Training Programme
Circuit training is a fun, quick and easy way to practise for badminton, and especially easy to manage for groups in badminton clubs. But it is also possible to do it on your own.
The concept of circuit training is to do the exercises one after the other with little or no rest between exercises – you can rest a bit more after each circuit.
Why should you include circuit training in your preparation?
This type of exercises allows you to work on many different parts of your body in a very short time and all at once. Cardio workout is often also included in circuit training because there is hardly any rest between exercises. Circuit training is fun, motivating and it can be quite intense. It’s easily adaptable to badminton groups, where you can, for example, create challenges between two teams to see who finishes the training first (for circuit 4 for instance). And it is also quite specific to badminton as you can include quite a lot of features on court and with shuttlecocks.
How to bring efficiency with circuit training?
It is important, first, to warm up well before each circuit, both your joints and muscles. Also, try to aim at a specific target for each circuit – some are more dedicated to strengthening the body muscles, others will reinforce your agility strength, or explosivity. It’s good to change the type of circuit from one time to the next, in order to gain greater overall efficiency and improve different areas of your game.