Grip technique

Badminton / Popular

Switch between forehand, backhand, bevel, and panhandle grips cleanly.

What coaches agree on

The forehand grip is your default for shots on your racket-hand side, including overhead clears, smashes and drops; switch to backhand or bevel the moment the shuttle is on your other side.
Reach for the bevel grip - thumb resting on the ridge halfway between forehand and backhand - when a shot needs extra touch and control, most often at the net.

Fast, automatic grip changes come from dedicated practice - shadowing the switch, then adding feeds, then live rallies - not from match play alone.

Common mistakes

Gripping the racket too tightly stops it rotating freely in your hand and kills the finger power that gives shots their touch, control and speed.

Beginner

Fix Your Badminton Serve: The Correct Shuttle Grip Explained

Coach's take: Best-in-class breakdown of exactly what goes wrong with serve grip and how to fix it.

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Intermediate

5 Common Badminton Grip Mistakes (And How to Fix Them FAST)

Coach's take: Excellent - real mistakes, real fixes, good depth.

4.1

Intermediate

How To Use Your Wrist In Badminton - It’s Not What You Think!

Coach's take: Clear, memorable, corrects a real common mistake — excellent.

3.6

Beginner

The 4 Grips In Badminton + Learn The Correct Grip For Every Shot!

Coach's take: Solid grip reference - the four grips and exactly which shots each is for. Panhandle is for the LATE backhand only, not your everyday shot.

3.5

Beginner

Badminton Grip - The forehand basic grip

Coach's take: Solid, correct intro to the forehand grip.

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Beginner

Badminton Grip for beginner - Easy tips

Coach's take: Solid beginner grip lesson with a nice practice drill.

3.2

Intermediate

How To Change Between Grips In Badminton

Coach's take: The grip-change video to send people - loose fingers principle plus a 7-step practice ladder you can actually train against a wall.

3.2

Beginner

5 Common Beginner Badminton Mistakes

Coach's take: Clear, actionable grip fixes from credible coaches - genuinely useful.

2.9

Beginner

Badminton Grip - The Bevel Grip tutorial

Coach's take: Useful bevel-grip basics, a touch thin on detail.

2.7

Intermediate

The 3 Different Singles Net Shots You Need To Know

Coach's take: Solid, accurate grip cues within a strong tutorial.

2.6

Advanced

BACKHAND CLEAR - Badminton Biomechanics

Coach's take: One of the best backhand-clear breakdowns out there — real biomechanics, honest debate on cueing, and a smart slow-it-down progression. Watch the whole thing.

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