A key movement in the badminton stroke is pronation and supination of the forearm.
Pronation is used in the forehand movement. Supination is the backhand movement.
Below is a video that demonstrates these two movements, as well as a training method to get used to this movement. Notice there is little actual wrist movement – the wrist is almost locked.
It is very important to maintain the proper grip (forehand and backhand) in performing this exercise. (scroll down our feed to see the video on the proper badminton grips)
This video is not a demonstration of actual strokes, that will come soon! The take away is to establish the proper grip and learn the pronation/supination movements as these will form the foundation for proper badminton strokes.
