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  The Mental Aspect of the Game of Badminton

Creating Imbalance

Generally, those who arrive at the place of contest early, can face their opponent in comfort.
Those who arrive late, must hurry to arrive in time and will rushing in troubled.

Those who are skilled in tournaments, take the initiative over others so that others cannot take the initiative.

Therefore, when opponents are comfortable, they should be unsettled; when they are finding things easy, things should be made difficult for them; when they are static, they should be moved about.

Move the opponent to positions where they are forced to rush, move quickly to positions they do not expect you to reach.
Those who can move about without difficulty, do so because they are not forced to move out of their comfort zone.

The above is adapted from an ancient Chinese text about war, but could equally describe the tactics a skilled player will use on a Badminton court to manoeuvre their opponent around the court in order to win a point.

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