Purpose: Forehand dab shot and stab shot are two important skills to create offensive chances in a badminton competition. However, there have been few researches about the biomechanics analyses on forehand net shots of badminton. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to compare the kinematics and the EMG variables of these two skills. Methods: The participants were eight elite collegiate male badminton players in Taiwan. The kinematical data was collected by 10 Vicon MX-13+ infrared cameras (250 Hz) and Nexus 1.2 software. Then the Visual 3D software was used to analyze the variables. The EMG signals of the dominate hand were collected by Biovision system (1000 Hz) and analyzed by the DasyLab 6.0 software. Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed-ranks test was used to compare all variables of these two skills. Results: The distal joint angular velocity and horizontal racket head velocity of the stab shot were dramatically faster than the dab shot's. Furthermore, the stab shot had a more horizontal angle of the racket plane in contact point. Conclusions: The dab net shot mainly used muscular co-contraction to make stable joint movement and slow racket head velocity to hit the shuttlecock. But in stab shot technique, the participants performed not only a flatter racket plane but also a faster joint angular velocity in elbow extension, forearm supination and wrist ulnar flexion to stab the shuttlecock by the agonist, and then buffer the joint movement by the antagonist.