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The quality of the feed is important when practicing net shots.

To practice spinning net shots the shuttle should be thrown so that it drops quite close to the net. Consideration should be give to using both underarm and overarm feed to replicate the net shot variations in match play.

To aid control of the underarm feed the thumb should be placed inside the shuttle as shown.

This feed replicates playing a net shot from your opponents push shot or block. For the overarm feed hold the cork in between your thumb and forefingers and throw the shuttle in a similar fashion to throwing a dart. The feed here replicates playing a net shot from an opponent’s drop shot.

As players need to learn to play net from both cross-court and straight shots you should also vary the angle of your feed.