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in the last few weeks men's singles
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badminton players from Chinese Taipei
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had made a significant impact with Lin
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Chi and Lee chah's runner-up placements
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at the 2025 Orleans Masters and all
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England respectively no doubt the
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players will be on more people's Radars
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going forward seeing various reactions
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from fans however got us thinking men's
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singles Chinese Taipei players have been
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in our opinion underrated they execute a
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lot of strategies we frequently discuss
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very well for example if you've been a
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longtime subscriber of our Channel you
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may have heard us talk a lot about
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Concepts such as preventing your
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opponent from attacking and playing
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towards the middle to reduce mistakes if
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you want good examples of players
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executing these strategies watch Chinese
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taipe men's singles players but if
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Chinese Taipei players are so good why
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do they lose Lee chaha prior to The
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Orleans Masters could not make it past
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round of 16 for nine tournaments
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straight this honestly came as a shock
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considering his skills and how Lee even
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upset axelon back in 2023 when he was
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36 what's the problem why can't Chinese
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taipe players consistently
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win now the reason this is an actual
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problem is because Chinese taipe players
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have a lot going for them we briefly
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mentioned how Chinese taipe players
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execute Concepts that we frequently
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discuss very well in the introduction
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and we'll expand on that here the first
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concept we always talk about is breaking
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your opponent's Rhythm this concept is
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important because it's a strategy to
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force errors out of your opponent and
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opportunities a good player generally
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always plays good shots when they're
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moving well so to win rallies you need
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to disrupt their footwork and Rhythm
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Chinese taipe badminton players have
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lots of effective deceptions
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particularly Around the Net where they
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often use fast to slow pace changes for
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example many of them speed up toward the
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net like they're going for drives but
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suddenly hold and play the net or push
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I told you rightful skills and there you
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are you see a binton player can use
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deception on the forand reti
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it the topic of holds brings us to the
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second concept we always talk about
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restricting your opponent's shot
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choices whenever we mention things like
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like playing your blocks further into
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the court playing shots toward the
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middle or paying attention to the angle
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and speed of your pushes the goal is to
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limit your opponent's shot choices and
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neutralize the rally and while this is
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often seen in a defensive context it is
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important offensively as well because
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the limited shot choices allow you to
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position more aggressively for what
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comes next this brings us to the third
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concept catching the shuttle and
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anticipation catching the shuttle
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doesn't sound quite right but it's the
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direct translation of the Chinese
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badminton concept that essentially
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defines anticipation Chinese taipe
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players use this concept in combination
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with their restrictive shots to predict
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their opponent's responses and attack
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accordingly they're the ones we noticed
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that most frequently make use of leg
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switches to aggressively position
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themselves for the next shot we won't go
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into too much about how to use this in
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your own games in this specific video a
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quick tip however is to think about what
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your opponent's shot options are and
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decide on how important move to certain
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Corners are in the few examples you are
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seeing Lee chaha is not playing for a
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kill at the net and chooses to net or
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block with a little more speed and
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distance he is looking for a push or
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lift that he can quickly attack with a
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jump out by positioning his right foot
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back and if his opponents try to play
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the net lee can still easily move to it
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and play a pusher net the only thing he
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gives up is a potential kill or
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opportunity to take the net very early
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but it is often worth it compared to
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taking a late forehand or backhand of
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course you can do the reverse too where
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you anticipate the front Court instead a
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frequent shot pattern we notice from
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Chinese taipe players is the use of
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middle blocks and then anticipating net
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shots toward the corners because these
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shots fly at an angle Chinese taipe
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players can use their speed to add to
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existing shuttle momentum and generate a
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ton of spin starts off in exactly the
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same pain these three concepts of
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breaking your opponent's Rhythm
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restricting your opponent's shot choices
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anticipation plus the fact that Chinese
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taipe players have some of the most
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explosive smashes on the circuit is a
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deadly combination the use of
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restrictive shots plus anticipation
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skills make it so that Chinese taipe
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players almost always have an attacking
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position to make use of their explosive
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backcourt ability so if these Chinese
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taipe players are consistently getting
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attacking opportunities and have some of
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the best attack why don't they win more
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often at this point it will be good to
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note that we're focusing primarily on
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the current generation of Chinese taipe
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men's singles players led by coach fun
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Shen and have excluded players like
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choen Chen who is off doing his own
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thing aside from choan Chen what we
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realized is that many of the current
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Chinese taipe players do not have a
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strong ability to win off their defense
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they don't use their opponent's energy
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against them and end up working super
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hard for each point anybody who has
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tried to only attack for a full match
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will know how tiring it is to do so and
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while attacking pressures your opponent
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and puts you in a position to more
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likely score points sometimes it's not
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even worth it if it takes you four or
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five smashes to get a single point this
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was the case in the 2025 all England
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final when we look at all of shui's
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winners only 14 out of his 42 points
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came from being on the attack and
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winning either off of backourt or front
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Court follow-up shots the rest came from
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a mix of defensive shots and Leia
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House's mistakes the more tired you get
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the more difficult it becomes to
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maintain focus and good shot quality
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mentally there is also pressure to do
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something extra to get a point if you
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find yourself playing multiple attacking
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shots without success what Chinese taipe
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men's singles players are missing is the
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ability to exhaust their opponents and
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score points without committing a
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significant amount of energy themselves
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blocking far and toward the middle
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limits your opponent's shot options but
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they're not shots that will really
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pressure your opponent and give good
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counterattacking opportunities it's
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merely a safe shot that will help you
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neutralize the rally what a lot of top
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players have that Chinese taipe players
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are missing is a strong ability to play
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high lifts and tight blocks at a high
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enough quality that puts opponents out
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of position this Rally from shiuchi is a
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great example of what Chinese taipe
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players need more of awareness and the
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reflexes to deal with it
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a player like xiu Chi has both strong
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offensive and defensive capabilities and
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this seems to be a trait that separates
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Great men's singles players from the
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good think about some of the best men's
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singles players of all time players like
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Lind Dan Lee Chong way Chen long and
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Kento mamota were all very capable of
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scoring on both offense and defense
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Victor axelon is another prime example
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of a player who only really became the
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best of the best after after spending a
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significant amount of time improving his
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defensive capabilities after all if
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you're playing multiple matches and
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tournaments backto back the only way
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you're going to consistently win is if
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you play more efficiently than your
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opponents developing a stronger
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controlling defense is what we would
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love to see from Chinese taipe players
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if they are able to tire out their
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opponents by playing long efficient
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rallies that will only serve to amplify
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the effectiveness of their already
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ultimately the curse of Chinese taipe
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players is that their strong attack and
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ability to consistently give themselves
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opportunities to attack makes them play
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an uphill battle against opponents with
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stronger defense it can be easy to think
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that Chinese taipe players need to
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Simply increase their Fitness levels to
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stay on the attack forever but it is
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very unrealistic to execute this at the
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high levels first other Pro players are
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often working just as hard and it's
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difficult to think that one's Fitness
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training is so much better optimized
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that it beats everyone else second even
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if Chinese taipe player fitnesses vastly
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surpass the other players How likely are
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they able to maintain the same form for
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multiple tournaments back toback
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although it may seem counterintuitive
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for players who rely on not letting
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their opponent attack to play Shots that
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give the attack away it is key to
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becoming a more well-rounded and
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efficient player and if Chinese taipe
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men singles players develop that kind of
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Versatility we will likely see Chinese
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taipe badminton players consistently
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contest tournament wins if you like this
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