Play without rhythm

[Koo&Tan]

Hello,

I'm an intermediate player and sometime play versus worse players than me in tournaments.
The problem is, when the level is very different, that they don't have a good rhythm and personally, I have to walk because the rhythm is too slow. But this is very difficult in fact to play like this and I loose too many rallys : my opponent is slow and I can't play, it's difficult to explain but I do many mistakes, and don't have good feeling.

So, I would like to know how to enjoy a slow game and stop mistakes.

Thank you in advance

Koo&Tan

[OhSearsTower]

interesting

i found myself losing to 2 guys in training who are clearly worse than me overall.

it seems that i cannot play at the level i use to play vs them and even lose the sets

very strange thing, but only played vs them 3 games so i thought i made have had just a bad streak or my lack of experience

[visor]

You can still maintain your speed and rhythm. You'll get there sooner, then you can do deceptive hold or double action shots just for the fun of it. That's what I do when faced with weaker players.

[amleto]

it's just a mental thing. You don't feel pushed in the rally so yuo don't focus - loss of concentration = shuttle flies out/in the net. Just keep up your focus and concentrate on the shot and your movement

[wlachan]

Because you were playing their games, not yours. Get serious and finish them off.

[visor]

Because you were playing their games, not yours. Get serious and finish them off.

Lucky for your opponents I guess, because I like to toy with my prey for a bit before the kill.

[|_Footwork_|]

toying around with weaker opponents is so disrespectful...

[Koo&Tan]

Ok, thank you for your answers.

I will test all of your tricks.