Badminton is much more than strategy, lol. You can have the best strategy in the world but if your skills are not there, it does not matter what strategy you use.
As for skill:
LD smash > LCW smash
LD net play > LCW net play
LD drive shots > LCW drive shots
LD deception > LCW deception
LD consistency > LCW consistency
LD stamina > LCW stamina
LD power > LCW power
LD anticipation > LCW anticipation
LD line judgement > LCW line judgement
LCW is lacking in alot of skills compared to LD. If LD is motivated and focused to win, there is nothing that LCW can do because LCW's skills are inferior to LD
Their skill is not that far apart. You are forgetting that application of skill is not guaranteed in real life. U must have noticed in the recent CSS final LD made so many mistakes, maybe as u put it, he was not motivated. I would say his application of the skill was off.
On the plus side, now I have a good excuse to give every time I lose to a player with less skill than me. I was not motivated/focused else I could have beaten you.
