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a couple of months ago we made a video
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about South Korea's former men's doubles
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pair SE J and Kong minuk in that video
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we talked about how SEO and Kong were
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some of the best all-around players but
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lacked the extra danger element to
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consistant be the best men's doubles
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pair on the circuit well we were wrong
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it turns out the Korean pair didn't
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really need to get more fancy by
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swapping out Kang Min huk for a more
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stable and consistent player in Kim
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wanho coo and Kim looked like the best
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men's doubles pair on the circuit
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recently watching their gam spun A New
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Perspective on playing badminton that we
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can Implement in our own games here's
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why Korea's Kim and coo are the true
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world number ones in men's doubles and
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what we can learn from their
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game Kang and SE were already a good
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pair but when you replace Kang with Kim
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you get someone who does everything Kang
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does but more consistently what Kim
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wanho brought to the table was extreme
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stability and calmness
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he's an extremely patient player who
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plays very simple and consistently
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that's why we started the video talking
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about how we were wrong previously we
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had talked about how Cung J and Kim wi
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Ho's biggest weakness was they lacked a
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dangerous element to their game they
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were consistent and great allaround
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players but lacked weapons like a
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Monster smash deceptions or super speed
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that some other pairs had but it turns
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out they didn't really need those
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weapons and could become dangerous
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through defense by swapping Kang for Kim
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they lost a a little bit of the net play
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in exchange for stronger defense and
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midcourt play Kim Wan ho had spent the
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majority of his recent Years playing
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mixed doubles after all and Seung J has
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traditionally been a backcourt player
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too thus this pairing opted to play less
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at the net and opted to play the flatter
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game instead because they were often
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unwilling to contest the net Kim and coo
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often lifted and found themselves in
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defensive positions but this is where
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shined oh well placed they should finish
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criticisms of Kang and Coo's pairing
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were often on Kang whose weaker defense
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was often targeted by other pairs with
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Kim and SEO however this was no longer a
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problem as Kim's defense is on par or
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potentially even better than cos's in
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some ways what we want to highlight is
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how stable Kim is on court regardless of
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what's happening there are almost zero
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unnecessary movements every movement is
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smooth and has minimal stuttering Kim
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doesn't try to move fast and instead
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aims to move smoothly what this results
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in is a highquality shot being played
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almost every time even if he doesn't
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take the shuttle as early as other
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players in addition to Kim's smooth
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movements he also seemingly never rushes
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this is a difference we noticed between
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Kim and a lot of other players when
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there looks like there's an opportunity
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to win the rally many players will get
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excited and jump at the opportunity
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nothing bad about it it's totally normal
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in doing so however the excitement can
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often cause players to make silly
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mistakes like net killing into the net
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well that's Kim doesn't seem to get
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phased by opportunities and looks like
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he's always thinking about the next shot
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with this preparedness and ability to
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play long rallies Kim and Coo's weapon
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is that their opponents will ultimately
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lose to themselves as they feel the need
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to do something special to win
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essentially Kim and seo's weapon is
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their defense their ability to play
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consistently ultimately leads to
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opponents to make more mistakes
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of course as demonstrated in the recent
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India open Kim and coo are not
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unbeatable they were nearly taken out by
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Wong and leang and eventually did lose
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to go zudin in the finals what both
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matches demonstrated was that no defense
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was impenetrable and the Korean pairs
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net nice change of pace oh that's that
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said back-to-back finals appearances are
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very impressive for a pair that has only
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started recently playing together again
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and we do hope this is the pair Korea
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ultimately sticks with having a pair
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that plays as consistently and stably as
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Kim and coo is rare these days
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considering the mental pressure Pros
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have playing in front of such a large
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audience we cannot underestimate the
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power of winning through your opponent's
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Mistakes by playing to pressure your
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perfectly you can force your opponents
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into situations where they make mistakes
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in an attempt to play better as they
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make mistakes they'll begin to question
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make even more errors and completely
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swing the game in your favor of course
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you'll need Superior defense and lots of
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patience to play like this but that's
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exactly what Kim and coo seem to have
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it's still possible to beat Kim and coo
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but to do so every time we think that's
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extremely unlikely what do you think
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though could Kim and coo become the
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uncontested world number ones let us
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know in the comments below thanks for
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watching and as always make sure to hit
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videos can they turn this around
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themselves the Koreans that would be
