Product Description

This new edition will be ideal for badminton players, coaches and instructors interested in teaching, learning or improving proper stroke development, footwork, tactics and basic strategies. The additional technical content for stroke development will include racket face angle, swing size and arc, racket speed and impact point. In addition, the new version will reflect the scoring and rule changes adopted internationally in the autumn of 2006.Specifically to tie in with the new scoring will be the tactical approaches needed to respond to the new game. The second edition will retain all of the components that make it a "Steps to Success" title, in addition to adding some of the newer features such as identifying the objectives for each step.In addition to further developing the Errors section to reflect more the visually (or kinesthetically) errant result, the Corrections section has been added to focus on the technical execution. Finally, information has been included to address the more developed player with additional strokes and/or variations and more complex tactics and drills.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #29956 in Books
• Published on: 2008-02-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 200 pages

Martin R. French - Former president, U.S. Badminton Association, U.S. Olympic Committee Board of Directors (1988-1992)
"Tony has written an excellent step-by-step instructional guide to playing better badminton for players and coaches at any level."

About the Author
Tony Grice, who has been playing and coaching badminton nationally and internationally since 1975, has been ranked as 11th nationwide in men’s doubles and 15th in men’s singles. He has taught and coached the sport at both the high school and college levels.

Tony has been a board member and national team exercise physiologist for the U.S. Badminton Association (USBA). He traveled with the U.S. National Badminton Team to the 1987 World Championships in Beijing as team trainer. Two years later he was manager for the South Team at the 1989 Olympic Sports Festival in Oklahoma City, and he was official umpire at the 1993 Olympic Festival in San Antonio. He holds USBA certification as a Level III national coach and regional umpire.

Tony has taught badminton at Northwestern State University in Louisiana, the University of Texas at Austin, and Texas A&M University, where he served as coordinator of racquet sports. He has also conducted numerous badminton instructional clinics in the United States, Guatemala, and Mexico.

In addition to working with the 1996 Olympic Badminton Team, Tony continues to teach a badminton class each semester at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas, where he is a professor in the Physical Education Department and director of the Aerobic-Human Performance Laboratory.

Customer Reviews

Review from an Intermediate player
I found this book rather basic in the sense that it didn't cover enough material on the tactics for doubles or singles matches such as the 'Divorce' area. The section on serves was rather limited and did not cover the torpedo serves. The book would have greatly benefitted from photos rather than scrappy line drawings especially for a book published in 1996! All in all, I would say that this book is for beginners who don't have a proper clue or little prior knowledge on the game. Otherwise, for an intermediate player like myself, who wants to advance to a high level or near county standard, I would not recommend this book. The good thing about this book was that it featured lots of drills, although sometimes silly ones such as bouncing a shuttlecock on your racquet 30 times!

Badminton Steps to Success
I found the content easy to follow with clear explanations and drawn pictures. Some drills were basic but could be modified with little thought to advance them. As a Physical Education teacher up to GCSE level I have found this an invaluable tool to advance both my own and pupil knowledge.