Playing against a showoff

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  1. evylgrynn

    evylgrynn Regular Member

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    Just wanted to share my experience, I'm sure a lot of you have had similar experience.
    A bit of background on myself, I have been playing on and off for about 10 years, in the last few months I have been training regularly (3 times/week) and my skills, which have deteriorated due to lack of use, have been coming back and getting stronger. I train with several people all of similar level (mid A level in Alberta)
    Last night we were finishing training when 2 guys who had the court booked after us asked us if we wanted to play a game. We needed to leave soon, but we agreed to stay and play a couple of quick games. One guy was fairly friendly, his friend (who had his girlfriend watching) was pretty serious and intense. No big deal, we started playing, the friendly guy was a beginner, but the friend was trying these crazy fakes, and slamming everything as hard as he could. his level was quite a bit below us, but he was trying to show us up!
    Plus, every time they lost a rally he would just slam the shuttle back to our side of the court. No sportsmanship at all. We won the first 15-5 (yes, old scoring system) then at the beginning of the second game, he told his friend to stand at the front!! We couldnt believe this, but didnt make a big deal out of it, just kept playing. My partner, perhaps sensing the same hostility from this guy, started clearing to him, and basically we ran him around all game. at the end he was breathing pretty hard. when we went to shake hands, we both said "thanks for the game" the guy tried to stare us down! Barely said a word the whole time. I think he was pretty embarrassed, after we got off the court he was showing his friend and girlfriend how to play badminton.
    Have you guys had experiences with people like this?? How do you deal with them?
     
  2. bananaboy

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    Play them, beat them, thank them for the game... and never play them again.:p

    Or even better, keep hitting to his "weaker" partner to force a weak reply, then non-stop smashing at him.:D:D Just make him even more angry is enough fun for the day. If he gets real mad at his own partner, then maybe it's time his partner gets to really know what kind of a good friend he really is.:eek:

    Just my opinion, it seems to me that since I play mostly with a more mature group of players, I have yet to experience your situation before.:p Most of the time, my friends (about 28-35years old) won't even want to partner with their wives in a badminton game, nevermind showing off.:confused:
     
  3. LazyBuddy

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    To me, simply avoid to play with/against this type of ppl. Yeah, everyone wants to win, and maybe showing off a bit here and there (especially if the pretty ones are around :p ). However, if no sportsmanship, that pretty much kill the fun of the game.

    Winning is good, but winning is not all about the game. You learn, you training, you work hard and you improve, that does not mean if you don't win, that's the end of the world something. If you can't enjoy the progress, regardless how many points you win, that's not very enjoyable. :cool:
     
  4. Crazypeetee246

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    The fact is...you beat him...and he shut up. :p
    People like that will never be successful in life if they don't realize that there will be people better than them.

    Think of it this way:
    As much as you are frustrated at his behavior, he is probably going crazy knowing he lost miserably. :D
     
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    for me, it doesnt matter if i lose as long as i lost because i did my best playing against ppl that were good sport and fair
     
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    Ding! ..........................:p
     
  7. silentheart

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    Dink and Ding!!!!!!

    Play for fun, don't play to show off to your girl firend. You will get NAILED!!!

    Or eaten by the friendly panda bear
     
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    That's friend, gentle panda bear to you, Sir. :p

    Yeah, I just play for fun. Fun should be the focus, first and foremost. :)
     
  9. chessymonkey

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    so i suppose cracking racket is part of the fun huh
     
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    Does the situation really matter? I would just get on with whatever I need to do.
     
  11. ctjcad

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    ..Hmm, this sounds quite familiar...

    ...well, i really don't want to make it a big deal, but i(well, not only myself) know of a person/player(plays around locally at least near my neighborhood) which most fits that description. And yes, i've played against him a while back(out of necessity).:p
    What we all noticed abt him is that he would only play against "weaker-skilled" opponents than him and if he won a pt. he would look down on that player(but we all know his skill level is avg at best). It's his attitude, thinking he's "the best"; That's why not many people wanted to play with/against him. I believe he used to be part of a jr. national team abroad. He often coaches or teaches other people. Let's just call him Mr. Niceguy.:p;)
    Well, one time, i(and some other people) noticed he was playing mix double. What we don't really like abt him during that particular match(well, most of the time) is that he has an attitude to just want to win *all the time* no matter at what cost, even if he has to smash and hit to the opposite lady partner all the time. :p :mad: :( Well, to make it short, later on when he wanted to play MD, he was paired up with a "weaker" player(out of necessity as well) but this time playing against his "arch-enemy"(a much older gentleman and IMO much better in skill than Mr. Niceguy). And near the end, his "arch-enemy" would turn out to be a setup a shot(from the net area) that would be a diagonal hard-smash aimed straight at Mr. Niceguy. BAM!! After that smash, the "arch-enemy" would gave him a cold stare look and the rest of us who were watching(incl. myself) would give a loud support/cheer, even saying "That should teach him a lesson!!"..:D :cool: ;) ..
    Anyways, that's just my personal experience...:p:( ;)
     
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    Be thankful that you haven't been threatened with physical violence. That happened to me once after I thrashed a player who thought he was great :rolleyes:
     
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    in my opinion beat him convincingly, then he won't do it again:) , so that he will be embarasssed by his frnd and gf.:D
     
  14. ctjcad

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    ..thing is, people like that *would only* "pick on" or "play against" player who they think are "not as good" as themselves...If they are to play/matched up against a much better player(s) than themselves, they would stray away or avoid playing..
    Also, they would tend to "teach" or "give lecture" *non-stop* to their partner when playing, telling this and that etc...as a partner, wouldn't you get annoyed??..And like the rest of the previous posters mentioned, what fun would that be??..:confused: :rolleyes: :mad: :p
     
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    Wow, I didn't know that badminton can get so violence. :eek: I am glad I haven't come across such player before, hopefully never will. I guess if I bump into such situation in the future, I will probably just play with my left hand (being a right-hander), stand far at the back of the court, just let him win and never play with him anymore.
     
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    What really wrinkles my rump is that some people that think they are so good and start showing off, cuz they are creaming these weak players that are novice at best. There are a couple of players that like to match people up for games. They ALWAYS find me the weakest players to play with. The worst part is when we play, they will never hit the bird to me, only when there is a setup at the front of the net where they can kill it at me. Stare and then laugh. What is the point of asking me to play? so they can say "I can beat you"? Me and my group of friends there are probably the best players there and they would ask 1 of us to play and when we get on, they pair us up with the weakest person. They will NEVER let any 2 of us play together. We don't want to be rude and walk off the court. If any 2 of us go on together, they will not come on to play us. Don't you just hate losers like those?
     
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    Sometimes I get a bit worried that my opponent will do that to me! And that's still during the game - their body language says everything, they hang their heads, they don't look at you, they swear... It's really not fair on me (or anyone else they do it to).

    Especially when I'm playing someone else of around equal level, it really affects my frame of mind. Sometimes it causes me to make mistakes I wouldn't normally make. Of course part of the blame is on me for being weak in that respect, but if they didn't act like that in the first place there wouldn't be a problem. Totally unfair and unsportsmanlike... I try to avoid players like this but in a tournament you just have to accept it (unless of course they're going waaay over the top, in which case I'd complain to the umpire :)).

    If I end up beating someone who holds themselves in high regard and thinks they're better than everyone else. Then when they walk off the court all sulky I just think to myself - serves them right! It's really satisfying to know you've made a big dent in their over-inflated egos :D.
     
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  18. taneepak

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    Frankly, why let it bother you? They asked for a game, you beat them, and that is the end of it. To get a bit hot by his antics-and I see nothing wrong of him asking his weaker beginner partner play front-is losing your cool (you wanted to teach him a lesson by humiliating him).
    Short of abusive language or threats of any kind, I wouldn't be bothered at all.
     
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    SHow off if you are good.. if your not good.. better dont. You might not know who are you playing with. Anyway its nice to see those showoff lose.. see how is their face reaction after they lose the game. Be nice..
     
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    Sometimes the line between a showoff and an extremely competitive player is very thin. Let us not be the judge.
     

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