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a couple of months ago we made a video
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explaining a problem with Nara which
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made it difficult for him to achieve
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more titles however Nara is still a
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professional player and was ranked as
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high as number two in the world so what
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exactly makes him so good and what can
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we learn from him to implement into our
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games arguably one of the most important
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factors of badminton that will likely
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determine if you win or not is your
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Rhythm your Rhythm on the court
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essentially represents how well you're
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controlling the pace of the game and
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depicts how smoothly you are moving on
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the court that is why we always put
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emphasis on breaking your opponent's
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Rhythm because by doing so you are
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making them uncomfortable in their
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footwork in this part of the video we
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want to put more emphasis on how naraoka
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stays in Rhythm and later in the video
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we will describe how he breaks his
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opponent's Rhythm if you take a look at
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these rallies naraoka is able to stay in
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the rally precisely because his rhythm
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here in this rally focus on kodi's
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footwork getting that return of serve
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Fair bit of height there lifting to the
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back the woot and height on that lift as
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an example of the incredible retrieving
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capabilities first we want to take a
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look at what shots Nara chooses to play
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when he is in a defensive position if we
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take a look at his front Court notice
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that if Kodi is late to the shuttle and
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chooses to play the lift he will lift it
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much higher to give himself more time to
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prepare for the next shot not only does
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this shot give naraka more time to
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prepare but it also prevents many shot
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options from his opponent if it is
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played with good shot
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quality and by playing it higher Nara
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can slow down the pace of the rally and
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make it difficult for faster players to
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capitalize on their speed this is the
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skill that players like Kento mamota and
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Chen long excelled at
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nice good job brilliant
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cross but he hasn't done that
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yet now this is a simple concept to
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understand but in the midst of a match
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it is easy to get caught up in your
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opponent's Rhythm and play a flat lift
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when you're not in position to do so or
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when your opponent is in position to
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change pace and while it is simple it
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does require a bit of technical skill
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and strength to be able to play a lift
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from low with a short swing this is one
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of the things that Kodi does to keep his
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oh another aspect that needs attention
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is kodi's body language on defense in
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this clip when he sees liia about to
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attack Kodi lowers his center of gravity
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as he performs the split
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step Le Chang way was also one of the
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players that did this very well
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so now we know a little about how
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naraoka stays in rallies but what about
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his attacking Rhythm how does he score
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if you guys have watched our other video
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about the problem with Nara you would
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know that Nara simply didn't have the
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Firepower to end rallies a lot of the
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time his attack leads to the opponent's
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counterattacking him so when your
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backourt isn't necessarily the best you
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must find different ways to score and
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this usually entails scoring through the
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front and midcourt on offense Kodi will
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play a faster attacking style which will
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allow him to put pressure on his
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opponent simply by taking the shuttle
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earlier that's a great return
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he plays down in the back court and
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follows up in the midcourt and front
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court with a driver net this quick
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followup to the net will give him more
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opportunities to attack in the back
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which is why you see him jump off two
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lot look how quick he is for jumping off
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two feet for attack is better because it
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will give him more angle on his attack
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as he can reach a higher contact point
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and allows him to transfer his body
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weight more effectively so when he hits
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the shuttle his weight is already coming
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forward instead of going
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backwards a big reason why kod is able
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to play this fast-paced taking it early
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at the net and setting himself up is due
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to how active he is on on his feet if
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you want to improve your movement on the
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court you should look at and study Pro
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players footwork in this case we can see
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how bouncy nooka is on his feet Kodi
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bounces on his feet which keeps him
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ready for the fast exchanges at the net
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but also allows him to jump and attack
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back so now we know a little about how
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Kodi stays in Rhythm what about breaking
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his opponent's Rhythm to break your
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opponent's Rhythm you need to catch them
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off guard with an unexpected shot if
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they are able to guess all of your shots
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then the match will be very easy for
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them one way to play an unexpected shot
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is to change your shot at the last
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second this is one of kodi's greatest
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strengths if we take a look at this
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rally we can see on N oka's around the
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headside he plays the reverse slice and
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when the shuttle travels back to his
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around the headside he plays the
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straight slice these changes in your
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shots keeps your opponents guessing the
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more they have to guess the more
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uncomfortable they become in their game
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which is the ultimate goal as your
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opponents become more and more UNC
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comfortable playing against you they
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will start to make more
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blunders when we talk about Kodi we
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cannot forget his consistency and
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tenacity in his rallies it is evident
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that Kodi believes in his Fitness as he
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essentially plays to outlast his
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opponents in a battle of attrition while
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many badminton fans don't like this type
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of style as it's not very exciting to
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watch it is still a strategy that can be
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used for the players with more endurance
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that's why a lot of Cod eyes rallies go
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past 30 plus shots and these rallies
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often end in the opponents becoming
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impatient and forcing a risky shot
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however the higher level you go the more
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consistent everybody gets so you cannot
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win a match simply by rallying you must
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have a way to score points of your own
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in badmington when you play against
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someone around your skill level You
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Can't Win Every rally it is inevitable
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that you lose some but a player should
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have the mentality that every rally
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serves a purpose that aids them in
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it if you guys like this video make sure
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