Melboure 2006 Commonwealth games

[hcyong]

Is this CWG a IBF event?
If so, then that would help for Malaysian Players in world ranking.

No, there are no ranking points available for the Commonwealth Games.

[Sammy]

If i'm there i will surely meet up with u, Loh ,FEND and others. If not i really deserve the Whoppass! . It thru Phone call and text msges... i have to work also. Some of the players are really estatic about the win.I guess i have to ask them to treat me for dinner when they come back to KL. Gold medal means good cash incentives from the government. :D. Hopefully they will land more medals in the individual events.

Ant you mean you know some of the players who won the gold medal yesterday?

[terry]

Ant you mean you know some of the players who won the gold medal yesterday?

I guess Ants knew everyone of them :rolleyes:

[tutu_h]

Why not England hire a Single players coach? Maybe Chinese coach? I am not sure if they had hired previuosly or not, but now they should since they have good men doubles (for me they are consider good pairs).

their men's Singles coach is Lee Jae Bok from South Korea.
http://melbourne2006.com.au/Participants/Participants?ID=103932

their MDs were previously trained under Rexy b4 he came to malaysia.

[Dreamzz]

I guess Ants knew everyone of them :rolleyes:

ants is probably the unofficial big brother of the malaysian team ...

[Dreamzz]

been told that full black racquet signifies the player NOT using racquets produced by his sponsor (i.e CCM may be using a non-Yonex racquet in this case). i noticed that it's got an oval shape as opposed to the isometric one too.

oh, is that how it works?
hmmmm, that's a bit harsh then, i thought it would be alright as long as everything else he wears is yonex.
weren't both of them using at-700s before the CG?

[Sammy]

I guess Ants knew everyone of them :rolleyes:

Haha I know every single one of them but they just dont know me. :D

[BadFever]

So I take it as Adelina think 21-point still can have different suspense? I think the true test for 21-point system is during Thomas Cup SF and Final where teams are more balance. The 21-point did pretty well in China Master, IMHO. As a older player, I prefer 21-point(had tried) as I don't lose because of my stamina and able to go all out without worrying too much about my durability. As viewer, I think 15-point is more exciting to watch but sometime games can drag too long and for the 5-events per tournament, is not easy to concentrate in watching ...

I agree with HAN on the 21 point system. :) Also, I might want to add, with the new system, for older player like myself, I am confident I won't get thrash 21-0 21-0 by younger players. :D I hate making myself look like a complete fool when all I want is to support and enjoy my favourite sport, Badminton.

Looking forward to watching the Semis & Finals of CG. This will be my very first live match with the new system. :)

[adelina76]

Seeing the system in action at the Melbourne CG, I can definitely tell you that it has more pros than cons because:

1. It gets the crowd going more because every rally counts and the games always seem tighter between players, even where the standards are miles apart. So more interesting for the crowd.

2. More intense for the players because they have to focus harder not to make silly mistakes and give points away. Less of good players mucking around with not so good players just to get some game time. So that's good.

3. Give more opportunities for not so good players to upset better ranked players as seen happening quite regularly at the MCG with the young Indian players upstaging their more fancied opponents.

4. So with players concentrating on making less mistakes and focussing more, it increases the quality of badminton all around.

Cons:

1. It sucks if it gets so exciting all the way until a player serves into the net at 19-20 to hand the match to the opponent without much as a rally. Lee CW pointed that out and I agree..that kinda sucks.

2. If there's drafts (and often there is in big venues), then it can affects quality of game when players don't deal with the draft well.

Overall, I think the 21 points system will be here to stay.