Forehand smash analysis issues

Forehand smash insufficient knee extension

When the hip–knee–ankle angle at contact falls below about 160°, Badmi flags insufficient knee extension. That reflects visible pose extension, not ground-force measurement or injury assessment.

How Badmi uses knee extension at contact to flag incomplete leg drive in the smash.

Author:
Badmi Editorial
Published:
Sep 1, 2026
Updated:
Sep 1, 2026
Reviewed:
Badmi Editorial · Sep 1, 2026

Insufficient knee extension means the knee stays too bent at contact. Badmi only reads a pose angle; it does not measure ground reaction force or jump height.

How the system decides

  • Metric code: knee_extension.
  • Issue code: insufficient_knee_extension.
  • Trigger: knee extension below about 160°.
  • Detail: knees stay too bent at contact; the legs do not extend enough.

Practice focus

  1. Drive upward through contact instead of letting the legs stay loaded while the arm swings alone.
  2. Review the contact frame from the side and check hip–knee–ankle extension.
  3. If the subject is too small in frame, fix framing before trusting knee angle.