Some days I can be absolutely brilliant and other days I can be totally awful and that’s how I played last night… awful.

But the biggest problem for me yesterday was that I just couldn’t get in to the right frame of mind… I wasn’t up for it and to be honest we should have won hands down. The guys we were playing weren’t anywhere near as good.

But that is the problem.

When I’m playing someone that I feel is not as good as me, I completely switch off and I think I just try to coast through. But it doesn’t work, in fact it never works out like that, I just end up looking rubbish.

It’s so frustrating because I can be a good player, but I only tend to play well when I’m faced with a tough game. The tougher the better. In fact if it’s one that we’ve no chance of winning, I’m at my best, go figure??

So I’m not sure how to beat this one, perhaps you’ve got some suggestions that might help me or anyone else.

If you do, please leave a comment in the box below. Your help would be very much appreciated.

And at a crucial point in a game you miss the shuttle. You offer profuse apologies to your partner and probably come out with ‘never saw the shuttlecock’ or ‘where on earth did that come from?’

Obviously it’s something to do with the lighting or the background colour of the walls.

Perhaps you’re having an ‘off day,’ you’re tired from a hard day at work, may be you’ve not done your Badminton warm up properly. Any excuse will do and it’s usually those shots that you always get back that start getting missed.

Ever thought of getting your eyes tested?

If you already wear spectacles, perhaps it’s been some time since your eyes were checked. It seems silly and hardly related to playing Badminton I know but how about getting your eyes fit.

I suggest that your eyes are the one thing in your Badminton training that you will have completely forgotten about.

Ever wondered why you seem to hit so many frame shots, why is it so many shots are not being hit clean?

It’s pretty simple really, if you can’t see the shuttlecock clearly when you’re playing Badminton how on earth can you hit it properly?

It’s just a thought – think about it.