Badie levels 1–9
Lv.6+ Club expertYour friend is 6+. What about you?
Among the best in the club; no obvious weakness.
≈ B / A flight · Usually 5+ years with coaching
Find your level · 2 min, no sign-upWhat level 6 players can do
- Among the best in the club, rarely loses regular games
- No obvious weakness in smashes, drops, net play or defense
- Uses deception and changes of pace to build attacks
Skill breakdown (9)
- Footwork
- Second nature, no blind spots anywhere on court
- Power
- Skilled finger power: drives fine net control and extra smash speed
- Stroke disguise
- Clears, drops and smashes look the same, so opponents can’t read them
- Backhand
- Baseline to baseline with ease, comfortable with backhand sliced drops, and a dangerous backhand smash when the chance comes
- Net play
- Fluent net spins, cross-court net shots, pushes and net kills in real games
- Mid and back court
- Fast drives; can drive to the baseline even from low, defensive positions
- Attack
- Smashes crack; picks hard, sliced or stick smashes based on the opponent’s position
- Defense
- Defends smashes that aren’t clear winners with controlled placement, and counter-drives average smashes
- Tactics
- Singles: controls rallies and attacks weaknesses; doubles: takes the net, stays on the attack, exploits gaps between partners
What changes at level 7
- State level: reaches the quarterfinals in the top flight of state / regional opens
- China: National Athlete Grade 2 (top 8 at provincial events)