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A simple way of practising your punch clear technique is for someone to feed you shuttles using a high serve.

Make sure you get behind the shuttle and use the same build up as you would for a normal clear.

For a punch clear though you should use a shorter swing to hit the shuttle and generate racket head speed using wrist rather than arm.

This shorter, punchier overhead technique should make the shuttle travel flatter and faster to the back tramlines than a standard clear.

To create deception for the punch clear, try and ‘hold’ your racket head position shortly before impact with the shuttle.