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in this video we will cover the control
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style matchup against a faster style we
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will be taking a look at the players
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shiuchi who is the control style against
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Kay Nara the faster style we will mainly
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take a look at the 2024 Singapore open
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to examine their play styles rhythm and
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shot selection to understand the
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strengths of shiuk Ki and nara's
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styles many know kodai has a slower
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rally style based on the world
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championships in 2023 but he also has a
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much faster attacking style he aims to
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create opportunities in the front court
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and midcourt and when he plays down in
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the back court he follows up quickly to
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opportunities C him out of position now
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let's take a look at the control style
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shiu Chi's play style in contrast to
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kodai revolves less around physicality
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and more around his ability to create
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opportunities through subtle changes in
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his shots he scores with Pace changes
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and variation in the back court through
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accurate smashes or by creating
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opportunities by adding slices and punch
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clears on paper this should technically
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make shiuchi a good matchup against
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someone like Kai but on the court it's a
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these two players have different rhythms
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that they are comfortable with as we all
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do in this rally you can see how nara's
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rhythm is much faster but very
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scrambly oh what a pick up by
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kod this poses a problem for shiuchi
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because he relies more on punishing the
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slower Shots by holding first and then
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changing his shot and the
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pace in the second set where shiuchi
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wins relatively comfortably we can see
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that kodai's Rhythm was much slower in
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this set which consequently allowed shiu
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Chi to have full control over the
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rallies however in the third set kodai
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starts to hit faster shots in the back
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court which allows to follow up very
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quickly to the net pushing the pace of
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game there are generally two reactions
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to this the first reaction is to Simply
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follow your opponent's
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Pace this is the easier option but is
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ultimately the worst option it doesn't
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require much thinking but it hands the
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control of the rallies to your
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opponent in this case you can see that
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in the second set of the Singapore open
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Cod I stops playing at his faster Rhythm
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which allows shiuk Kei to control his
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shots and Rhythm much
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better the second option is to try to
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find ways to get back into your
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comfortable Rhythm for shiu Chi this
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means trying to slow the pace down until
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he finds an opportunity to suddenly
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change the speed by slowing down the
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pace shiuchi can utilize his changes of
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pace and shots more effectively as he
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has more time to hold before playing his
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shots for Kodi this means trying to up
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the pace through faster shots and
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footwork if he can increase the pace
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Kodi can play toward his strengths and
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force shiuchi out of his comfortable
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Rhythm caught him out of position now we
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understand what these two players want
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the rhythm of the game to be however the
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question Still Remains how exactly do
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they increase the pace or slow it down
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the answer lies in their shot selection
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first let's take a look at the Chinese
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shuttler shii style involves many cross
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shots which can be very punishing if the
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opponent is ready for them take a look
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at this rally and notice the number of
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times shiu Chi runs the
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cross good save CU she she's been
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targeting that corner and
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straight what a rally this
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going he this is a very basic pattern in
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singles when your opponent hits it is in
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your best interest to hit the shuttle
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furthest away from them and this is what
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Kai was good at especially when the
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rallies begin to extend and shiu Chi
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becomes impatient he begins to force the
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attack in an attempt to end them which
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often leads to unforced errors
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sh CH pulling out all the
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stops being very careful while he's do
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again instead Shuki should try to be
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more calm and relaxed on defense his
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focus should be on preventing kada from
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moving smoothly on the court with little
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holds in the front court and slowing
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down the pace by playing higher lifts
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and clears towards the back
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essentially this means playing more of a
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defense first style like axelon this
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would work against someone like Kodi
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because he doesn't have the strongest of
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attacks on the world tour but it is much
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tougher to pull off against players like
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Gia another important thing to mention
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is that if shiu Chi plays this style he
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should not aimlessly defend instead he
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should look to break kodai Combos and
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his rhythm one way he can do this is by
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focusing on his shot choice in defense
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for example playing cross blocks on Kodi
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drives and Smashes in the back
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cord not only does this prevent Kodi
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from following up quickly but it also
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causes Kodi to change direction which
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consequently drains more of his
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energy cross blocks are also not the
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only shot that works shots to the same
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corner or cross drives also work very
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well in the sense that they all prevent
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Kodi from following up quickly and
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putting more pressure at the net in this
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rally shiuchi displayed incredible
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variation in his defense which
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ultimately gave him the opportunity at
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end another very good example is was the
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recent game at the 2024 Arctic
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open the variation in defense is
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ultimately what set Alex up for the
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point this is the ability to
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Counterattack to summarize xiuqi is a
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prime example of how to deal with faster
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players as a control style player the
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main goal is to try to play in your own
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comfortable Rhythm to do this shiu Chi
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played higher giving him more time to
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set up and when the opportunity came he
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changed Pace he also varied his shot
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selection by waiting before he hit his
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shots making them more deceptive and
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adding variation to his
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defense despite trailing in the third
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shiuchi ultimately ends up pulling
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through winning 23 21 in extra
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