coaching badminton forehand high clear high clears are the most common and important of all badminton strokes that can be played overhead or underarm high clears have high and deep projectory these shots gives you more time to return to your base and prepare for the next shot how to grip the racket touch the top most part of the face of the racket with your index finger slide it down to the shaft and down to the grip and hold your racket imagine that you are shaking hands with another person your grip should not be too high or too low it should be a little bit lower than the middle part of the grip the index finger should be curled around the top part this will help control the shots keep your wrist relaxed a tense wrist won't produce good shots proper form preparatory phase step 1 feet shoulder width apart knees bent racket must be kept up and in front non dominant arm kept up for balance execution phase step 2 dominant foot back elbow bent and raised at shoulder level non dominant hand should point and aim for the ball step 3 put your racket behind you still keeping foot back and arm aimed at the ball step 4 strike the ball at 11'o clock if left handed and 1'o clock if right handed with your arm fully extended the dominant foot gets ready to step forward follow through step 5 dominant foot steps forward the racket arm goes diagonally to the opposite side from where you hit the ball run through step 1 step 2 step 3 step 4 step 5 step 1 step 2 step 3 step 4 step 5 in one motion when you hit the ball... it should land on the baseline