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6:38 pm
December 28, 2011
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Glad to see that china not winning all the golds. Record being made by ratchanok Intanon , winning world championship at 18 and Liliyana natsir. Mohamed Ashan and Setiawan playing superb. Chinese women doubles pair is just too strong for the Korean pair. And lee Chong Wei unfortunately got a cramp. It is still good to see so many nation growing in badminton. Thailand have earned its first badminton world championship gold. Sadly Malaysia haven’t. Spain’s women single have performed very well too as some of the Indonesian men singles like rumbaka. It seems to be a cycle that china will have a period of developing new player right after the Olympics.
11:30 pm
February 15, 2011
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Overall it was a superb World Championship. Delighted to see so many good games and a few upsets along the way although disappointed in Lee Yong Dae's early exit. Whilst him and Hyun are ranked world No 1, I've been disappointed with their form this year and the pair certainly lacks cohesiveness as a pair. Not quite sure they compliment each other as fully as Jung Jae Sung/LYD. The pair make too many mistakes, mainly from Hyun.
However I was so thrilled for Ashan and Setiawan winning. They have been the outstanding pair of 2013, fantastic to watch. Their game is simply built on net domination and great attacking.
For me LCW has been off this year and no doubt him becoming a father has taken the edge off his game. He doesn't look dominant anymore and appears vulnerable. Unsettle him and you can take him a long way.
Lin Dan looked as though he could beat anyone and yet always intimated there was another gear or three. He seemed to favour rallying rather than use his turn of speed and superb attack.
The quarter final for me was strange. An easy win over Chen Long, number 2 seed? I suspect there was foul play here to give him an easy ride to the semi final.
Despite the question marks over the mysterious shutting down of the air con after the first game, I do feel that as both players train in hot and humid countries, this should not have had the impact it did on LCW. He wasn't fit enough and Lin Dan looked like he had plenty in the tank. Sad way to end.
Let's not take away the tremendous achievement of Lin Dan – perhaps the greatest mens singles player of all time…certainly of the modern game. I never tire watching him and for me his genious is the tremendous movement to recover rather than to reach the shot.
Paul
3:39 pm
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August 12, 2010
Offline I was absolutely thrilled with these world championships. I was hoping LCW would win the mens singles, but i have to say I thought Lin Dan was brilliant most of the week. He oozed confidence in every round and some of his defensive shots were insane!
I was hoping Cai and Fu could win one more world championships… but, if anyone were to beat them, I am glad it was Ashan and Setiawan. To me, they play the perfect brand of mens doubles! And I cannot actually see how the doubles they play can be beaten, other than by a pair playing the same way but better – which takes me back to the great indonesian players of 2000/2001 (Gunawan, Haryanto, Wijaya, Budiarto), or great Koreans like Kim Dong Moon and Park Joo Bong. Genuinely great mens doubles! I was a little worried earlier in the year when I saw Boe/Mogensen and the new Chinese Pairs winning so much – I don't like the way mens doubles was going. Its now back on track 🙂 One thing I love about Setiawan and Ashan, is that although they have a favoured formation (Setiawan at the front), they frequently use rotation ANYWAY. Its not all about the formation – its about covering the court properly and exerting pressure on your opponents by using lots of variety from the rear court and either player charging forwards to dominate the net.
Ratchanok was amazing. I have been impressed with her ever since I first saw her play, and she really is extremely gifted. I love to watch the easy/relaxed hitting and effortless movement, coupled with deception and flare. I am also extremely excited to think that, she is currently world champion, having twice been world junior champion and is STILL eligible to play the world junior championships!
The chinese WD pair is quite rightly the best in the world. No surprises there.
And finally the mixed doubles. So very delighted to watch Natsir and Ahmed beat the two best chinese pairs back to back in a spectacular fashion!
Welcome back to being the best to Indonesia, and welcome to the top Tailand 🙂
3:41 pm
March 2, 2010
Offline Ahaa, I thought I was the only one that found the LD-ChenLong match the most boring of the tournament. I've never seen CL smashing a handful of times in a match. That's just not his style. After the 1st interval, I stopped watching. The final was as expected by the whole world: LCW-LD. No risk, badminton by the book. Where are the days a young guy from Indonesia, would still play a tight spinning net shot in front of his opponent waiting at the net. Maximum risk, but so much fun to watch. LD, what a guy, close to incredible. However, thé match of the MS events for me, was LCW-DuPengyu, what a smash fest was that ! I canot help thinking that's where LCW lost the final. Glad for TMN too, the very first from Vietnam, he wrote history that day.
WS, I'm so glad RI made it. I would have bet money on that. Sad Shenk didn't participate. So, RI and Carolina Marin are thé ladies of the tournament for me. Spanish temperament, hope we will hear from here again. WS is becoming a very crowded discipline, when it comes to players who could have reached the final. China hasn't changed, the rest of the world is advancing I think.
MD, yep the in form pair of the moment made it. What a talent. They should have been put together at least a year ago. They should have phoned me, I could tell 
. Since Kido is doing very well with his sister in XD. Good choice by team Indonesia, they play a leading role again, and no doubt they will top the charts in no time. FH-CY, golden pair, but I think they will be replaced by Liu-Qiu. They eat their opponents. A result of their shirt sponsor ? 
XD; again the in form pair made it. However, XD is becoming a very crowded discipline when it comes to pairs who could have been WC.
Cheers, ED
3:09 pm
February 15, 2011
Offline Two very good summaries – thank you.
Yes, in ladies singles the rest of the world is advancing, except europe in general and especially England. I won't be too harsh on England, so let's just say we don't have sufficient quantity of decent players to push hard enough to advance to world class level.
Ladies doubles and mixed doubles is also becoming a crowded place and not dominated by Chinese although they still rule in general at the moment. However, Japan and Thailand are making great advances (funny as Japan's national coach was once appointed by Badminton England and didn't last long).
Indonesia had a major shake up after the Olympics and this has worked wonders for them. A once great badminton nation is finally waking up again – thank goodness.
Korea are still strong and will continue to bring forward exciting talent.
Europe. mmmm. Denmark is struggling. They have three mens singles, zero ladies singles, one mens pair, one ladies pair and two mixed pairs.
England – two mens pairs, two mixed pairs, zero elsewhere. Sorry, but when we are talking class or class potential that's as far as we go. There's hope in the under 19's and under 21's but they are still years behind their counterparts in China, Malaysia etc. And I am really concerned that our pool of talent is shrinking year on year. The glory days are over for England and I can't see where or when this will change. Will I still be alive to see it?
Paul
9:07 pm
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December 4, 2010
Offline If I was head of badminton England I would pick the best 13 yr olds with the most promising potential & set up a boarding school style badminton excellence centre.
I would get top coaches (i.e. Paul ; )) from around the world, along with sports psychologist, nutrientionist, yoga & fitness coaches, analyst.
Then build a competent squad that would tour the likes of China, Indonessia to play top badminton countries.
10:56 pm
February 15, 2011
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It wouldn't happen. Badminton England would never get the support of parents to allow 13 year olds to move to a boarding school for badminton – there's simply not enough money in the sport.
The FA trialed this for football many years ago and overall it didn't work. Our culture is such that this system is too rigid and the sport is too small to be able to place these demands on families.
Badminton England probably have no idea who I am and they won't care anyway. They have their coaches and I suspect do not wish outsiders to be given a chance of working with their elite squads in any fashion. Personally, it could be an exciting challenge but I really wouldn't want the commitment such a role would require.
I'm happy doing my thing, tinkering away in the background and doing my best to create new ideas or new tools to help badminton players in Europe become better players.
Paul
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