Badminton Basic Skill- Clear

    Clear is one of the most important skill in badminton. We can easily categorize two kinds of clear.First is the clear and the second is the flat clear. The picture can demonstrate the differences between the clear and flat clear. As you can noticed, the height of the flying orbit are different. The purpose of the clear is to let the player have more time to get back to the right position. The secondary purpose is to force your opponent keep close to the baseline.

    A good high clear may drop almost vertically land in the area between the baseline and double service line. This may force your opponents' eyes looking at the shuttle and hard to see the position of their opponent. This skill require player's consistency of every  movement of the swing and the accuracy of every shot. At once the clear is not long enough, its so easy to get attacked by your opponent.

   The flat clear that is more aggressive than the high clear. The time of flying is decreased which let your opponent has less time to chase the shuttle.