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deceptions in badminton are often a very
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misunderstood topic many inexperienced
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coaches often shy away from teaching
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players how to become more deceptive by
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telling them that trick shots are not
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useful and players should spend more
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time practicing consistency there are
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two problems with this mentality first
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trick shots and deceptions are not the
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same thing while a trick shot is often a
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deception a deception is not necessarily
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a trick shot second practicing
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consistency is important but you need to
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understand how a player can play
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consistently there's a reason why doing
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100 drop Nets in a row does not
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necessarily translate into 100 shots in
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an actual match the higher level you go
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we believe there's a lot of value in
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practicing your deceptions even if
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you're not at a particularly advanced
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level becoming deceptive as a badminton
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player becomes more and more important
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the higher level you get and contrary to
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what some people think practicing
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deceptions can actually help you become
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player let's discuss the purpose of
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playing a deception first the biggest
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mistake many players make is equating
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deceptions to playing Fancy trick shots
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that end the rally while this can happen
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it should never be your deceptions main
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goal instead the focus of deceptions are
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to break your opponent's Rhythm and
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force them to mtime their split step the
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goal is to pressure your opponents to
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make more mistakes and ultimately win
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off their lower quality shots let's look
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at how Lia expertly did this against
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Yushi Tanaka in the recent Arctic open
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so Lee looking to pick up exactly where
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he left off before the
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break if you ever played against someone
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with really deceptive shots you'll know
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exactly how Tanaka felt playing this
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game this is why just being consistent
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isn't enough the higher level you get
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everyone is consistent if you don't
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break their Rhythm if you play someone
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who is a very deceptive player you'll
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likely find yourself burning energy and
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losing focus twice as fast while your
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opponent has a very good time you rather
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be the one controlling the pace of the
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game than the one who is controlled and
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to be clear our point isn't necessarily
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to practice trick shots what you should
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be more focused on is being able to hit
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your shots last second using only your
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wrist if you ever record yourself
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practicing deceptions and compare it
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against someone like ginting you'll
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notice that getting the same look and
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feel requires a very short swing
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controlled within your fingers and wrist
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this is why practicing decep ceptions
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can actually make you more consistent as
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a badminton player the biggest problem
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plaguing many players is that their
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swings require too much of the arm and
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body this makes it very difficult to
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maintain consistency across different
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venues and playing conditions because
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there are too many moving Parts we've
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all had that experience where we're
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sprinting forward and end up lifting out
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as we put our entire body into the swing
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when you're practicing deceptions
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however you're forced to play without
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using much of your arm and body if your
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movements are too big it's easier for
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your opponents to read the shot you're
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also way more likely to make a mistake
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or play a worse quality shot with big
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movements a good deception is really
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just playing a shot with a different
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speed and direction than what your
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opponent originally anticipated based on
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your initial movements if you just
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practice normal basic shots you can get
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away with a lot of things for example if
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you use your entire arm to play a push
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it might be fine when you're just
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standing there while a partner throws
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birds in a game though the added
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momentum from moving forward and the
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shot your opponent plays could easily
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make your swing inconsistent but by
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practicing deceptions you force yourself
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to play with a more controlled swing if
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you can play a good deception then you
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for sure can play the normal shot very
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well of course there's nothing wrong
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with practicing basic shots and
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consistency it is something we all
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should do regardless of our level that
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being said don't get the idea that
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becoming more deceptive as a player will
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make you more inconsistent in fact the
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opposite should happen as you gain
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better control of your racket so don't
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be scared of adding deception practice
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routines often anyone will catch kenet
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out but what deception I didn't know if
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