How string tension changes your game
Why higher is not always better, and how to pick a number for your level.
Choosing your first badminton racket
Weight, balance and grip size: three things to decide before you spend a rupee.
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Notes from Chidiya Badminton Club
Guides, care tips and stories from behind the counter.
A typical evening in the junior batch
Ninety minutes, six players to a coach: what our juniors actually do on court.
Badminton in the Lucknow winter
Cold mornings, slow shuttles and why we change shuttle speed in December.
Why a peak court hour costs ₹650
Floors, lights, power and staff: what goes into one hour on a wooden court.
Your first day at an adult beginners batch
What to wear, what to bring and what the first hour looks like.
Will badminton hurt my knees
A common worry, answered: what helps, what to avoid and when to stop.
Behind the stringing desk
Three hours, one machine and a card for every racket: how a restring is done.
Doubles positions for club players
Attack and defence formations, and the simple habit that wins most club games.
Feather or nylon shuttles
Which to buy for practice, for matches and for children, and how to make them last.
Know when a court frees up.
A WhatsApp note when peak slots free up, new batches open or the mixer has places.