Can you play badminton with a tennis racket

You need to be mentally strong when serving and hold your nerve when playing against aggresive opponents. The big difference between Tennis is that your service is your biggest advantage. In Badminton, you alternate serving when you or the opponent scores a point.

In Tennis one player serves for one game and then they switch after that game. Serving in Tennis is such a massive advantage because there are so many ways you can set up the rally and there are a lot fewer restrictions when serving in Tennis compared to Badminton. In Tennis, you serve with an overhead smash effectively. There are so many variations you can do whilst serving though such as slicing it, playing it straight, playing it super fast or slower etc.

A single Badminton match is the best of three games, each game is played to 21 points. A single match of Tennis is usually the best of three or five sets, each set is the first to six games. This is because there are a lot of games in Tennis. The cost of mistakes in Badminton is less forgiving. You need to score twice as many points as your opponent to win that game. Often matches can be decided early on when one player gets a good string of points.

This makes Badminton a very difficult sport for players who are inconsistent. In Tennis, you can afford some mistakes here and there but still be able to come back in a set.

Tennis and Badminton have so many unique aspects and attributes. Many of these determine the nature of how people play the game. The sports have been around so long that people have found optimal ways of playing shots, footwork and tactics that just work well for each sport.

Tennis requires stamina and endurance. Despite the relatively low active playtime players are on the court for a long time. Matches are draining, long rallies covering large distances on the court requires good aerobic capacity. Just being on the court for a couple of hours without a lot of play time is still a long time in general.

The modern game has faster serves and faster shots in general. This means being able to cover long distances quickly is a must. Like a sprinter, you need to be quick out of the blocks to cover the shot. Agility is useful but not key as players have more time to see and react to shots coming. Badminton is the fastest racquet sport in the world. At the top level players hit smashes at well over kmph! The fastest Badminton smash ever recorded was kmph in test conditions, kmph in competition level.

The video below shows Mads Pieler Kolding hitting the famous kpmh smash. And below is the video showing Tan Boon Heong hitting the biggest smash in history. Badminton is all about speed and power but equally about tactical awareness and precision.

Beginners find Badminton easy to pick up and get going. As they get better they learn to increase the speed at which they play. The tempo of Badminton can change from rally to rally but the most successful players play at a high pace. They take the initiative and play aggressively to actively win points. Players train to be faster on their feet, quicker with their racquet and plan three steps ahead. Players need a lot of anaerobic capacity to play Badminton effectively.

Rallies are bursting with power and energy. The activity level is similar to HIIT training. You have short-long bursts of high intensity and then you have a short rest. Badminton is also a game of fine margins. Badminton requires a lot of precision and accuracy. Players need to be able to put their opponents under pressure by pushing them around the court to outmanoeuvre them. Comparing Tennis and Badminton is like comparing apples and pears.

Everything measured up I still believe that Badminton is the more difficult sport. Is playing Badminton easy? Badminton played at the highest level is not an easy sport. Badminton played leisurely with friends and fun absolutely is. During single games, he focus on clear and drop, smash is definitely not effective due to much slower swing speed. I know a top international player who trained with a squash or tennis raquet i don't remember and they ended up hurting their elbow.

Californian Regular Member. I don't think it's a good idea to try swinging a tennis racquet the same way you would a badminton racquet. What about just using a heavier badminton racquet--about grams heavier that what you're used to? In Indonesia, it is usual to use squash racket not tennis racket for training. Especially in the clubs. Not for a game, but just for finger and wrist power.

Nothing else. Training in a equivalent way. If you don't want to risk injury from using tennis rakcet for training, then get a badminton racket which is heavier than your racket which you normally use to play - there will be some improvement and difference to your power of your stroke.

Only now that I got myself a new SP, when I start using it again, my swing seems much faster and stronger. The reason was that the SP was much lighter than my other. Something you may like think take into consideration if you want to go training and not have a tennis racket. Yu Mo Cao New Member. Hi there! I'm new here.. However, I believe many people like to warm up with a squash racquet.

One time, after playing racquetball same as squash except ball is bouncier and racquet is shorter for awhile I played a pickup game of badminton. Boy, was my swing strong! Totally effortless!

I think there is a validity to warming up with a heavier racquet before play. Don't know about tennis though, isn't it more of an arm swing than anything else? I use squash racket for training. But in Badminton, there are two types of grips used for forehand and backhand. Ball vs Shuttlecock: Squash is played with a hollow rubber bouncy ball that can absorb speed, in impact squashing into the surface. Whereas, Badminton is more like an aerial game with many shots hit over the head.

It uses a high-drag object i. Wrist Technique: The wrist technique is essential in both Squash and Badminton. In Squash, the technique known as the cocked wrist is used which means the wrist will remain firm and static throughout the shot. It helps in pushing the ball towards the target zone with accuracy on the wall. But in Badminton, the wrist is used in flicking motion that provides surprise and disguises to shots.

Movement: Badminton is a game of repeated jumping. The net is high, so repeated good-quality jumps will help to aim, and hit the shuttle down over the net. Whereas Squash is more of a game of lunging, players have to move side-to-side keeping low and lunging repeatedly to generate more accuracy into their shots.

Court: Squash is played in an enclosed court, with walls and the ceiling, where players share the same space on the court. But in Badminton, an open court or outdoor beach is also preferred, and each player has their own space on either side of the court. Rackets: Squash rackets are a little heavier than badminton rackets weighing in the range of g and g with All professionals use teardrop-shaped rackets with a larger sweet spot.

Badminton racket can be in either oval or isometric in shape. They are lighter in weight with a weight of around g. So, you cannot use badminton equipment, rules or court to play Squash. Squash is a game that uses a heavy racket with a larger sweet spot. If you want to replace only rackets to play Squash, then also you cannot play it.