The 4 Basic Grips in Badminton

Forehand Grip
The easiest way to learn the forehand grip is to pretend you are shaking someone’s hand.

V-Shape Space between index and middle finger

As you can see from the photo, you want to have this ‘V Shape’, and have a little space between
your index finger and middle fingers.

Your fingers should be loosely around the grip, and this is important for all 4 grips. If you are
gripping the racket too tightly, then it becomes much more difficult to quickly change between
grips when necessary, in the middle of a rally. A tight grip will also limit your ability to generate
control and power in your shots. 

The forehand grip is used for:

 Forehand clears, smashes and drops

 Forehand drives
 Forehand lifts
  Forehand net shots

Backhand Grip
The easiest way to learn the backhand grip is to set up with your thumb on top of the wider
section of the grip, with your strings facing the floor & ceiling like on the photo below. Your
fingers should be relaxed around the side.  

The backhand grip is used for:

 Backhand drives
 Backhand lifts
 Backhand net shots
 Backhand serves
 Doubles defence
The backhand grip shouldn’t be used when playing backhand shots in the rear-court, we’ll now
explain why and show what the correct grip for this is.

Bevel Grip
To learn the bevel grip you can start in a backhand grip and move your racket head round so that
your strings are now facing diagonally, and your thumb is on the ridge / bevel. You would move
the racket anti-clockwise from your backhand grip if you are right handed, and clockwise from
this position if you are left handed. 
The bevel grip is used for:

 Backhand rear-court shots (clears, drops and smashes)

 Some forehand and backhand net shots (depending on your positioning)
 Some singles defence if you are really stretched
You need to have a different thumb position depending on where you are making contact with
the shuttle on your backhand side, this is why the bevel grip is used. If the shuttle is level with
you or in front you would use a standard backhand grip with thumb on top like in the backhand
grip section. If the shuttle is behind you (like it should be when taking a rear-court backhand
shot), then you should have a bevel grip grip with your thumb further round. This allows you to
play an accurate and powerful shot from this position.

If the shuttle is really far behind you then you should move the grip around to a panhandle grip.

Panhandle Grip
The panhandle grip is where you have the thumb on the side of the racket, pinching the sides
with your thumb and fingers in the position shown below.