Category Archives: General

Just done a count and found The Badminton Secrets Newsletter currently goes out to badminton players in 61 countries: UK, US, Canada, Philippines, Croatia, Poland, Fiji, Denmark, France, Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic, China, Belgium, Malaysia, Iceland, Singapore, Japan, Portugal, United … Continue reading →

If there is one thing that people say to me causes the most problems with their badminton, it’s nervousness. You might be playing really well in practice, and your confidence levels going into an important match of tournament might be … Continue reading →

Positive thinking has had a bad rap in recent times, as many powerful things do. Maybe when you think of positive thinking you think of people thoughtlessly shouting out ‘yeah! go for it!’, and have maybe tried that and nothing … Continue reading →

What! Surely I’m not encouraging you to fail am I? Not at all, but there is something that you need to know about failure that can really change the way you look at your badminton. I found it made me … Continue reading →

This seems like a good place to introduce another basic of using psychology to improve your badminton; the 4 stages of learning. This basically means that whenever you learn how to do something, whether it’s play a new shot in … Continue reading →

I never really started to see results in my badminton until I realised the importance of having goals. The only problem with goal-setting is that it always seems like such a chore, and because the results are so gradual it … Continue reading →

Looking at your badminton game as a whole, there are few things that will make more of a difference to how successful you are than consistency. Consistency means maintaining a high level of play over a long period of time. … Continue reading →

We all know that when we are winning we are confident, and when we are losing we’re not so confident. Why is that? Confidence is merely a state of mind, so why shouldn’t we be able to summon it at … Continue reading →

I certainly found that concentration was one of the hardest things to control, but also one that got a lot better with practice. It is focussing on each point as it comes, and stopping the distractions from previous points, bad … Continue reading →

Can there be a more frustrating game than badminton? How many times have you just completely lost it on court due to a bad shot or miss, and then never been able to get it back again? Composure is vital … Continue reading →