Badminton
Biomechanics research in to badminton at Loughborough has investigated the badminton jump smash, primarily focussed on how a player generates greater shuttlecock speed. With support from Badminton World Federation and Badminton England a large data set has been gathered on the smash with players ranging from university-level through to players ranked as high as #5 in the world. Past PhD students within the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences have focussed on technique, impact location and variability. Current PhD students Harley Towler and Harry Wang are investigating how the racket influences performance and ankle injuries, respectively.
A recent study shed light onto the technique parameters related with producing greater shuttlecock speeds during the smash and a further study highlighted the margin for error in impact location afforded to elite badminton players with respect to speed and direction. Additionally, a collaboration with researchers in Malaysia added to what is known in terms of the links between technique and shuttlecock speed.
Data collections at the Yonex All England 2017 (top) and BWF World Championships 2017 (bottom).
Publications
Journal papers
- Fong, D., Mok, K-M., Thompson, I., Wang, Y, Shan, W., King, M. 2021. A lateral ankle sprain during a lateral backward step in badminton: A case report of a televised injury incident. Journal of Sport and Health Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2021.03.007
- Ramasamy, Y., Usman, J., Sundar, V., Towler, H., King, M. 2021. Kinetic and kinematic determinants of shuttlecock speed in the jump smash performance by elite male Malaysian badminton players. Sports Biomechanics, https://doi.org/10.1080/14763141.2021.1877336
- McErlain-Naylor, S., Towler, H., Azfal, I., Felton, P., Hiley, M., King, M. 2020. Effects of racket-shuttle impact location on shot outcome for badminton smashes by elite players. Journal of Sports Sciences, vol. 38, issue 21, p. 2481-2478.
- King, M.A., Towler, H., Dillon, R. and McErlain-Naylor, S. 2020 A Correlational Analysis of Shuttlecock Speed Kinematic Determinants in the Badminton Jump Smash. Applied Sciences, vol.10, issue 4, p. 1248. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/app10041248
Conference proceedings
- Miller, R., Towler, H., McErlain-Naylor, S., King, M. 2020. Relationships between whole-body kinematics and badminton jump smash racket head speed. Proceedings of the 38th International Society of Biomechanics in Sports.
- Afzal, I. A., Towler, H., McErlain-Naylor, S. A., Felton, P. J., Hiley, M. J., & King, M. A. 2020. A constraints-led approach for determining speed-accuracy trade-off in international badminton players performing the forehand smash. European Congress of Sports Science.
- Afzal, I. A., McErlain-Naylor, S. A., Felton, P. J., King, M. A. 2020. Spatial speed-accuracy trade-off in international badminton players performing the forehand smash. Proceedings of the 38th International Society of Biomechanics in Sports.
- McErlain-Naylor, S., Miller, R., King, M., Yeadon, M.R. 2015. Determining instantaneous shuttlecock velocity: Overcoming the effects of a low ballistic coefficient. Proceedings of the 14th ITTF Sports Science Congress and 5th World Racquet Sports Congress, Suzhou.
- Miller, R., Felton, P., McErlain-Naylor, S., Towler, H., & King, M. (2015). Relationship between technique and speed in the badminton jump smash. Proceedings of the 14th ITTF Sports Science Congress and 5th World Racquet Sports Congress, Suzhou.
People
Staff
- Professor Mark King. Recent presentations: Pan America webinar and Badminton World Federation.
- Dr Daniel Fong
PhD Students
- 2020 - Stefan Ljutzkanov, Maturity based system in badminton. Home page and Badmintoo I The science-led system, Materials and Courses.
- 2019 - Harry Wang, Forensic analysis of the mechanism of sport-related lateral ankle ligamentous sprain injury
- 2018 - Harley Towler, The worlds fastest badminton racket. Badmintoo I The science-led system, Materials and Courses.
- 2016 - Idrees Afzal, Optimum performance in the badminton jump smash
Graduations
- 2017 - Dr Romanda Miller, Optimum performance in racket sports