extremenanopowe
Regular Member
Stop it. It's lindan who did the banana shot. lol.

Thank you @gundamzaku and @taneepak .
Just to let you guys know, what make me interested in this shuttle drift thing is LD's clear in the 3rd game, point 8-10 to LD. LD hit a cross court clear that seems to going out. Even LCW did think that the shuttle will go out. But at the last moment, the shuttle just fall right on the line. In the slow motion replay i think i see the shuttle just stopped in the air on it's way before finally falling down. That made me think it was caused by the wind. Do you guys have any opinion on this shot?
Thank you [MENTION=39250]gundamzaku[/MENTION] and [MENTION=3536]taneepak[/MENTION].
Just to let you guys know, what make me interested in this shuttle drift thing is LD's clear in the 3rd game, point 8-10 to LD. LD hit a cross court clear that seems to going out. Even LCW did think that the shuttle will go out. But at the last moment, the shuttle just fall right on the line. In the slow motion replay i think i see the shuttle just stopped in the air on it's way before finally falling down. That made me think it was caused by the wind. Do you guys have any opinion on this shot?
Thank you @gundamzaku and @taneepak .
Just to let you guys know, what make me interested in this shuttle drift thing is LD's clear in the 3rd game, point 8-10 to LD. LD hit a cross court clear that seems to going out. Even LCW did think that the shuttle will go out. But at the last moment, the shuttle just fall right on the line. In the slow motion replay i think i see the shuttle just stopped in the air on it's way before finally falling down. That made me think it was caused by the wind. Do you guys have any opinion on this shot?
Viewing from the top (or ceiling), the shuttle travels in a straight line, doesn't it? (assuming no Air Con; no drift)...
LCW did not complain the 'AC off during the second set' was the reason he lost and he credited LD for winning. Whether the AC deliberately shut off, slow cocks are used, CL gave WO to LD, DPY tired out LCW the night before...the fact was LD was on a sabatical honeymoon after OLY12 and he played only 1 tourney and even then retired, trained for 2 months for WC12, cramps in his leg during training, changed his playing style from run-and-gun to rally, played as wild card with the expectation before the draw was made he would be playing the top players all the way to the final, that is perhaps the biggest handicap/advantage LD gave to all players including LCW, and that man still won his 5th...what more to say?
Is that shot where LD's back facing camera? If yes, our group watching together thought so too.
Can you describe the flight direction of the cross court clear as well as the way the shuttle landed in?
Precession from clears will only drift from the left to the right as seen from the hitter. So the inwards drift involves only the sideline, not the backline. Drift involving the backline is almost always due to the hall aircon draft.
Then in the slow motion replay showed the shuttle a little "bended" from it's supposed direction. That make me wonder what caused that to be happened.[/COLOR]
Yes, it was the 1st half of the 3rd game, LCW facing camera and LD on the near end of the court. You guys noticed that shot too? What is your opinion then?
Yes, it was the 1st half of the 3rd game, LCW facing camera and LD on the near end of the court. You guys noticed that shot too? What is your opinion then?
So, LD was in the near half of the court while LCW in the top half of the court. LD hit the shuttle from the bottom right corner of the court/screen cross court towards the upper left corner of the court/screen. In the 1st glimpse i thought that shot will go out, but the shuttle finally landed right on the left back sideline of LCW's court. Even the commentators were surprised too when knowing that shot landed in.
Then in the slow motion replay showed the shuttle a little "bended" from it's supposed direction. That make me wonder what caused that to be happened.[/COLOR]
In other words, LD hit a cross court backhand clear. Any clear will at the turnover point (when shuttle starts to descend) gyrate which will then drift the shuttle from left to right as seen from LD's side as it comes down. In this case it drifts in. Pls note the very opposite will apply if the same backhand clear is hit by a right-handed player.
However, if LD had hit a clear to the opponent's backhand side, then the shuttle may easily drift out, from left to right.
All the above assumes there is no cross drift from the hall caused by aircon or other causes.