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nanaoei
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Rebs
Pakistan10726 Posts
On July 28 2012 22:21 Micket wrote: The BBC literally has the most amazing coverage of 2012 I've ever seen. Literally has streams of every sport and you are able to rewind like MLG player. NBC has the same thing going. Every heat/game/round is pretty much available and replayable. Out of curiousity is it a youtube embed on the BBC streams? | ||
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Ewli
Sweden326 Posts
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Doraemon
Australia14949 Posts
On July 28 2012 22:58 Rebs wrote: NBC has the same thing going. Every heat/game/round is pretty much available and replayable. Out of curiousity is it a youtube embed on the BBC streams? we have 2 channels...both showing the cycling...amazing.....not | ||
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DwD
Sweden8621 Posts
Anyway is my observation correct(only watched a few matches of Badminton) when they play mixed double that they tend to always shoot the "ball" to the female or am I imagining stuff? At least when they smash they always seem to do it heh.. Not sure how competitive mixed doubles are outside of the olympics or is it like Tennis? no one really cares about double... | ||
Kipsate
Netherlands45349 Posts
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keioh
France1099 Posts
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Bunn
Estonia934 Posts
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Ghostcom
Denmark4783 Posts
EDIT: And people care about mens doubles and mix doubles, very much so in fact. The only discipline I personally have a hard time getting excited about is womens doubles - it is simply too slow compared to the other disciplines. EDIT2: Crap, this is going too easy. I fear Jan won't really get into tournamentmode - oh well, at least he'll get a sense of the venue. | ||
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SoulSever
Canada779 Posts
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Fischbacher
Canada666 Posts
On July 29 2012 02:39 DwD wrote: Sweden got some 8 streams, at least half with commentating for free running all different sports. Super awesome. Anyway is my observation correct(only watched a few matches of Badminton) when they play mixed double that they tend to always shoot the "ball" to the female or am I imagining stuff? At least when they smash they always seem to do it heh.. Not sure how competitive mixed doubles are outside of the olympics or is it like Tennis? no one really cares about double... Badminton doubles is mostly all doubles specialists, so doubles matters more in Badminton than in Tennis. Mixed doubles also tends to be mostly mixed doubles specialists. And yes, in mixed doubles, people always aim for the women. Doesn't matter if it's Tennis, Badminton or Squash (you can't really do it in Table Tennis due to how doubles works there, though). | ||
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Amui
Canada10567 Posts
On July 28 2012 22:58 Rebs wrote: NBC has the same thing going. Every heat/game/round is pretty much available and replayable. Out of curiousity is it a youtube embed on the BBC streams? CTV for canadians is the same. Has every single sport, with full rewind feature and everything, although their VOD system could use a revamp, or else a link somewhere, because AFAIK the only place to see VODS is a tiny 3 per page banner, which doesn't really work well. | ||
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Rebs
Pakistan10726 Posts
On July 29 2012 05:15 Ghostcom wrote: EDIT2: Crap, this is going too easy. I fear Jan won't really get into tournamentmode - oh well, at least he'll get a sense of the venue. Almost all of the prelims were light workouts. Whats fun is when the underdogs win a tough point and do a little fist pump or a cheer and then get rolled for the rest of the set. | ||
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amazingxkcd
GRAND OLD AMERICA16375 Posts
On July 29 2012 02:39 DwD wrote: Sweden got some 8 streams, at least half with commentating for free running all different sports. Super awesome. Anyway is my observation correct(only watched a few matches of Badminton) when they play mixed double that they tend to always shoot the "ball" to the female or am I imagining stuff? At least when they smash they always seem to do it heh.. Not sure how competitive mixed doubles are outside of the olympics or is it like Tennis? no one really cares about double... All smashes are going to the girl because the girl normally will be weaker than her make partner. And yes, mixed doubles is played at yup level outside of olympics, like all other badminton events. | ||
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Ghostcom
Denmark4783 Posts
Overly simplified: The situations where you decide to smash on the female are if you are smashing from a great position on the court, i.e. you opponent has done a bad lift which only went to the front backline or you have managed to get them to rotate wrong and she is standing on a line with you. Else the choice of play is usually a drop (ball from back of court to the net) straight down the line, a clear (back to back of the court) over the head of the female player if you think it can force their female to the back of the court or some sort of flat shot which is planned to touch down at the middle of the court/right behind the serving line. All these shots will in theory give you another option of attacking. If you simply always smash on the female you are going to have a rough time because if she stands diagonally it is very easy for her to steer the return to the opposite side of the court compared to where you are standing and then you'll lose the rally. There are several exceptions, and in the end it depends on how the pairs play mixed double. Take for instance the former Danish pair Thomas Laybourne/Kamilla Rytter Juhl. Kamilla was able to smash almost as hard as Thomas which meant they rotated quite a bit different than your usual mixed double. | ||
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Kipsate
Netherlands45349 Posts
Mixed doubles stream for the euros. | ||
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Maenander
Germany4926 Posts
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zylog
Canada943 Posts
On July 29 2012 17:39 Maenander wrote: German mixed double just won against Adcock/Bankier, really expected more from the Brits. Adcock/Bankier lost their first match yesterday too despite dominating the first game. Not playing so well, I guess. Meanwhile, we have Lee Yon Dae vs Liliana Natsir going on now. Partial rematch of the 2008 gold medal finals! | ||
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Kipsate
Netherlands45349 Posts
China male doubles against South Africa. http://www.eurovisionsports.tv/london2012/index.html?video_id=1313 (For euros) Korea vs Canada female doubles | ||
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catleaves
United States506 Posts
On July 29 2012 18:01 Kipsate wrote: http://www.thefirstrow.eu/watch/132824/1/watch-olympic:-badminton---group-play-singles-and-doubles-a nd-mixed-doubles.html China male doubles against South Africa. http://www.eurovisionsports.tv/london2012/index.html?video_id=1313 (For euros) Korea vs Canada female doubles thank you! :D | ||
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