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hey everyone welcome back to getg good
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at badminton one of our most highly
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requested videos was to do an analysis
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of lezy Gia at the 2021 all England open
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and we're happy to say the video is
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finally out the 2021 all England open
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was undisputedly the most exciting
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tournament for Le Zia with his wins over
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players like mamota and axelon without
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even mentioning the 30 to 29 Point set
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ever since that tournament however
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people have wondered whether Le ja will
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ever reach that Peak again we wondered
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about that too and decided to take a
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deep look at what made 2021 all- England
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Unstoppable the first thing that comes
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to everyone's mind is how aggressive Le
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zja was in the 2021 all England open in
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comparison to how he plays nowadays it's
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easy to say that Lia is losing because
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he just isn't that aggressive anymore
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what we want to know is why his attacks
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stopped being as effective and the first
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thing we wanted to point out is his
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front Court play 2021 Le Z had more
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finesse in his front court shots in
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almost every shot he plays he smoothly
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moves his arm and Racket towards the
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shuttle and then switches his shot last
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second using his fingers and wrist this
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made Lee zja shots extremely deceptive
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and he used these skills to frequently
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throw his opponent's Rhythm off when
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you're able to make your opponent mtime
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their split step you can create a lot of
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easy attacking opportunities think about
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what you're most likely going to do when
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you mtime a split step you'll probably
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do a correctional split and try to move
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faster to compensate for your late split
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step in these scenarios the natural
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tendency is to play a lift or clear it's
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extremely difficult for you to play a
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good net shot or drop when you're
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running full speed at the shuttle and
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you're probably also thinking that you
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want to give yourself time it's not the
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wrong move but naturally you are giving
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your opponent a chance to attack 2021
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leja was able to break his opponent's
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Rhythm much more frequently through his
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holds than current Leia and thus created
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much more attacking opportunity for
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himself just compare some similar
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rallies between 2021 lezy J and current
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what you'll notice is that current Le ja
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hits the shuttle right away without any
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change more often than 2021 all England
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and the result is that LE Z ja's
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opponents can move much more smoothly
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now to be clear hitting right away is
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not necessarily a bad thing we
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frequently talk about how fast players
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should try to take the shuttle early and
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then use fast to slow pace changes to
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break their opponent Rhythm but we
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actually believe this style doesn't suit
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lezy ja that well it's more for players
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who move very fast on Court and although
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lez seems like one to want that it has
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not been the case 2021 leij ja actually
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played similarly to current shiuchi
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regarding front Court holds and we
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believe that style would be more
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beneficial for him with both players
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around a similar height there could be a
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lot more benefit for Lee Z to play in a
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way where he uses holds to slow down the
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Rhythm and occasionally speeds up the
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game by hitting right
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away in addition to these holds lezy
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ja's spin Nets during the 2021 all-
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England open were super effective in
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helping him get attacking opportunities
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specifically we want to talk about his
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forehand cut inwards it seems that leija
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has changed his spin net since the 2021
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all England open in the all England what
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you'll notice is that LE Zia's racket
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face will end up flat when he plays the
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spin while current Leia spin net has the
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racket still slanted when he plays the
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shot there's no right or wrong technique
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but they do produce different results
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current lezy Gia's spin Nets are more
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consistent and safe by not completing
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the follow through he's essentially
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slicing the shuttle forward which will
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allow the shuttle to almost always pass
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the net and do so close to the tape the
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con however is that the net shot Falls
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farther from the net on the opponent's
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side making it easier to produce a
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higher quality lift or push 2021 lez ja
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technique on the other hand produces a
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much tighter net shot and of course is
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more risky because the tightness comes
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in exchange for height it is very
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difficult to play a good spin net using
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this technique the further away you're
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from the net and the faster the shuttle
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travels 20121 Lee Zia however had really
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good combos that made the risk worth it
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via his slice by using Ste bangled
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slices he often forced his opponents to
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play a slow tighter block and gave
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himself lots of opportunities to play
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Nets this time it was
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working nice angle good defense good
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play that's awesome play that is it's
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also worth mentioning that 2021 Le Zia
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spin technique produces a different kind
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of spin compared to slicing forward we
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believe it's more deadly due to how the
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shuttle wobbles in multiple directions
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versus spinning in One Direction but it
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depends on what the opponent is good at
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and finally and arguably the most
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important thing that made lezy ja
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Unstoppable at the 20201 all England
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open was his footwork more specifically
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we want to point out how he loads his
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legs and his split step timing if you
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watched our video on Le Chong way
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footwork tips you'll know that one of
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the things that made Le Chong way so
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fast was that he was pretty much always
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on the balls of his feet and ready to
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push off 2021 lezy Gia had this which
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makes him seem drastically more
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explosive than what we see
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currently from our perspective it seems
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as if currently Zia is waiting and
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trying to time his split step the
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problem is that he's draining his
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momentum into the ground when he waits
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which causes a delay in is split this
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delay is the difference between jumping
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out or taking a shot like a late
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forehand it also impacts his defense as
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well which is often overlooked when
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talking about 2021 liia at the all-
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England Le Zia had so many great
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defensive shots that set himself up to
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win rallies because of his good split
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step timing comparatively current lezy
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ja struggles more on defense and often
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ends up playing to survive rather than
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control the rally sometimes the split
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step just has to be instinctual where
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you load your legs and react to the bird
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instead of thinking about your
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timing in summary the reason Lea's
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attack has not been as aggressive as it
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was in the 2021 all England can be
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attributed to changes in his front Court
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technique and footwork but what fans
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have missed most of all is the energy
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and excitement that he played with
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during the 2021 all England it would
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certainly be a treat to watch him play
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similar matches to what he had at the
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2021 all England but with a large crowd
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watching what do you think though can Le
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zja return to his 2021 all England form
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