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News, Events, etc.

 

 

 

Taste of Perimeter (TOP):

à Sunday, August 13, 5 PM - 7:30 PM

à Sunday, September 10, 5 PM - 7:30 PM

 

PBC Schedule Changes

à The gym will be closed for maintenance August 7-12

à PBC play time on TOP Sundays: 7:30 PM -10:30 PM

à NOTE: Schedule is subject to change

 

Tournaments - Regional

à Don Ross Memorial: August 4-5, Decatur, GA

à Southern Open: August 18-20, Kissimmee, FL

à Charlotte Open: October 20-21, Charlotte, NC

 

Tournaments - IBF

à US Open: August 8-13, Los Angeles, USA

à Korea Open: August 21-27, Seoul, Korea

à Hong Kong Open: Aug. 28-Sept. 2, Hong Kong

à IBF World Championship: Sept. 18-24, Madrid, Spain

à Japan Open: Oct. 10-15, Tokyo, Japan

à China Open: Oct. 17-22, Guangzhou, China

à Denmark Open: Oct. 31-Nov. 5, Copenhagen, Denmark

 

Other Badminton Venues

à MDPC (Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church)

             Contact: AlKarim/Dilshad Premji

             e-mail: ADPremji@aol.com

 

à Decatur Recreational Center

             Contact: Sue Wieloch

             e-mail: suewieloch@hotmail.com

focus in Touch

PBC focus newsletter is a publication of Perimeter Badminton Club,  an All-American Recreation (AAR) ministry of the Perimeter Church.  For any questions, comments, and suggestions on any part of the newsletter, send an e-mail to Ming at: PBCfoc@yahoo.com

PBC Website: www.perimeterbadminton.com

Starting with the service, the whole point of the doubles rally is to hit shots that force your opponents to lift or clear the shuttles.  Avoid lifting or clearing the shuttle.  If you do clear, your team should adopt a side-by-side defensive position.  If your opponents clear to your side, the person who will hit the shuttle must hit downward (either smashing or dropping) while the partner must be moving to the front as soon as he realizes the shuttle is not his. This is the front and back offensive position. From now on the smasher gets all the

deep returns, while the net man cuts off or puts away everything else.

If you are on the offense, it is better not to smash cross-court, since their down-the-line return will be directed at your undefended open space. Find out how your opponent directly across the net from you waits for your smash.  If he waits on his backhand, smash wide to his forehand or close to his forehand hip or shoulder.

 

If he waits on his forehand, smash to his body or his backhand. If he stands deep, hit drops or cut smashes. If he stands close and waits with his racket up, try a quick clear.   If you are on the defense, try to flatten the smash out so that the smasher cannot

Badminton Tips:

Doubles Strategy

 

CONGRATULATIONS to all PBC players who won the men singles, mens doubles, mixed doubles, and womens doubles in the Georgia Games Badminton tournament!

 

CONGRATULATIONS to all PBC players who won the Don Ross Memorial tournament!

 

PBC Event:

à Celebrating PBC 10th Year Anniversary: Sunday, August 6, 2006, 6 PM—9 PM at the Fellowship Hall.

 

 

smash again. You can return cross-court with the aim of tiring the smasher or forcing him to hit a laterally off-balanced shot, but the cross-court return must avoid the net man. t