....but not brilliant:)

I'm quite an admirer of Lee HI and Shon SM from a badminton point of view:)

If you look at the techniques and footwork, nothing fancy. Good, clean, basic footwork and techniques. Quite impressive.

They are not so strong in 'flair' or the psychological aspects of the game.

Is Li Mao coaching the korean MS team?

I believe Li Mao is coaching the Women's Singles now but he was definitely responsible for the rise of Lee HI and Shon SM. He apparently did a guest report in the Lianhe Zaobao (Chinese newspaper in Singapore) during the Singapore Open but I have yet to read it.

Apart from the badminton POV as mentioned by Cheung, Lee HI is really cute too. He reminds me of my ex-tutee's 4-year old brother. :p

Originally posted by Adel
Apart from the badminton POV as mentioned by Cheung, Lee HI is really cute too. He reminds me of my ex-tutee's 4-year old brother. :p

:rolleyes:

Theres no reason why one of the korean ms players couldn't win a world or olympics, they can pull off wins against the top players. I think style/flair often comes from a country's badminton heritage /culture, its perhaps difficult to become great if noone from your country has been great before?

I am more suprised by their lack of ws success, since Bang won and retired no real success, depsite the lack of competition in ws. Any korea woman would slot in behind the chinese and Camilla in theory without any real challenge from Indonesia/Malaysia.

i believe the Koreans are working on their WS. Jun Jae Youn and Kim Kyeung Ran aren't bad and has shown some stuff over the past year. Korea's quest on WS got a set back as Kim KR recently torn a ligament and will be out of action for quite a while.

talking about Bang, i think she is now residing in the US? her not staying in Korea isn't helping Korea's WS.

i was told by a friend who used to play badminton in NYC. she was chatting to Bang without knowing that she is the Olympic gold medalist. she asked Bang if she plays a lot of badminton, Bang's answer was, "yeah, a bit..."

Hmmm... I didn't know Bang Soo Hyun was in the States. My impression was that she is still in Korea, doing part time commentaries for matches like the Korea Open and last year's Asian Games.

A friend of mines told me she's in New Jersey, if I remember correctly.

Yes, she moved to the US after her marriage with a Korean immigrant. He is a doctor. Bang is coming quite often to Korea, but the centre of her life is definitely the States.

....but not brilliant:)

I'm quite an admirer of Lee HI and Shon SM from a badminton point of view:)

If you look at the techniques and footwork, nothing fancy. Good, clean, basic footwork and techniques. Quite impressive.

They are not so strong in 'flair' or the psychological aspects of the game.

Those are the exact words i would describe KOR players.

1992: saw a young korean beat liu jun (all england MS) and foo kok kong to take the canadian open MS. Nothning fancy, just runs and work the basic. I later heard he is a phy. ed. teacher back in KOR.

2003: a pair of young KOR (17-19 years old) beat our older nationals (Milory/chan) in MD. I had discussed this in another thread where Milroy/chan took the wrong strategy, employing smashing at the KOR which turnouts that KOR have solid basic defensive return smash skill. Milory/chan were winning with mixing plays, deception, ie with experience but they didnt continue with that. :( The KOR kids were nervous and have missed some easy give me kills at the net but yet can return conventional smashes with ease.