Lee Chong Wei ( 李宗伟 )

MF actually have done a very good jobs in motivating LCW as can be seen in AE.

Btw, MF was not hired by malaysia gov to be anyone coach. That is not within his jobs scope.
His official title is "Technical Director" for BAM , not "Coach" nor "Chief Coach'. All the coaches are reporting to him. Asking MF to be a coach is like demoting MF.
 
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Micheal8 said:
MF actually have done a very good jobs in motivating LCW as can be seen in AE.

Btw, MF was not hired by malaysia gov to be anyone coach. That is not within his jobs scope.
His official title is "Technical Director" for BAM , not "Coach" nor "Chief Coach'. All the coaches are reporting to him. Asking MF to be a coach is like demoting MF.
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gasp! u mean that is a form or motivation? getting your player injured and asking him to retire?
 
lurker said:
gasp! u mean that is a form or motivation? getting your player injured and asking him to retire?
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Q: That declaration has quashed all talk of you retiring after the world Championships in August. Can you keep going?

A: No one needs to tell me when my time is up. I’m still fired up to play. The All-England victory showed me that I can do it if I put my mind to it. I was determined to prove a point to some people at the All-England. I won. I’m still the world No. 1. And I may even push myself until Tokyo. Why should I even think of retiring now? I’ll know when it’s time to stop … a player will know. I’ll stop when there is no more fire in me.

http://www.badmintonfreak.com/lee-chong-wei-will-be-back-for-all-england-2018/

PS: That is what i call motivation. I hope MF can stay until at least Tokyo 2020.
 
There is a lot of talk regarding LCW's retirement (or thereof) in this thread. One needs to understand the immense hardwork and personal sacrifices an individual has to make to reach the top of a competitive sport and to stay there for so many years. And it requires bloody single minded focus, mind you badminton (singles) is an individual sport and one has to fend for himself while on the court. Sometimes in a team sport it is much easier to force a decision on someone owing to the team's requirement, nothing of the sort in badminton singles. LCW is out there to win for himself and in that process bring glory to his country. Developing the sport will come after he decides to hang up his sports. Until then he is just a player working hard to earn his next victory in the court.

Just look at Roger Federer, at 36 he is way past the tennis shelf life. Do you want him to retire?

If you think otherwise, you do not understand the mind being the performance machine.

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The only Malaysian through to the quarterfinal of a SSP in front of home crowd is yet again a sole 35 years old LCW.

LCW so deserves an apology from MF, it's once again Dato who saved Malaysian face on their home soil!
 
VSiva said:
Just look at Roger Federer, at 36 he is way past the tennis shelf life. Do you want him to retire
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the career of a badminton:tennis athlete analogy is not apples to apples. federer does not play for a team, nor is he financially supported by a team. tennis players are free to act in their best interest without ever having to consider anyone else.
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If you think otherwise, you do not understand the mind being the performance machine.
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the individual mind of the athlete is a different can of worms. is your mindset that of an individual or team player?
 
samkool said:
the career of a badminton:tennis athlete analogy is not apples to apples. federer does not play for a team, nor is he financially supported by a team. tennis players are free to act in their best interest without ever having to consider anyone else.the individual mind of the athlete is a different can of worms. is your mindset that of an individual or team player?
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When I called it an individual sport, I meant the fact that it is only *your* skills that will win your battles on the court, you are out there battling for yourself.

I don't know about can of worms, but I know for a fact that you need to be BLOODY single minded to train for so long and remain world no. 1 for so many years :-)

Ironically the head to head of LCW and LD was 24-11 at the start of MSP finals. Very very similar to RF & RN. And LCW has been having a good run over LD of late. Ah, the beauty of sports!
 
Congrats LD for winning his first MO. DLCW gave his best but LD was better.

I don't care who won frankly speaking as this 2 players are legends and in the league of their own. Having a dream final was everything people wanted.....and we got it. How many finals there are out there where 2 close nemesis with age combined is near to your grandfather age but still wackiing young players like what they usually did 10 years ago....but that what makes them both true legends......still playing at their best even when they can retire at any time now....but it is unlikely very soon and if such final is something that both players tend to do more in this many months to come and if DLCW decide to go to the Olympics......LD will damn sure follows...
 
shooting stroke said:
...still playing at their best even when they can retire at any time now....but it is unlikely very soon and if such final is something that both players tend to do more in this many months to come and if DLCW decide to go to the Olympics......LD will damn sure follows...
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Surely one of the main reasons LD wanted to beat LCW so badly at MAS open in front of his home crowd is to make sure LCW doesn't get any funny ideas of continuing to play till Tokyo OG 2020...

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You'd think that the victory over LD at the Rio Olympics was a psychological breakthrough against his nemesis... - no, not at all! :(
 
Just finished watching the MAS dream final... don't know what happened to LCW, but he had absolutely no urgency at all as compared to his QF and SF matches. Totally outplayed by LD.

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samkool said:
maybe winning the gold medal would've made the difference.
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You have enough mental , physical, technical skills THEN you win gold, its not the other way around!
Titles are here to confirm what you got within or just show how weak your opponents were the day they showed up in court.

For Lin Dan more than LCW it was a very tasty opportunity to stay focused and give it all, Malaysia Open was a missing trophy in his list after all.
For a moment I though He purposely avoided that tournament focusing more on the others and preparing for the Olympics, if LCW would have beat him in a Malaysia Open BEFORE the Olympics the mental barrier LD have over him would have seriously been breached for the awaited competition.

Now Let's see if LCW can amaze us by beating LD in the World Champs overcoming the weaknesses he's facing against him.
 
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if LCW would have beat him in a Malaysia Open BEFORE the Olympics the mental barrier LD have over him would have seriously been breached for the awaited competition.
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lcw has beaten ld 11 times before, so it's not like he can't ever win. the ?'n is why can't lcw beat ld in a final with the most prestigious titles on the line? you know, the ones they call wc & og.

there's no telling who would've won if ld had played in the malaysia open all those previous years... or if it would've made any difference in the history of their og/wc match ups.

theories are fun for fans to posit in hindsight, but based on their history, one can only wonder what's going on in lcw's head.
 
I believe the difference between those two are fake moves (or hidden moves), anticipation and tactic. Hidden moves are technical, but other two are between the ears.
 
Cheung said:
It's the way Lin Dan has been able to successfully change playing style from aggressive to rally style which has been most impressive. Playing style is to a large extent a reflection of one character. Some of us when playing prefer attacking shots, some prefer counterattack, some rally. Peter Gade also changed his style in a similar fashion but that was after a knee operation. Can it be so easy to change style so radically when your own character is hard to change?
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Actually LCW also changed his style to a great degree, around 2009. He went from a purely defensive style (up to 2008) to a very agressive one.
 
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Actually LCW also changed his style to a great degree, around 2009. He went from a purely defensive style (up to 2008) to a very agressive one.
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Can't remember that so clearly

*moved posts to more relevant thread *
 
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renbo said:
Actually LCW also changed his style to a great degree, around 2009. He went from a purely defensive style (up to 2008) to a very agressive one.
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That's true. I remember reading somewhere that Sun Jun and Dong Jiong also changed their playing styles mid-way in their careers.

To be honest, I've huge respect for LCW continuing to play fast and aggressive at his current age,even against the young and physically strong; only Lin Dan and, to a certain extent, Chen Long, are able to slow him down as they both are familiar with and better able to read and anticipate his game coupled with superb defense such that for LCW to attack prematurely against these two is counterproductive, sometimes suicidal.
 
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