Finally! Many take-aways. Thanks! But the hardest flick return is from right to right side (to a right hander). It goes fast from your behind and above your head to the back T. Puts your body in awkward position while returning the serve. I was hoping you cover this particular case.

Also where Aylex is standing even on the left side court, as Toby said, the hardest flick serve to return is when opposition targets - again the back T. He is leaving too much area on his right.

As a big supporter of the fast straight drop off the flick who has been repeatedly advised by peers "you should smash or clear", I feel vindicated.
Thank you!

Thanks Toby, felt the advice was pretty straight forward and a good way to describe what we do without thinking sometimes.  When you play doubles competitively this is easier to understand and just requires practice to know what works for you.

The drops are exactly how I counter the flick serves along with a straight smashes when possible.. Overall good insights and btw, thanks for showcasing my comment from earlier video 😉

Thank you it's really helpful!

THANK YOU TOBY AND AYLEX, YOU DONT KNOW HOW ANNOYING IT IS FOR ME TO GET THE FLICK RECIEVES TYSM

This vid helps
Thanks Alex ❤

TLDR: cross punch or fast drop to the sidelines as close as you can to the "drop zone". to know which to choose, look at or take note where the server moves after flicking. thanks fellas! absolutely HUGE!

9:24 This man makes it look so easy. But the commentary last and next 30s show the real struggle

not the “Franklin replacement” 😂

0 hour gang! Where you at? 🔥

Can we get a Franklin appreciation video. I feel like he is always getting the butt end of the joke.

If someone does a really high quality flick that lands right on the line, I just let it go. So many get over confident and try to replicate it and give free points flicking poorly or out

how many likes for me to shave my head?

@Toby NG, OLY in this video you say put your weight on the front foot when waiting to receive the serve. On another video called I think 'how to dominate the mid court' with Matias Boe on the Aylex Badminton Academy channel, Matias said to 'load your back leg', because if it was a crouching start for a 100m sprint, you'd have your weight on your back leg so you can push forward.

Did I misunderstand you or are these two methods completely contradictory?

first of all, for the purpose of this discussion, i'm assuming you are receiving with your toe at the service line and a 'you feeling lucky? go ahead make my day' badass attitude, cuz that is the only way to receive a serve in doubles. the most difficult thing about returning the flick isnt the physicality of moving backwards quickly enough to get it back with venom. although it is one of the more difficult physical challenges in the sport, it can be practiced and mastered. the more serious difficulty is maintaining perfect focus and mental equipoise between being all over the tape and nailing the flick like a patriot missile fired at point blank range. any lack of perfection here cannot be made up for with athleticism. so we need both the athleticism to move back explosively, and the mental focus to do it instantly

it's not always true that on a flick you're limited to one jump. on the high flick toby is talking about, you absolutely have time for a super-fast double step that gets you behind the shuttle. but it's like everything else, you gotta practice it. a lot

another point is that alex' position as the non-serving partner @2:05 is totally lame. when his partner goes back for the flick, alex does what every club player does: he just stands there leaving the net completely open believing it's his job to cover the right side court. anytime your team recieves a high shuttle, if you arent moving your feet, you are either lazy or you have lost touch with the game strategically, or both. alex doesnt move until he sees the net reply, by which time it's too late to make a very aggressive reply. when alex sees the high serve he should immediately step left and forward toward the net and he should be waiting and ready for the net reply before franklin strikes the shuttle. there is lots of time to do this without even moving quickly. and once you've done this, when the net reply comes you've got it at the tape

alex' concern that his partner is off-balance and cant do anything in the back is misplaced. what his partner cant do is come forward early and explosively. that is why the net should now belong to alex. yes, his partner is off-balance, but he can regain balance quick enough to handle a backcourt reply

franklin's flick return is also not so bad. he has good strength and energy but he'll gain speed if he can learn to move more efficiently and improve racket head velocity and shuttle placement in his swing

toby's soft fast drop is awesome and a great variation to have in your toolbox for returning the flick. it doesnt guarantee a winner but it pretty much guarantees you get to keep attacking-- which is where you always wanna be in doubles

finally, i cant agree with toby that a clear to the server's corner is a good return of the flick. it's just a so-so move that keeps you in the rally, and toby's analysis seems to assume that the server is going to stay at the service line after he flicks. who does that? flicking means the serving side instantly moves into defensive positions, so if alex clears to franklin, franklin should already be halfway down court when the shuttle is struck by his opponent neutralizing any special advantage to clearing, and, on balance, you are probably giving up advantage just like you usually do in doubles when you yield the attack

yay its franklin:)

how to deal with flat pushes after net?

so what i get from this is: if flick and side by side, we do a cross clear to the base line if possible. If they stay front and back, we opt for a fast drop. I'm kinda like Aylex. Many times I tried a drop, and I'm not in control for it's to be low enough, so a fast player could run over and do a net smash. It's where I started to lose confident and mostly just opt for clear and smash.

What if the person who serves flick from the “other” edge. Not the closer edge.

I find when my opponent do that to my back hand cover, is quite difficult to hit back.