How long does it take to learn badminton? I would say it takes at least one year to learn badminton but to a beginner level. That’s a good and common question. Most new students ask this question. You will find this article interesting when you read it further.
I noticed that there are many wrong answers on the internet. Yes. That is what happens when people make websites only to make money from them, and unfortunately, they have no love for badminton.
Anyway, I will try to give you the shortest answer to all badminton levels.
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Time Requirements
It takes five months if you want to play in the garden or your backyard.
It takes one year if you want to play badminton at a professional beginner level.
It takes 2-3 years if you want to learn badminton at an intermediate level.
It takes around six years to get to play badminton professionally at an advanced level.
How Long Does It Take to Learn badminton? What people do not tell you
The thing is, you can not say exactly how long it takes to learn badminton, to be honest. I will show you what you need to know and how long it takes to learn a particular area.
How many times do you play badminton in the week?
You all have heard “practice makes people perfect.” It’s the same with badminton. So the more you play, the better you can play. It’s not going to be enough if you play badminton only one time in the week. Otherwise, it will take ages to learn badminton skills.
What are the basic skills you need to learn to play badminton?
To be honest, you need to learn so many skills if you want to learn badminton at a professional level, but I will try to explain a few points.
- Holding the racket
- Badminton serve
- Basic shots
- Badminton momentum
- Footwork
Hold your racket the correct way.
This is so important because if you hold the racket in the wrong way, you will hit the shuttle with your racket in the wrong way. It’s difficult to hold the racket the right way when you used to hold the racket the wrong way for a long time. I have seen this with my new students.
To be honest, it’s difficult to change it. Some students said they could not hit the shuttle when they hold the racket correctly because they have used the wrong grip all the time.
This is why it is so important to hold the badminton racket in the right way. So if you are new to badminton, learn to hold the racket in the correct way (correct grip). Also, I have shown the best badminton racket for beginners if you like to buy one.
Badminton serve
High serve
We use high serves when we play singles badminton matches. The shuttle goes to the baseline of the badminton court. Of course, you do not need to use these long serves if you play badminton in the garden or your backyard because most people play badminton without a badminton net and in a smaller area.
As we said earlier, you need to hold the racket correctly to make a good high serve. You need to make sure your service goes not only half of the court. Because then your partner easily can create a good smash, and then the rally is over.
It takes one or two months to learn the high service. The key is to make the correct motion with the racket and hold the racket the right way.
Now maybe you understand how important it is to learn how to hold the racket the right way.
Short serve
Mainly we use short serve when we play doubles, but we use short service in singles too. We use a backhand grip to make a short serve. It would be best if you made sure the shuttle goes close to the net.
Otherwise, your opponent will hit the shuttle fast and quickly, which is difficult to defend most of the time.
It takes around one to two months to learn the short serve.
Basic shots
There are various shots in badminton. Few are Clears, drops, net shots, and smash. There are many variations in these shots. We play straight shots, cross shots, forehand, and backhand.
It takes months to master badminton shots. First, you need to learn the technique, and you need to practice them more. We practice shots with our partner when we do training, then later, we play a few double matches and single matches. The point is we give more priority to practice shots when we do our training.
After learning basic badminton shots, you need to practice rallies. It’s really important to learn shots with the right techniques. Because I have seen beginners try to find short cuts or easy ways to hit shots but always remember it affects your footwork if you learn badminton shots in the wrong way or correct way.
It would be best if you got badminton momentum.
If you have not played badminton, it will take a little bit of time to get the badminton momentum because you need to hit the shuttle with the racket at the correct time. Also, it would help if you hit from the middle of the racket head. So the more you play better you will be.
What exercise to improve badminton momentum?
Fortunately, you can improve badminton momentum fast. There is one good exercise which is so simple. Get your racket and get a shuttle and find a good wall without anything on it. Such as photographs. Stand 2 meters away from the wall and try to hit the shuttle not fast to the wall. You can continue to do it without dropping the shuttle on the floor. Make sure you do not hit the wall with your racket.
This is a very good exercise to improve your momentum fast for sure. My badminton coach recommended this exercise to me when I was ten years old. A good part of this is you do not want to be in a badminton hall or don’t need a partner to do this exercise.
Footwork
Footwork is so important in badminton. Badminton is a really fast sport. So you need to run fast on the court. So footwork is the key to it. No matter if your shots are good, if you have bad footwork, you can not reach the shuttle fast move in the court.
There are a few footwork exercises you can do to improve your footwork. First, you need to ask your coach to show the correct footwork.
6 Corner footwork
This is one very early footwork I learned when I was a kid. 2 sides of the front, two sides of the middle of the court, and two sides of the bottom of the court.
I think you can learn good footwork in 2,3 months for sure.