New video every Tuesday, still free
Let’s get better together.
We’re Binh and Lin. We started filming badminton lessons for our own three kids, put them online, and somehow ended up teaching a lot of other people’s families too.
The free stuff isn’t a teaser. It’s the actual thing. The courses just keep the lights on.
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1000 lessons. All free.
No, there isn’t a catch.
We film in a real leisure centre with a real squeaky floor. Every video answers one question and then stops, because you came for the answer, not for us.
these four are where most people start
Where we’re up to
Four numbers we’re quietly proud of
Free lessons published
Filmed on Sunday mornings before the club takes the courts back. We’ve never put one behind a paywall.
Daily views
People turning up every day to work on one specific thing. That still surprises us.
People in this house who play
Two parents, three kids, one court on a Sunday. The channel exists because we were already doing this every week.
The year we started
30 October 2024 was the real starting point. Still learning how to make this useful.
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The Solo Twenty: 20 drills you can do
on half a court with one shuttle
Written for when you get to the hall early, or when your partner’s stuck in traffic, or when it’s 9pm and there is exactly one court free.
- 8 footwork drills with the counts we actually use, not “do it until it feels right”
- 6 wall drills for a garage, a gable end, or a very patient hallway
- 6 serve drills including “the crab”, named by one of the kids, now official
- A junior column on every drill — how to shrink it for a smaller player without making it babyish
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The bit that matters most
Five of us. One sport.
Same court, same night.
Almost every sport splits a family up. Under-8s over there, adults over here, and a parent on a plastic chair by the door for an hour. Badminton doesn’t have to work like that.
The handicap is built in. You stand a bit closer to the net. You hit softer to the small one and flat out at the tall one. Nobody has to pretend, and nobody has to sit out.
tallest to smallest, and it makes no difference to the score
Binh
Films it, edits it, loses to everyone in it. Blames the camera.
Lin
Does the actual coaching, and the actual winning. Warms up properly.
Mei Linh
Our eldest. Only wants to smash. Considers warming up optional.
Yi Linh
The middle one. Says the least, drops the shuttle in the nastiest places.
Yi Minh
The youngest. Serves whether or not anyone is ready. Usually wins the point.
The scoreboard is on the fridge and it has ruined several evenings.
Lin is top of it and has been for a long time. Mei Linh is second and mentions it. Binh is fourth, behind a child who cannot yet reach the back tramlines.
If you play, bring your family on Sunday.
Not to teach them. Just to play. Shorten the court, use one half, let the smallest one serve every time because arguing about it takes longer than the rally. Every video we make has a note for the shorter player.
Two heights, one drill
Every drill card has a “shorter player” line. Usually it’s a different starting position, not an easier shot.
We film the slow version too
Half speed, from behind, with the footwork counted out loud. Not glamorous, and the bit people actually use.
No highlight-reel gatekeeping
We don’t open videos with a 400km/h smash. If you can’t do the thing yet, the video should feel like an invitation.
yes, Binh is in front of the camera roughly once a year
Who’s actually behind this
Two parents, three kids,
one very old racket
My name is Binh, and along with my family, we love badminton. From helping my own kids learn, I started Badminton 4 Kids to share my passion and the limited knowledge I have with the community — in the hope of helping at least one person improve and enjoy this beautiful sport.
The channel started as a phone propped against a bag, filming a serve for our own three so they could watch it back. 30 October 2024 was the real beginning. We’re still learning how to make videos that genuinely help.
Mei Linh, Yi Linh and Yi Minh turn up in the videos when they feel like it. They are not coaches and they are not a brand — they are just the reason any of this exists.
“We’re not the best players you’ll ever watch. We’re just very good at explaining the bit where it clicks.”
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What people message us
Actual messages, lightly
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These are real messages from viewers. Ask before screenshotting, first names only, nobody paid.
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If you want to go deeper
Three courses. That’s all
we’ve got, and it’s on purpose.
My vision is to build courses that address one part of the game in real detail, with simple exercises you can practise on your own. These pay for the camera, the court hire and the editing time.
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Course one
The things that hold most club players back, and the fix for each.
- 9 modules
- A one-page fix sheet per module
- Junior notes on every drill
Course two
Rotation, who takes what, and how to stop both players charging the middle.
- 14 modules
- Court diagrams you can print
- A partner worksheet for both of you
Course three
Low serve, flick, and what to do with the return so you’re not immediately on the back foot.
- 6 modules
- A 10-minute pre-club warm-up routine
- Filmed from four angles including behind
The group
A place to be
unusually nice to each other
Somewhere to post a clip, ask a daft question and get a straight answer without anyone being horrible about it.
free, and it always will be
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Merch · a bit of fun
We put the logo on things.
It got out of hand.
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Questions
Answered the way we’d
answer them in a DM
Both, honestly. Club players, parents and coaches. The name comes from how we started — filming lessons for our own children — and “Big and Small” is the point: everyone plays the same game together.
No. Badminton is one of the very few sports where a complete beginner and an experienced player can have a genuinely good game together. You just adjust where you stand.
Genuinely no. There are over a thousand free videos on the channel and there always will be. Nothing has ever gone behind a paywall.
We’re not an academy and we don’t do in-person coaching — we’re a family who make videos. For hands-on coaching, your local club is the right place to start.
A basic racket, non-marking indoor shoes, and whatever shuttles your club uses. You do not need an expensive racket to learn well.
Regularly, and the aim is a new lesson every week. Confirm your actual schedule here.
Please do. Print them, project them, adapt them. That’s what they’re for.
You don’t need to be good yet.
You just need someone to
show you the next bit.
That’s the whole idea. Over a thousand free lessons, a family who play together every week, and courses on the way if you want the tidy version.
Let’s get better together
— Binh, Lin, Mei Linh, Yi Linh & Yi Minh