But it is no longer fun watching him when he is seen struggling and obviously weighed down by sth, just like Taufik. Never mind, there will be loads of fun when the explosive and flamboyant Wang Zheng Min finally breaks through.
I remember sth spoken by another legend Liem Swie King when he was in his late 20s, "I'll continue to play men's singles as long as my legs can carry me ". It looks as if it is a case of hands, brain, torso and stamina being OK but more like " legs, legs dont fail me now." Sth to do with bedminton probably.So the legs become the Achilles heel probably. Then again back to the famous quote of another legend Li Ling Wei -" It is my legs that took me to several World Chanpionships and All England final victories".
Come to think of it this must be one of the reasons why LCW is difficult to overcome. The fastest player to get behind a shuttle, provided of course an opponent can wrong-foot him.
Next Sudirman Cup : We will see the fire up Lin dan vs Lee Chong Wei , I believe Lin Dan form is back , the way he smashes against Bao Chun Lai in the Asian championship .. I hope Lin dan will beat Chong Wei this time !
hopefully he crushes LCW..always love it when he does that..but nowadays he getting lazy and unmotivated and maybe he has the thinking that he doens't need to prove that he can beat LCW since he got nothing to win?
Players must hate it when they think they've hit a winner against LCW only to see the shuttle coming back at them to the back far corner.
actually neither of them can crush each other unless one of them is playing horribly or the other is on super form that day..they are both the top 2 players..but of course being a LD fan..I always hope LD will crush him haha!
it seems that lin dan changed is way to grip the racket: http://www.2011sudirmancup.com/images/attachement/jpg/site650/20110529/001aa08852c20f4c8d8607.JPG
Yes actually he also have another new one beside that. I also saw he grip only the middle part of the handle, empty on the bottom and top of the handle. Whereas before he ussually grip only the bottom part of the handle. And do you guys also notice he took the bottom cap off, so there is no red Li-Ning logo there on both of his rackets These 2 new ways of LD gripping have thrown away the speculation that LD use that gripping to keep his hand in particular area. I suspect it has something to do with him trying to change the BP. Whats your opinion??
he did not grip the bottom part of the handle. If on the begining the main purpose was to keep his holding position he will at least keep that bottom part gripped, but now he does not put anything on the bottom. That to me indicates that he knows exactly where he holds his racket (then and now), and all this alteration is to adjust the BP and perhaps to some extend his playing strategy on the day. That is, maybe he now decides that he want to hold his racket a bit higher up and not so always attacking anymore. He mentioned on the interview right after the match, that he wanted to keep a challenging mode instead of champion mode (http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php/98534-Sudirman-Cup-Day-8-THE-FINAL/page29 post#487). Maybe it has something to do with that. But then how do we explain the bottom cap??
I seem to recal a INA double specialist who used to wind the overgrip all the way up the shaft. Sigit Budiarto? Does that change the flex point?
Could be Lin Dan wants a more heavier head racket. By reducing the weight at the handle area, racket head feels heavier
Oh yes as far as I been told Sigit is the first pioneer of this type of grip. Is that true? I dont know, but from my video collections, I could not find a player before him that uses that type of grip. IMO yes its changed the flex point A LOT. By shifting the hodling position up even a few cm, practically it drastically change BP, Flex point and speed.
Yeah I figured maybe that's why he was smashing around a lot more at the SC than in recent tournaments. The recalibrated flex point must help him to use his normal action to smash with less effort. He still has tape at the top of the frame to get the head-heavy feel he wants, but removes the cap and other stuff from the handle to compensate for the additional weight of the towel.