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at the age of 23 Vidar won a silver
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medal in the 2022 World Championships a
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gold medal in the 2023 World
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Championships and another silver medal
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at the Paris Olympics not to mention
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he's a three-time world junior Champion
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he has all the accolades of being world
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number one which is why we want to take
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another look at Olympic silver medalist
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kavut vsar and discuss why we think he
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will be the next World number
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one we believe the first thing that
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should be mentioned is vited sar's
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technical skills his technique has been
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regarded as one of the best in the world
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tour and it helps him tremendously in
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the rallies that he plays it takes a
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while to get back in shape the way I see
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out quite well here in terms of
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movement nice since his preparation for
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each shot is the same it makes his shots
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for example in these two rallies can you
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guess what shot he's going to
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play if we go frame by frame in these
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two clips you can see that vidar's swing
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looks exactly the same until after he
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contacts the shuttle in the one on the
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left where he plays the reverse slice
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his wrist faces outwards more in the one
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on the right although his wrist still
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faces outwards because of the forearm
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pronation the angle is smaller than the
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one on the left so it makes it very
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difficult to guess vidar's shots because
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he holds until the last second to change
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shots the reason he is able to do this
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is because of his short and quick swing
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but also how relaxed he is in
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preparation to hit the shuttle the
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ability to change your shot or suddenly
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inject speed into your shot is
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determined by your wrist and fingers so
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if you're gripping your racket too
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tightly before the shot it will be much
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more difficult to change your shot let
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alone control the shuttle at
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all now that we've talked a little bit
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about his back court let's look at his
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front Court vidar's Front Court isn't
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too flashy like ginting or shiuchi where
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those players look to put pressure on
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their opponents through deceptions
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instead vitad sar's front Court focuses
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more on his rhythm where he aims to put
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pressure on his opponents by changing
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speed in his footwork by suddenly
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injecting speed into his footwork and
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taking the shuttle early at the net he
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puts so much pressure on his opponents
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this is precisely what makes him so
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against in these rallies you can see
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Vidar changing speed in his footwork and
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taking the net early this is generally
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how he sets up his attack
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what vidson is also smart at doing is
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capitalizing on neutral shots played by
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his opponent for example in the Olympics
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against shiu he aimed to punish the
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Chinese player by changing the pace of
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the game on the neutralizing shots
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played by Shi up by sh is now a little
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stretched these shots like blocking to
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the middle are not shots that will save
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you from everything they only allow you
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to recover and cuts off your opponent's
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shot angles however your opponent can
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still change Pace on these shots and put
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pressure on you Vidar demonstrated this
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by capitalizing on these shots
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anticipating these neutral shots and
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taking the net early to put more
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she vitar style is more of a control
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rally style player but he can certainly
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inject Pace into the rally when he wants
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to because he can unexpectedly
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transition from slow to fast or from
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Fast to slow during the rally it is how
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the tie player can catch his opponent's
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offg guard and score easily many
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badminton players struggle with changing
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the speed within a rally and often play
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the rally at one speed when you play one
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speed your opponents will become
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comfortable in their footwork and Rhythm
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and they won't have anything to be
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scared of however if you can go from
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Fast to slow or from slow to fast then
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it becomes much easier to break your
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opponent's Rhythm at the net Vidar opts
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for hit first Rhythm where he often hits
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the shuttle without holding too much
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this pushes the pace of the game and
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also makes his holds at the net more
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effective for example look at this rally
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where a simple hold and push catches
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guard this is exactly how deception
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should be played too many de Cs and
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holds on every shot will allow your
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opponent to become comfortable in that
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Rhythm however if you often hit the
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shuttle first and then sometimes you
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suddenly hold that is when you can catch
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guard when someone mentions vitar his
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defense probably isn't the first thing
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that comes to mind the first thing that
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might come to mind are rallies like
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this however he does have one of the
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best defenses on the world tour if we
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watch these clips we can see how Vidar
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can stay in the rally and score points
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when we look at vidar's split step we
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can see how he almost always times his
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split step perfectly Landing after his
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opponent has hit to ensure he does not
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move the wrong way first his first step
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off his split step is also extremely
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powerful because of how strong his legs
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are so he can push off explosively to
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retrieve the shuttle another aspect of
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vidar's defense that is more unique to
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him is that he can play high quality
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defensive shots from diving positions
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this explosive step also allows Vidar to
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dive smoothly and his strength will
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enable him to recover quickly another
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aspect of vidar's defense that is more
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unique to him is that he can play high
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quality defensive shots from diving
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positions these defensive shots are
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golden tickets to change from defense to
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attack because they are shots that
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effectively negate your opponent's
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ability to follow up on an attacking
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shot by breaking the Rhythm and combo
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vidson and when played from a diving
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position it tends to become even more
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effective as vided sar's opponents often
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commit 100% to their followup seeing how
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he is on the ground playing unexpected
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shots like cross blocks while in
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unstable positions like diving is
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extremely difficult but it is what
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separates the top players from the good
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a huge concern going forward for Kun
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vsar and his fans however is the
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question of whether vitar can maintain
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motivation after already winning a world
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championship and being a silver medalist
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at the Olympics people have often
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referred to vadsar as a player who will
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only turn up at big events which could
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make it difficult for him to achieve the
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world number one ranking he has all the
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skills and capabilities to reach world
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number one so it'll really depend on how
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