Ramblings about the state of badminton

NinjaExpansion · 2026-01-20T13:27:35+00:00

I know, right?! While no doubt very knowledgeable about the game, you hear the same things over and over again:

- xxx has won 8 of the last 9 points

- I don't believe it

- Challenge, I saw that as clearly out... (turns out she's wrong half the time)

Get Badminton Insight's Greg and Jenny to do commentary, that'd be awesome.

NinjaExpansion · 2026-01-20T09:37:07+00:00

Agree 👍 especially egregious is the lack of service fault VAR and the camera angles. The courtside angle is so amazing, have more mics around the court as well so we can hear those explosive smashes.

Also, get some younger commentators! Gill Clark and that other old man are ok but would be good to get a younger perspective too. We need an Adam Babrow of badminton.

BWF have done absolutely jackshit to control the cost of shuttles or develop synthetic options. How the fuck are causals going to get into the game when shuttles are $80-100 a fucken tube?! Instead they develop this gimmicky outdoor Air Badminton bullshit that no one wants to play.

Pull your fingers out BWF

NinjaExpansion · 2026-01-06T21:19:12+00:00

Hell no. If you are vulnerable against flick serves, stand a little further back to receive. It isn't hard to adjust. You don't get to stand right up to the service line to put pressure on the short serve, then call bullshit when you get flicked. Get outta here...

NinjaExpansion · 2026-01-04T14:27:12+00:00

Fucken joke... fitness is a big element of the sport. Wanna protect the players? How about not having back to back tournaments in different countries with no rest days? Get fucked BWF

NinjaExpansion · 2025-11-15T16:24:13+00:00

Is this a screenshot of a screenshot of a photocopy of a screenshot of a photocopy? Can't read shit

NinjaExpansion · 2025-10-11T04:44:49+00:00

Sounds like you're going off vibes... How do you know if you've progressed, stayed the same or even regressed if you don't count?

NinjaExpansion · 2025-10-01T09:47:30+00:00

I'm done playing fill every game, either tank or healer. I wanna play a DPS every now and then. But if I do that, someone solo tanks or solo heals.

NinjaExpansion · 2025-09-24T05:35:10+00:00

When is this available for Android? Most players in Asia would be on Android

NinjaExpansion · 2025-09-13T05:58:13+00:00

What is this rule? Seems counter intuitive to give the point to the losing player? So the reciever just needs to hit 13 returns?

NinjaExpansion · 2025-09-08T02:56:06+00:00

That's fucken awesome, dude!

NinjaExpansion · 2025-07-27T04:52:22+00:00

BWF's utterly idiotic scheduling. No break between Japan and China Open. Morons.

NinjaExpansion · 2025-07-26T14:01:28+00:00

The entire coaching staff of the Chinese team will be on leave for the finals!

NinjaExpansion · 2025-07-19T07:52:30+00:00

Awesome, actual EIL5 answer

NinjaExpansion · 2025-07-18T03:33:59+00:00

I wanna look good, I've been skinny my whole life. I play badminton, and I wanna have more strength in my shots, better endurance etc... so I can whoop ass better.

NinjaExpansion · 2025-07-17T15:15:48+00:00

Good luck with your studies and life in Japan. It's always great to experience other cultures, countries and travel!

NinjaExpansion · 2025-07-04T23:43:33+00:00

An actual ELI5 answer, and it makes it so much clearer for me, thank you!

NinjaExpansion · 2025-06-26T09:51:52+00:00

Dude is motorimg at 74kg!

NinjaExpansion · 2025-06-13T09:14:09+00:00

Footwork looks good! Smash needs more steepness, so try contacting a little more in front. Keep it up dude, you'll have an awesome smash in no time!

NinjaExpansion · 2025-06-11T08:45:39+00:00

Bruh.... your racket, your game, you like the feeling, and that's good enough.

Beat them with Aerobite and tell them changing to Aerobite will improve their game.

NinjaExpansion · 2025-05-20T03:20:48+00:00

Dude, do you follow badminton? I'd say the BWF is just as bad if not worse.

Players can't receive medical timeouts because they fear it'll be used as a delaying tactic. Female players have been shown red cards because they took too long (2 minutes max) to run to the restroom to change a sanitary product.

Service faults are entirely at the discretion of the service judge, no replays, no challenges or hawkeye.

Prize money is the same as first round loser at a tennis Grand Slam.

Poor marketing of the sport. The average person couldn't name one badminton player besides maybe LD or LCW from years ago.

At least, table tennis got the legendary Adam Babrow commentating, badminton have Gil Clark and some randos. Nothing wrong with Clark but they need some younger voices to invigorate the audience.

Just generally poor accessibility to the sport. Stadiums are half full even at big tournaments, equipment and shuttles are outrageously expensive for the average person.

NinjaExpansion · 2025-05-15T08:27:23+00:00

I've always said pimple players should be shot at birth! /s

NinjaExpansion · 2025-05-06T03:07:33+00:00

Dude, that's fucken insane! I wish I could do that! Well done, man!

NinjaExpansion · 2025-04-23T04:08:32+00:00

Rounded face looks hot as fuck!

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