This One Rally Shows Why Momota Is A Tactical Genius

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This rally looks completely normal. It
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just seems like Kadami plays a loose
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shot and Mamota punishes.
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But actually, how Mamota builds this
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rally and gets Kadami to play this loose
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shot and ultimately kills it is a great
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example of Mamot's tactical genius.
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So, in this video, we're going to break
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down exactly how Mamota controls this
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entire rally step by step.
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First, let's start by watching the
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rally.
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Let's rewind back to the start. First,
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Mimoda starts the rally off by pushing
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the pace by playing down in the back
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court and hitting right away in the
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front court on his follow-up. By pushing
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the pace of the rally, he forces more
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pressure onto Kadami and essentially
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drags Kadami into his rhythm. And for a
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few sequences of this, Mimoda is
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generally keeping the shuttle on
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Kadambi's forehand side until Mimoda
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decides to play the shot, which pushes
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Kadombi to his backhand.
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You can see how Kadami isn't able to
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react right away to Mamo's direction
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change. He was more or less conditioned
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into playing the shot on his forehand
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side. As a result of this, Kadami makes
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a correctional split step and is forced
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to take the late backhand. Now, watch
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how Mimoto reacts to this.
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In these few frames, you can see Mimoto
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move up ever so slightly to punish
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Kadambi's late backhand.
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But here, Kadami chooses to play the
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clear. In this split second,
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Mamoto reacts and aims to change the
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pace of the rally because Kadami has
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given him an opportunity by taking the
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late backhand.
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However, it's too risky to change pace
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with a full smash because Mimoto already
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got caught a little by Kadombi's clear
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and will get heavily punished if Kadami
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gets it back. as the full smash requires
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full body commitment.
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So, Mimoda opts to change pace with a
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shot combo.
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You can see he has the idea in his mind
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as he instantly rushes forward, fully
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recovering his balance even before
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Kadami has even hit his shot. And Mimoda
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predicted right, thus giving him an
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early contact point at the net.
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However, instead of pushing the pace
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like he was doing earlier in the rally
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and hitting right away, he opts to do a
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little deception and simply block the
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shuttle tight to the net. Kadami is late
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to this one and is forced to play a very
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tough technical cross.
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He plays it exceptionally well, which is
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why Mimoda cannot kill the rally right
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here. So, Mimoda is patient and pushes
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Kadami to the back yet again.
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This shot choice is because he likely
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also sees Kadami in his peripheral
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vision moving toward the net.
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Thus, Kadami is forced to take another
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late backhand. And his late backhand
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here has an even lower contact point
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than the one where he played the clear.
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So, you can visibly see Mimoda standing
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at the net, ready to punish the drop.
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And that's what he does.
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Konami plays the straight drop
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and Mamota chooses to play a straight
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net.
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Even though the cross net would have
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likely won Mamotto the rally here,
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Mimoda chooses to play the straight net.
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Why? Because the cross net's volatility
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is too high. Kadami's backand drop was
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by no means bad. It had shot speed and
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was generally tight to the net.
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So playing the cross net would likely be
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a 50/50.
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So he played the less volatile shot, the
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straight net. Kadami takes it low and
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once again plays the technical cross
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net, but this time Mamo is ready and
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already standing at the front.
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Because not only did Kadami already play
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this once in the rally, but also because
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Mamoto understands that the only way for
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Kadami to come back in this rally is if
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he somehow plays a good quality net shot
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from down there.
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These two ideas make Mamoto wait at the
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front, allowing him to kill.
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Now, it's quite literally impossible to
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be thinking about all of this stuff in a
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fast-paced rally like this one. These
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ideas have to be trained until they
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become second nature.
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Mamot's tactical awareness isn't
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something that he has to think about all
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the time simply because he has already
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played the game so much and understands
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what the most likely shot might be from
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his opponent.
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He's just playing the game intuitively.
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So when you train or play, it's best to
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keep things simple and focus on one
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thing at a time. Once it becomes second
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nature, you can begin to add more
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aspects.
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