Badminton, technical and tactical demands

Badminton

Height- 5ft 8"
Weight- 75kg
D.O.B- 06.08.98

Technical Demands.

The high serve:
The high serve in badminton starts with a forearm  action and you should lead with your non-racket leg and put your racket leg behind the other, then bring the racket back to shoulder level and bring the racket forward at pace tilted towards the ceiling and follow the Rhythm of the Stroke.

Back hand serve:
Stand in a comfortable position with your racket hand in front, carry out a short swing then bring the racket forward while holding the shuttlecock at the tip of the feathers strike the shuttle and then carry out your shot and get the shuttlecock to scum the net tape as it goes over the net.

Smash;
Shift your weight onto your back foot and bend your elbow and lock your wrist ready to hit the shuttle forward,
As the shuttle reachs it's highest position over you, bring the racket up to meet the shuttle at its highest point and hit down with a lot of power and recover into your position.

Clear:
You use the clear shot to send your opponent to the back of their court to make other shot shorts available for yourself, this shot can open up good opportunities to win the point, take your weight and put it on your rear foot as the shuttle starts to desend over your head hit it and the point where it just starts to come down, hit it with a bent elbow and straighten the elbow as you finish the stroke, this will give more power to send them further back.

Drop Shots:
This shot wins points, shift your weight to your rear foot and bend your elbow and lock out your wrist so you are ready to hit forward, contact the shuttle as high as possible and when it's in front of you, straigten your elbow as you hit the shuttle. Slice or tap the shuttle as you hit it to reduce the amount of power and speed that goes into the shot, this slice or tap will give the shot the loop to just skim the netbtape and drop over.

Tactical Demands:
In badminton the main tactic is give maximum returns with minimal effort. By applying tactics to the game of badminton you can out win your opponent in no time. In badminton the tactics are all about reading your opponent and where his next move is going to go, you can determine how quick, aggressive or light they will play against you in there first couple of shots,
If they play light you play harder and faster if they play hard and fast you do something to throw them off their game.

Playing the the corners of the court is important because if your opponent is quick footed and aggressive then playing to the corners will get them tired quickly and will make them to scuff shots. If the opponents are lazy and sluggish then playing to the corners of the court will get you easy points.

You also have to use the whole of your side of the court to your advantage and make sure you work around the court and make sure you become unpredictable so your opponent can not read your next shot.

Practical Sport- Volleyball                                                                      Ethan Hollingsworth-GCFE

D.O.B- 06/08/1998
Weight- 75kg
Height-5ft 10inchs

Sport Background:
I played football since I was 5 until 14 and then I Started playing rugby for the Island Team Under 16. I participated in the inter school athletics and came 2nd in the Long jump.

Technical Demands:

The Technical Demands for volleyball are:

• Serving- To be able to serve the ball over the net and take up the right position. There are 5 main types of serve. There is the Basic Underarm, Over Arm Float, Over Arm Top Spin, Roundhouse, Jump Serves. The server should stand behind the base line and throw the ball into to the air and hit the ball over arm when the ball is at is peak.

• Digging- To be able to Dig you have to bend you knees and get into a good position, lock your hands together and hit the ball with your forearms you get better accuracy. Hit the ball in the right place and you will get the significant lift.

• Setters- To be able to set a good to ball the the spiker you have to get into a good position. You have to get underneath the ball, bent knees, arms above the head ready to push the ball into the air so the spiker has time to get into position and get his technique right.

• Spiker- The spiker should be standing by the net and ready to jump up and receive the set to blast it over the net hard fast and to the floor on the opponents half. You should have bent knees, eyes on the ball, you should vertically jump and hit the ball with an open palm, this will give it the power it needs to go hard a fast. You should hit the ball when it is at the peak of its travel. 

• Blocker- The blocker should be standing by the net as well. Making a successful block should be when your body is in a pencil shape, your arms are above you head as far as you can reach up and you should jump when the opponents have hit the ball just over the net.

   

You can changed the sport and improve it by widening or narrowing the court, moving locations from a court to a beach. Lowering the net for younger kids or disabled people in wheelchairs, or raising it for tall people and adults. 

         
Tatical Demands:
The tactical demands of the game included reading the gameplay or situation,  acquiring the knowledge to make the right tactical desisions and to be able to apply the correct decision making to be able to make a call in the game.

These Tatical skills are the bridge between practice play and in game play, of course the technical demands are important and you need to know how to play the game, but with knowing how to make the correct decisions at the right time the game wouldn't run. Volleyball is all about quick decisions, team work and where to hit the ball on the opponents side of the court so you can score a point.
Communitcation ability and character traits are important in the game because you need to have the mental ability to pick out a weak player and no that if you target that player then they will start to get under pressure and mess up their game.