The footwork of badminton includes stride, parallel step, cross step and cushion step. The use should be determined according to the distance between the position on the court and the ball.
1. The parallel step is characterized by fast speed but short moving distance. The parallel step is generally used when the distance is short but it needs to be fast, such as receiving the kill ball, attacking in the back court, in front of the net, etc.
2. The cross step is characterized by large stride length and labor saving. It is generally used in the long distance movement, such as the movement from the back court to the net, from the middle court to the back court, etc.
3. Step, the last step is a step that can be used both actively and passively.
4. Cushion step: in the last step, the lengthened step of the back foot is characterized by a sudden increase in step distance during the normal step movement.