Badminton Tactics 1 - Smashing to the side lines against a short player

Badminton Tactics 1 - Smashing to the side lines against a short player When you play against a short player (178cms or less) a very effective tactic to gain advantage and/or to score is to smash to the side lines. This tactic exploit their natural disadvantage of limited reach. This tactic is most often used in singles. In this example, we have , Chen Long and Lin Dan using this tactic against Lee Chong Wei.