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in this video we will cover the men's
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single semi-finals between Leon junha
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and Jonathan Christie going into this
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match Christie was the favorite to win
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and it showed in the one-sided first
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game christe played extremely well in
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the first game winning through accurate
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yet powerful smashes and looked
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Unstoppable so how did leang Jun how win
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match in the first game christe was able
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to change Pace extremely effectively
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because he was able to guess many of
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Leong Jun how shots because the
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Malaysian was simply following
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Christie's Pace this was undoubtedly due
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to Leon's fatigue from the prior matches
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which were against very tough opponents
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with each match going to three sets in
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this rally you can see Christie guessing
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many of the shots that leang junha is
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hitting and it's this shot right here
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that allows Christie to win the rally
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this shot is so effective because
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Christie has been capitalizing on the
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net the whole first game and Leong John
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how must stay up to watch the net this
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is because the net back is the most
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dangerous shot christe also adds some
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deception to his lift on this shot
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holding first and then pushing this is
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important as it helps with his timing
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but also makes it so leang Jun how
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cannot simply guess the lift and attack
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it even off the serve Christy changes
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pace wow you can see in this rally
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Christy changes Pace in his back
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court but we all know the outcome of
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this match so what adjustments did leang
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Jun how make the first adjustment leang
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Jun how made was to increase the speed
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of his footwork to create more
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opportunities at the the net and more
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opportunities to change Pace when you
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take the net early in singles you can
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put more pressure on your opponents this
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is exactly what Leong junha did he took
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the net early initiating the spin net
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and getting the lift to attack after
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losing the first game badly Leon Jun ha
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had to attack to try to regain his
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confidence and put more pressure on
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Christie who was playing too freely
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until then you can still see Christy
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playing his original strategy
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controlling leang juna's backourt and
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changing the pace in his own back court
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not only did increasing the speed of his
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footwork helped leang junha take the net
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earlier but it also allowed him to react
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faster as active feet allows you to
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react faster you can see this in his
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defense mistakes slow down by L J
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how that's another good body
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smash oh because he's able to stay in
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these r IES he makes it more difficult
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for Christie to win and gain confidence
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which makes it difficult for Christie to
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push his momentum and it also makes
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Christie expend more energy to try and
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finish off the point the faster foot
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speed can also be seen in his followup
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from the back to the front on top of
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increasing the speed in his footwork
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Leong junha also adjusted his shots to
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be more deceptive which gave him many
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more opportunities to score because of
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the sudden Pace changes take a look at
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this rally where Leon junha plays many
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pace changes which allows him to change
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Pace in the back you can see leang janha
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breaking Christy's Rhythm the only
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reason leang janha is able to play these
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deceptions is because of slower shot
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speed from Christie yesterday perhaps
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for example in these other rallies it is
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impossible for long Jun how to play the
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deception on Christie's faster shots
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like drives this is because he simply
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doesn't have enough time to hold before
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he hits however leang janha played more
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deceptively on the shots that he could
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play more deceptive on and these
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unpredictable shots weren't limited to
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the front Court Leong how also had many
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shots in the back court which made it
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difficult for christe to play smoothly
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for example this rally where leang Jun
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how plays the cross even though his body
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straight oh in the final set of a
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tournament of this level and especially
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in the later round the semi-finals it
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all comes down to physical ability and
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mentality the win often goes to the
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player who wants it more and the one who
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is more focused and willing to be more
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patient in the rallies you can see when
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Christy was attacking he was controlling
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the rallies and scoring a
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lot when you're ahead by seven points in
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the third set it is easy to lose focus
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as you only need four more points to win
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and often what happens is that you just
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think that you need to play consistently
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and get the shuttle over the net while
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being consistent implies making fewer
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mistakes it still requires High pace and
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good shot quality especially at the
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level that Christy and leang jow are
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block and consequently you can see in
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these few rallies christe opted to play
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the slower style while we don't know
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exactly what was going on in christe's
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head we can assume that he was aiming to
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tire out his opponent
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especially after seeing leang junha take
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the medical break but this worked out in
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leang Jun how's favor because the
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overall pace of the game was
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dramatically reduced leading to slower
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rallies and giving the Malaysian the
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opportunity to change the pace and score
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another disadvantage of slowing the pace
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down is the fact that you will make more
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unforced errors and these errors coupled
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with points scored from Leong Jun how
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allowed him to comeb back so even if you
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are leading quite a bit and are tired it
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is still very important to push the pace
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this is often to maintain Focus over
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anything else to avoid unforced errors
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from creeping in nerves will also take a
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huge role in these close matches so when
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you feel nervous you shouldn't play Such
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pointless take a look at this rally at
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20 to 20 and compare where the two
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players are hitting their
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shots oh came off the
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defense unbelievable don't believe it
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you can see that Christie ultimately
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makes the mistake by hitting out the
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side this shot is simply too risky on
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the other side leang Jan how's shots are
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all well within the sidelines and he
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also hits towards the middle a lot this
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effectively cuts off Christy's options
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and ensures that lyong does not make an
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error these two Pros are relatively the
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same level and this game shows it but in
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badminton there unfortunately is a
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winner and a loser Christy clearly lost
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this game because of a lapse in his
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Focus which heavily impacted his
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gameplay so what can we learn from this
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while it's virtually impossible to
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always be focused there are ways to
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assist us in returning to the Zone
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number one which leang JN how did was to
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increase the foot speed having more
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active feet will Aid in your ability to
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react to your opponent shots number two
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keep pushing the pace even if you are
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leading it's easy for your opponent to
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come back even if you are leading six
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seven points a single lapse in
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concentration can lead to three to four
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unforced errors allowing your opponent
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to come back finally it is easy to lose
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concentration if you aimlessly follow
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your opponent's Pace in shots so make
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sure you have some sort of idea of what
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you're planning to do it could simply be
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changing Pace in the front court or back
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court this will ensure that you play to
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win by scoring not to win by your
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opponent's mistakes if you guys have
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