result was predictable: in a 21-point match, Lelé only scored 8 points. After the game, Lelé was utterly dazed. Normally, when playing with others, he could predict the opponent's moves, but when playing with a skilled player, he felt like a headless fly, only able to follow the opponent's shots, which severely damaged his confidence.
Seeing Lelé's disheartened appearance, the opponent humbly explained the reasons. It turned out that the opponent mainly used the consistency of the backcourt high-drop-smash technique, meaning the consistency of preparation and backswing actions before hitting the backcourt. By accelerating the stroke action at the moment of impact and suddenly changing the direction and angle of the stroke, the opponent forced Lelé into a passive situation.
After listening to the explanation from the skilled opponent, Lelé, who had been learning badminton for only three years, first encountered the technical term "[Consistency of the Backcourt High-Drop-Smash Technique]." He couldn't help but marvel at how profound badminton techniques were, realizing that he was merely an amateur badminton enthusiast who had yet to fully enter the realm.
After losing the game, Lelé recognized the gap between himself and the skilled players. As soon as he returned to the dormitory, he downloaded a popular set of badminton instructional videos titled "Learning to Play Badminton" that had aired on CCTV and stored it on his computer. From then on, whenever Lelé had free time, he would watch "Learning to Play Badminton" on his computer. After carefully watching, Lelé learned that the so-called consistency of the backcourt high-drop-smash technique was manifested in having the same preparation posture and backswing speed when hitting high clears, drop shots, and smashes. Simultaneously, one must hit the shuttlecock at its highest point, and during the moment of impact, suddenly change the direction and angle of the stroke—this is what is referred to as "action consistency." Lelé thought that this was probably the technique used by high-level players. Thus, he resolved to master this badminton technique.
After understanding the importance of the consistency of the backcourt high-drop-smash technique, in order to quickly master this technique, Lelé specifically hired a retired player from the Hunan provincial team as a coach to provide one-on-one guidance. During the practice period, Lelé wanted to try out the level of professional teams. Driven by curiosity, Lelé found opportunities to play a few games with professional players, but he was still beaten all over the court. Most notably, whenever the skilled players initiated backcourt high clears, Lelé had no idea where they would direct the shuttlecock.
When practicing one-on-one badminton with skilled players, Lelé and his coach specifically targeted the consistency of the backcourt high-drop-smash technique for specialized practice.
In the first phase, the professional badminton player explained the technical essentials: Before hitting the shuttlecock, do not slow down the racket swing speed during the backswing. If you reduce the racket swing speed, the opponent will figure out that you're going to play a short net shot. Only decide whether to use a drop shot or a high clear at the moment of impact, and try to control the point of impact at the highest possible point; this kind of shot is threatening. At the same time, the coach pointed out that against players with strong consistency in their stroke actions, one should not make hasty movements. One should only move quickly after seeing the direction of the opponent's shot clearly, otherwise, it's easy to be deceived by the opponent.
In the second phase, Lelé practiced the badminton racket swing and personally experienced the swing trajectory and rhythm of the backcourt high-drop-smash technique's consistency.
In the third phase, Lelé practiced consistent backcourt high-drop strokes on half-court. The coach proposed that if the shuttlecock is relatively high, one should jump to hit it, trying to raise the point of impact to increase the power of the shot.
Finally, the coach and Lelé conducted half-court high-drop practice. The coach specified that Lelé should continuously practice a fixed sequence of one high clear followed by one drop shot from any position in the backcourt to familiarize himself with and apply the consistency of the backcourt high-drop technique. After practicing for 20 minutes, the coach made new arrangements, allowing Lelé to only play high clears or lifts, while the coach used consistent high-drop actions to hit the shuttlecock from any point in the backcourt to practice Lelé's ability to judge the direction of the opponent's shots.
After a week of specialized badminton training, Lelé gradually grasped the essentials of the consistency of the backcourt high-drop-smash technique and showed significant improvement. After some time of training, Lelé again played a full-court badminton match with the coach. During the match, Lelé learned from past mistakes, avoiding blind judgment and starting movements prematurely. Instead, he focused intently on the direction of the opponent's shot at the moment of impact. Upon determining the direction, he quickly started moving and shifting positions. Lelé discovered that although judging the opponent's move after they've hit the shuttlecock may seem slower, it's better than being deceived by the opponent, at least ensuring that he wouldn't easily be defeated. After a few rounds, the coach began to look at Lelé differently, praising him for his potential. The coach commended Lelé for improving the consistency of his backcourt high-drop-smash technique, even posing a slight threat to the coach at times. This greatly delighted Lelé, encouraging his confidence in improving his badminton skills.
After the match, the coach objectively told Lelé: "I personally think that what you should focus on improving now isn't the consistency of your badminton techniques, because your current grasp of basic badminton techniques is not yet comprehensive or solid enough. Consistency and suddenness in technique are relatively higher levels in badminton training. If you want to play better and reach a higher level, your current training focus should be on diligently practicing various fundamental badminton techniques. Once you have a solid foundation, you can pursue the consistency and suddenness of your hitting techniques on the basis of stable hitting techniques."
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