Just watched his poor performance against Chen Jin in Thailand. I would say after too many years of playing lazily with all those unnecessary and opponent-benefiting tricks, this guy has become totally unable to concentrate and play efficiently. It seems he really wanted to win, but he just don't know how. He is so addicted that he cannot resist doing those "tricks" again and again. If he doesn't change now, I don't think there is any bright future. Just see how Chen Jin beats him more and more easily in the past two years.
lol, hooked on trick shots. It's a habit that's hard to break The ns7k tempts u to do that though LOL http://www.badmintoncentral.com/reviews/showproduct.php/product/428/sort/2/cat/52/page/1
His trick shots, according to what I see in several games, has basically no (and often negative) effect when facing the first level players in the world, like Lin Dan, LCW, Chen Jin or even LHI. So maybe he trains too much with players far below him. He should train more with real good players like LCW and WCH (hope he can recover well...). If he really wants to play lazy and cool, he should study videos of Taufik's performance in 04 Olympic and 05 WC to see how to combine laziness and effectiveness. Because in fact a player like Hafiz or Taufik just need to be not lazy in a fraction of second -- the timing is crucial here though -- to win a rally. Taufik knows when, but Hafiz does not.
how old is hafiz? its funny Ardy calls Avish (a guy i train with) Hafiz. I couldn't help but wonder if its because of Hafiz Hashim or his accent. Either way its kind of funny. Avish never corrects him.
Yes it is really really hard to change one's habit, especially for someone like Hafiz who is already just one step down from the very best. I think he has already achieved the level where Misbun himself achieved 20 years ago, that is just below those very bests: Yang Yang, Frost, Sugiarto, Zhao. Is he contented? ...
As the saying goes: kalah tak apa, style mau///// transalation into English:lose never mind, must play with style
his tricks shots always miserably fail like against chen jin in korean super series he lost cos he was trying way to hard.
he has no strategy in his game.. no tactical approach.... he just play how he likes thats all... sad to see...
well, when I watched him played against Chen Jin at the KO, personally I thinks that there is still hope in him. He really makes CJ running around in the 2nd set. He also seem to move more and started to dive? to retrive a smash which I rarely see him do it in the past. Too bad in the 3rd, he started to get exicited and play fast and start to smashs, which is exactly the strength of the chinese player. Also at the KO his coach was Rashid Sidek and errrr, Rashid did not have any note on his hand to write anyting .... wth ??? Maybe Rashid can get him to rise again...
he just needs to run 400km/day and workout 36hrs/day in gym to improve his stamina so the YOYO will be kept nicely in his pocket during the game. He has better hardware than LCW has, so it's sad to see him throwing it all away by yoyo'ing in every match. :crying::crying::crying::crying:
Hafiz can be very dangerous. IMO he has not reach his full potential yet. He definately can't be as fast as Chong Wei or Lin Dan. But i would see him as a combination of Gade,Kenneth,ChenHong and Bao.
Agreed. Hafiz is a talented player with a good skills. He only need to work harder to reach his full potential and at the same time try to reduce unforced errors/fancy tricks in his game. He is certainly very dangerous if he can play with his real potential.
Yes, look, he has CJ running around the court and Hafiz was more in control. Watched the Korea Open semis with my 7 years old boy (badminton fan of LCW, LD and TH) and he too made comment on the stupid trick shot Hafiz employed. He can outclassed CJ easily but he preferred to lose, nevermind attitude, as long as it was telecast live, to lose in STYLE. ADA GAYA!
ada gaya... haha... x apa, kawan saya selalu kata, x apa kalah, asal kalah cantik cantik.... haha! dats wat my fren told m when he saw hafiz...
I think as an ALMOST tier-1 badminton player, it's much easier to say, "This is the way I like to play, I rather lose playing this way," than to find out that even when he tries his best, he may not be as good as a tier-1 player.
