Lee Chong Wei ( 李宗伟 )

When interviewed after the match at court side how he managed to overcome G2 8-13 deficit, his reply was to just enjoy the the game. Seems like his mental state has elevated to the next level. If he keeps on playing like this, anything can happen.
 
Lcw was too overconfident against Ng Ka Long and threw the match away. But look relaxed all tournament, if not for some loose shots would have won even easier.
 
visor said:
When interviewed after the match at court side how he managed to overcome G2 8-13 deficit, his reply was to just enjoy the the game. Seems like his mental state has elevated to the next level. If he keeps on playing like this, anything can happen.
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"Enjoy" it the key word here in his mind and it pull out the stress away in 2nd set. What he said he already thinking about 3rd set and he just want to enjoy the 2nd set and it turn up he won it.
 
nokh88 said:
He should have done that since 2008.
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Too much heavy burden he and his country men had placed on his shoulders for OG gold, big matches etc. We can see that his mind had practically freezed in the past when the matches get tight.

Now that he's near retirement age, less expectations on him from himself and his country, so now he plays for the enjoyment and passion of it. If he loses, then he'll decide on earlier retirement. If he wins, he'll decide to tell the fans see you next year...
 
I think this year's early losses have had a little silver lining in taking the pressure off him.

Finally, the nation realises he is human and the weight of expectation is off him. Perhaps it is a pity he didn't have these losses before the world championships. Instead, the pressure made him too tight to play freely.
 
visor said:
Too much heavy burden he and his country men had placed on his shoulders for OG gold, big matches etc. We can see that his mind had practically freezed in the past when the matches get tight.

Now that he's near retirement age, less expectations on him from himself and his country, so now he plays for the enjoyment and passion of it. If he loses, then he'll decide on earlier retirement. If he wins, he'll decide to tell the fans see you next year...
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Agree on the above and that brings me to Rio 2016. Had MAS came out victorious on the first 2 final, XD and MD (although XD highly unlikely) I think the pressure would have lessen considerably and he may have won his 1st Olympic gold.
 
nokh88 said:
Agree on the above and that brings me to Rio 2016. Had MAS came out victorious on the first 2 final, XD and MD (although XD highly unlikely) I think the pressure would have lessen considerably and he may have won his 1st Olympic gold.
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Agree, sort of...

Because asking LCW to overcome *both* LD and CL in OG, both of whom were maximally motivated to grab the gold, now that may be asking too much from LCW...
 
Hey everyone!

I've been playing and watching badminton for years and since I'm an art student and I love watching LCW play, I decided to try out making a portrait and a structure around it like you can see in the picture below.
Since it took quite a bit of time to draw the portrait, cut the wood, paint it, etc. I just really wanted it to show it here to people who can't get enough of badminton as well. :D

If you have any comments or questions, please go ahead of course :)
[GALLERY=media, 772]Lee Chong Wei by SGroneschild posted Dec 1, 2017 at 6:11 PM[/GALLERY]
[GALLERY=media, 774]Lee Chong Wei portrait by SGroneschild posted Dec 3, 2017 at 9:15 PM[/GALLERY]
 
SGroneschild said:
Hey everyone!

I've been playing and watching badminton for years and since I'm an art student and I love watching LCW play, I decided to try out making a portrait and a structure around it like you can see in the picture below.
Since it took quite a bit of time to draw the portrait, cut the wood, paint it, etc. I just really wanted it to show it here to people who can't get enough of badminton as well. :D

If you have any comments or questions, please go ahead of course :)
[GALLERY=media, 772]Lee Chong Wei by SGroneschild posted Dec 1, 2017 at 6:11 PM[/GALLERY]
[GALLERY=media, 774]Lee Chong Wei portrait by SGroneschild posted Dec 3, 2017 at 9:15 PM[/GALLERY]
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wait wait, so you created the whole 'stand-alone pillar', carved and painted it? :eek:
SUPER COOOOOL

Is the portrait exchangeable? With newer portrait for instance?
Maybe badmintonnederland should start badmintion art exhibition to have this in there and potentially collaborate with other art exhibition in attempt to promote badminton further :)
 
I remember Steen once said in commentary that a player sometimes has to take a step back to take two steps forward.
This recent lull in results could have been a phase where LCW was adapting his style to his growing age.
HK Open 2017 might just be the first taste of what is yet to come... Eagerly looking forward to Dubai and 2018!
 
stanleyfm said:
wait wait, so you created the whole 'stand-alone pillar', carved and painted it? :eek:
SUPER COOOOOL

Is the portrait exchangeable? With newer portrait for instance?
Maybe badmintonnederland should start badmintion art exhibition to have this in there and potentially collaborate with other art exhibition in attempt to promote badminton further :)
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Thank you for words of appreciation! Yes, I did, the whole thing. :D Together with the portrait itself an artwork of over a 100 hours of work and so much fun to make. And yes, I definetely would love to make and use these works to promote badminton further. :D
Actually, I'm exhibiting it now at OSM Maarssen in the Safarihal until december 14th, together with a Lin Dan version with a giant, red dragon. After the exhibition, I thought it would be really nice to transport it to another badminton club and let more people enjoy this (and gain some popularity as an artist as well in the badminton world ;)).
Will send some emails to several clubs in the Netherlands tomorrow and hopefully I can exhibit them soon at another place! (or get a request to make another one - if so, I want to make it better than the last one and with a whole new pillar altogether, so the entire artwork works well together and holds some connection to the player's home country)
 
R4yZ0r said:
I remember Steen once said in commentary that a player sometimes has to take a step back to take two steps forward.
This recent lull in results could have been a phase where LCW was adapting his style to his growing age.
HK Open 2017 might just be the first taste of what is yet to come... Eagerly looking forward to Dubai and 2018!
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That is more than likely, we saw it in 2015 as well, when he lost badly in Japan, Korea and Denmark Opens, but he convincingly won the last three superseries of the year in France, China and Hong Kong. His game was changed, and his game seems different here as well in Hong Kong Open (Much more willing to attack and control the rallies, using his speed more to attack rather than defend). This is awesome for the future, although to be quite honest, this is what he should have been doing from the beginning of his career, rather than wasting his best years playing a counter/defensive style
 
SGroneschild said:
Thank you for words of appreciation! Yes, I did, the whole thing. :D Together with the portrait itself an artwork of over a 100 hours of work and so much fun to make. And yes, I definetely would love to make and use these works to promote badminton further. :D
Actually, I'm exhibiting it now at OSM Maarssen in the Safarihal until december 14th, together with a Lin Dan version with a giant, red dragon. After the exhibition, I thought it would be really nice to transport it to another badminton club and let more people enjoy this (and gain some popularity as an artist as well in the badminton world ;)).
Will send some emails to several clubs in the Netherlands tomorrow and hopefully I can exhibit them soon at another place! (or get a request to make another one - if so, I want to make it better than the last one and with a whole new pillar altogether, so the entire artwork works well together and holds some connection to the player's home country)
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Wow! You are a genius, my friend.
 
kok tong said:
UNbelievable LCW is back with more POWER


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Great video. I noticed Lee had won many of his points from the cross court drop shot to the left of his opponent, wonder if that's a change in strategy on the coaching part.. he left top players like Chen Long, Shi Yuqi and Son Wan Ho absolutely lost/couldn't react at times. I remember Lee used to make his opponent's job easier by hitting shots towards his opponent, but he has minimized that in the HK open. He also used quite a few deceptive shots like the one at 1:38 in the video that change the course of his shot. He smashed quite often too in that tournament.
 
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