HW3: FOCUS ALL THE WAY

We all experienced talking about something that we are good at. We always talked about everything that went well. Have you experienced talking about losing or something that makes us frustrated, angry and sometimes we want to cry about what happened. As we all know, life is nice if don't have any problems but life is a better if there are problems that come along in our way. That is why we grow up, we fight and we mature.

When we are down, we want to talked it out to a friend of a family member about it. But sometimes if we can handle it alone, that emotion can be filled like a glass and can overflow which means emotions and feelings will burst anytime it is filled. In life, we need to do something with our emotions, because emotions can kill and can make a person miserable in a negative way. But if we talked about it and look into life in a more positive way, we will appreciate life and will be more positive than ever.

As I was looking for an article I saw this What Do You Do When It’s All Going Wrong in Your Badminton Match?. It talks about what to do when you play like a dope and the game is not look good for you and your partner.

As the article goes, it said that, "just because an opponent may be superior in all departments of the game, it doesn’t mean they should win easily and on occasion, it doesn’t mean they will win at all. However, whenever you find yourself on court in a situation like this when you are clearly outclassed, there’s a huge amount to learn and absolutely no pressure on you." For me this is really true. Since I am a badminton player, I experienced a lot with this and sometimes even though the opponent is far more superior than you, then can get too cocky and might underestimated you, you can even win the game.

The article gave some tips on doing something when dealing an opponent that is far more superior than your skills:

1)      Work hard to keep the shuttle in court. Make your opponent play the winner rather than you hand them the point on a plate. In my own experience, me and my team always work hard because we want to get stronger that is why we keep on doing our best just to keep in pace with the stronger opponent so that we can make them work harder to win over us.

2)      Be prepared to change everything to find something your opponent doesn’t like or respond well to. This means changing the pace, fast or slow, focus your attention down one side of the court or on one opponent moreso than the other and look for the gap. Attack or defend depending on yours and their preferences. If they like to attack, try to dominate the net and force them to lift. In my opinion, just do your thing and try mixing it up like looking and observing their game play so that you can adjust to their pace.

3)      Use the element of surprise to add some confusion into the game. This can be flick serving, flicking from the net, playing a lift when you could have played a safer shot. In other words make yourself a little unpredictable so that you can potentially unsettle your opponent. For me, it's a matter of decision-making process. What will be more accurate and more effective, use it so that it has a better chance of scoring a point or two.

4)      Take chances. Throw a few high risk moves into the rally e.g. your opponent plays a very tight net shot and you try to kill it on the net. Very high risk but can be mentally off-putting for your opponent. For me, it's not a high risk chance but using the basics perfectly.

Since I am a badminton player, I know things that can change the game even though the opponents are far more superior than my skills, thus using also these 4 things. We need to focus in everything we do so that we will have a positive outcome in the end.