So I asked around and in order to put out a lot of power when smashing, you really have to snap your wrist hard. Wouldn't it cause a wrist injury?
More pronation and ulnar deviation than flexion. Like flinging a drop of water from the top of your thumb.
Snapping action of the wrist is used usually when the shuttlecock passed behind you. If the shuttlecock is taken further infront, lots of power can be delivered without snapping of the wrist. Not to mention steep smashing angles too. Yes, it will eventuallly hurt the wrist.
I get annoyed when a lot of people use the term 'snap your wrist' or 'wrist snapping' to generate more power. This is incorrect. Its actually the Pronation and Supination of the forearm, coupled with the hip rotation that creates the power for good smashes. Actually for most the overhead badminton shots. At netplay, it's finger power and finger control, not the wrist. Kindest regards, -Ajay- Quote of the Day All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
Yeah, the role of the wrist in badminton is badly understood by many players, and even coaches. It's a pet peeve of mine too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cduPGOiWfCQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShYPFuNUJpE I think they're referring to stick smashes or half smashes, I can say a lot of top pros also use wrist snapping, in the second video @ 1:30 for example you can see Tony Gunawan's using quite a lot of wrist power for those smashes, and ZJH also use wrist work for his half smashes (with a nice follow through unlike most beginners who don't do follow through which could really injure them if done wrong)
^ for first video the "wristy" smash is @ 1:25. Everything contributes in power smash from leg pivoting and weight transfer, power from core/torso, wrist, take back, from relaxed to full power at impact and one should see that the whole thing if done right will result in good powerful smash. EVERYTHING is important and if one's smash is lacking power then there should be an area where it could be improved to achieve better smashes.
The above are just very fast Supination and Pronation of the forearm. Kindest regards, -Ajay- Quote of the Day It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaJYwlN91SU I guess it was about half smash/ point smash, as could be seen in the video, ZJH was emphasizing the use of wrist or forearm pronation supination for point smash and he mentioned adding whole arm power and body weight for the heavier smashes.
