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from being up 8 to Zer in the first to
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losing 21-2 in the second game really
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makes us wonder what happened to lezy
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Gia or did Ki Wabi just play brilliantly
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in this video we will uncover some of Li
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Zia's biggest weaknesses as well as what
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Ki Watanabe did well in this game create
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in the first game Le was up 8 to
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zero and I said if the only pair he was
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in control of the rallies and it seemed
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like the game was going to be heavily
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one-sided for the Malaysian Le Z Gia
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made no unforced errors and wanabi made
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four unforced errors in the first eight
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points seemingly struggling with the
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court conditions and the
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drift it's a developed rally for the
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second Point third Point
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sorry and that's well play the opposite
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and it's the Japanese who can do that
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speak but um they saw it we can take it
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if he gets a head start however wanabi
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begins to catch up when he becomes more
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attack first round to
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the to be winner nobody knew that
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that set up a decent already
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seven and this is where we want to
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highlight lezy Gia's first
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weakness there are many factors that can
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determine whether you will retrieve the
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shuttle or not and one of them is the
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preparation for defense in this rally
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notice Lee Zia's feet when defending
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notice how Le Zia is flat footed his
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entire foot strikes the ground instead
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of being on the balls of his feet now
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compare this to Le Chong way who is very
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active on the balls of his feet on
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defense which allows him to retrieve
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very well being on the balls of your
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feet helps you instantly push off for
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defense whereas heel striking or pushing
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off with your whole foot will allow you
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to engage more of the bigger muscles of
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the legs trading time for more power
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this is very useful for covering the
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longer distances like the cross the
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second point for lez Gia's defense is
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anticipation it is important to cover
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the fastest shot as you have the least
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time to react but also Focus your mind
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on shots that are very probable due to
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your shot quality or what your opponent
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has played for example take a look at
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this clip of mamota he plays the
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straight clear so his body is positioned
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to cover the fastest shot but he was
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still able to reach the cross
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smash this is because mamoto watches Lee
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hun ill and judging from his body
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position determines what Corners he
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cover however it feels like liia isn't
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thinking but but only reacting on
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defense since he lifted to KI around the
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head the Malaysian should shift his body
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more to cover the straight and focus his
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mental on the cross in the
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front however credit to KI for making it
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difficult to guess what shot he was
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going to play you can see that he has
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smashed crosscourt in the rally before
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from his around the head side which is
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why lezy Gia moves in the wrong way
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first he was looking for the cross
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lezy g at the 2021 all England was a
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master class he was extremely aggressive
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and had some of the best variation and
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shot quality we have ever seen from the
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backourt but now it seems like lezy G
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has gotten a little bit lazy and doesn't
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attack as much especially his around the
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side at the 2021 all England he had a
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very good reverse slice from that side
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and obviously his smash
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but now it seems he doesn't use those
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weapons as much anymore and opts to play
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clear this confused us a little bit as
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he changed his setup to be higher and
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faster which should allow lezy G to play
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faster and more of an attacking style
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from cutting off flat
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shots however his shot selection does
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not match this he sets up fast and high
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but plays the high clear
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the second problem that stood out in
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this game was lezy Gia's play style at
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the 2021 all England he blocked further
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and towards the middle a lot this helped
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him recover in tough situations but also
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enabled him to play more aggressively as
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the angle on the opponent's return of
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significant but if we watch his game
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against wat naabi he often blocks
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further but towards the side while
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staying up at the net the Japanese
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shutler would simply push him crosscourt
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which resulted late shots from that side
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when you block further into your
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opponent's court you are preventing them
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from playing the spin net however you
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make it easier for them to play flatter
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well that's why after lez Gia blocks he
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should be anticipating the backourt and
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actively loading his right leg for a
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better turn and push off
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well if you look at this rally lezy G
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doesn't split step which is why he's
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late to his around the
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head go out the mismatch with excess
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yeah something along those
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lines compare this to Lee Chong way who
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has a wider base for his split
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step another thing about Ley Gaz around
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the head is the shot quality when he is
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late in 2021 all England even if he was
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late he could play a good quality shot
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position however if we look at this
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rally we should notice the shot quality
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here not only is it high but it is also
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straight at ki's forehand where he has
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the most control over the
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shuttle the rest of the second set
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seemed to play out like this wab
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constantly hit down at the back not
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giving Le Gia any opportunities to
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regain his confidence in his attack and
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pushing the Malaysians around the head
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Corner open that this is the time for
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the youngsters there there's good
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victories lying out there if you're in
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because this is still Jaan open was uh
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that it wasn't a surprise to see a drop
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off for a lot of the why I should stay
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away from coming with the Ki did an
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excellent job at taking the shuttle
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early at the net controlling his shot
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quality on his pushes and lifts which
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made lezy Gia take his late forehand and
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backhand he also played a little tighter
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to the net through stop drops and tight
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spin Nets which often brought lezy Gia
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to the front court and caused him to
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control this combined with his
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Relentless onslaught of attack which did
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not let up until the end gave him a
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comfortable victory over the Malaysian
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212 is we hope lezy Gia can regain his
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confidence back on the court and return
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to his 2021 form did you guys expect an
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outcome like this let us know in the
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comments additionally if you guys like
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