My Top 3 Lessons from Watching Kento Momota @ 2019 Badminton World Championships 

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Yeah..the dreaded training drills

Aww thanks for your support Sairamteja!

Glad you enjoyed the video!! Make sure to try to see him play live if you get the chance :)

@@BadmintonwithJeffrey Believe me i will never miss that chance if i get any in future!! Watching live is a whole new experience!! I hope you will cover some more matches as from this perspective its a delight to watch!! And thank you very much for this good work!! God bless you!! Love from india 🇮🇳

That’s a great observation Joonas! Yeah, the pros are move freaking fast!

Thanks for your kind words! :) what you can do to practice this is is to take things a little slower. Play at a slower pace and don’t be too eager to move to the shot as fast as you can. Hopefully that helps a bit! It’s definitely a slow process to unwind this habit. And also, even the pros still get faked here and there, so the goal isn’t to be perfect :)

Hey! That’s a really good question, and even I don’t really have an answer for it. But I remember the London olympics and and 2011 world championships had really good camera angles. I know they experimented with different kinds, I remember once upon a time they had a top down angle, where you just see their head and two legs 😂 I want to say, the ideal angle would be from an angle and lower, but also having it look professional. There’s not an easy answer for sure, every angle has its own trade off

Hey!! I think after certain points he had a tiny limp but nothing major. It doesn’t seem like a major injury if there was one. What were your thoughts on the finals? :)

yeah! Even when they’re late to the shot, they still find enough time to pause a little bit

Cody Lejang you can check out the full matches on the badminton world federation RU-vid channel. They’ll be in full HD too! I usually watch a game a day on my TV.

I'd love to compare Momota to Lin Dan at some point. My gut tells me LD is better but Momota is seriously talented.

@@BadmintonwithJeffrey Agree. LD is GOAT, I reckon it might takes some time before anyone can surpass his accomplishments. God, can't wait for Tokyo 2020 !

Pause n hit is applicable for both single and doubles. the point is to disrupt your opponent pace. Clears also is a part of the game. Why you said it is hurting your game? Of course you don't just doing it blindly.

@@sendoh7x you took my comment out of the context. Playing clears is of course part of the any games, but it is much more difficult to catch anyone off guard in doubles. If you have the choice of smashing the ball in doubles vs playing clears, the default should be to smash with all of your strength, even if it leaves you vulnerable simply because your partner will be able to cover you. This is assuming all are equal in skills - I don't know what level you are playing at but if your partner is at least half-competent, he/she should know to cover you when you are going for that off-balance around the head smash. This is different with singles games where an off-balance smash may very well lead to a counter attack. Which is why in double games most professionals will choose smash with all their might, while in single we would have to choose the timing very carefully. Pause and hit could be beneficial too, but unlike single games where you want to do it one every two/three shots, in doubles, pause and hit is much more situational because the area the opponents need to cover is much smaller. If I can come early enough to the shuttle to do "pause and hit", might as well I hit early so I can setup my partner earlier (I usually prefer playing front). Of course there are exceptions e.g. when my opponent is the type of front player who is to "read" and I am sure I will lose in a straight duel in front of the net, I will mix-in some "pause and push" to my net game to keep him honest/guessing. Another exception is when I play against over-eager beginners (mostly friends), and pause and hit almost all my shots to show off. Against good players, "pause and clear" is just giving up precious time for your opponents to reposition themselves. On the other hand, "pause and push" too often against a good front player (who can read and react to patterns well) is asking to be smashed in the face.

@@edogaktop Good reply. Bottom line is..everything is situational. Enjoy the game!

edogaktop lin dan and taufik are really good players but now there are new tactics which effect their game if they play now. IMO

Playing pause-and-hit is very effective in doubles too. Watch Yuta watanabe when he plays drives, he pauses and he either plays soft "net drop" or strong drive. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--UZ53XN_NLM.html&frags=pl%2Cwn

I just bought them online on their website haha!

Yep! Go to the website of the relevant badminton federation in that country. I’d recommend the following steps: 1.) check the world federation’s timetable to see what tournaments are playing, in what countries and when. 2.) once you’ve decided on the country / tournament, go to the national federation webpage. E.g I’d go to Badminton England to attend the Birmingham, UK tournament that just released tickets 3.) Once you’re on, just select tickets which usually cover which days you’ll attend and which class of seats you’d be in. Usually the first days are cheaper whilst also having many more matches, but you’ll likely see the most engaging matches of you book a finals day. Hope this helps!!

@@elzaiba3489 def does, thanks fam!

@@BadmintonwithJeffrey good to know, I'll give it a try :)

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@@SuperSasaboy what are you talking xD

Yeah! I talked to a guy in my hotel who saw Anders walk out after his SF match, and he was kinda limping :(

Badminton with Jeffrey yeh it’s a big shame. Until I started playing badminton I didn’t appreciate that best of 3 really is tiring in a professional matchup! I wonder whether tournaments should be longer to accommodate? Tennis grand slams, like Wimbledon, last 2 weeks. I think most badminton tournaments are as quick as 4 days?

@@elzaiba3489 I didn't know Tennis tournaments lasted that long! They must get a lost of rest then huh! I wonder if that's why Federer is still at the top, even though he's Lin Dan's age...

Badminton with Jeffrey perhaps that’s part of it. I think another part is that tennis seems to me more like an endurance sport.p with far fewer explosive shots and movements being taken than in badminton. In tennis you’re usually sticking to the by-line, and travelling side to side. Badminton (singles at least) you’re rushing from corner to centre and the to another corner. It’s the direction change followed by your attempt to hit the perfect smash that’s most tiring.

@@BadmintonwithJeffrey I'm not saying it is all there is to it, but he has commented that he has been dealing with some cramps.. He is getting special training to combat it, but he mentioned after the finals that was really really tired, already before the match started :)

Haha were you the guy in red that destroyed me? 😂 we should spar again sometime! I also have recordings from that day if you want to watch :)

@@BadmintonwithJeffrey not destroy la haha sure send them my way! thanks!

I’d highly recommend it :)

Why can't u? No pro tournament where u live in?

Great suggestion, definitely something I want to do :) how I do 6 corners, and then also a drill to help

Hmm I think it is partially because of the angle. Another thing is that in singles, you rarely see 100% power smashes

literally what pause means

申し訳ありませんが、私は日本語を知りません :( ただし、日本語の字幕が自動的に生成される場合があります！

Realy? Axelsen already beaten by kanta tsuneyama, last time he win is long time ago, in junior or early senior level i forgot