At lower levels of competitive badminton, the strategy in mixed doubles badminton may be as simple as targeting the female. While this is a valid strategy, even at the professional level, it is a much more complicated game than that!
What Makes Mixed So Hard?
The underlying strategy for mixed doubles is the same as general doubles. At a very high level, attacking downward shots are the best opportunity to win the rally and points. This is obviously very general and it gets deeper than that. But it’s the way this strategy is implemented that makes it much more complicated.
Physical Differences
One of the most obvious differences is that there are two different sexes on court with inherently different abilities. Generally, the male player is more powerful which makes them more suited to the rear court role. In short, setting up the female player in the front court to finish the rally. You can read more…
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