Welcome to NerdSports, where my keyboard warriors will be taking on Greg and Jenny Mares in my favorite game, Badminton.
Greg and Jenny run the YouTube channel Badminton Insight, where they have 600,000 subscribers
who tune in for their coaching tips and strategy guides for Badminton.
But they're more than just poser YouTube influencers.
They are three-time England national champions.
They reached a career-high world ranking of 28th, reached the quarterfinals of the All England Open
and, perhaps most impressively, have managed to compete professionally for over a decade without spoiling their marriage.
To say that they will be a challenge for my keyboard warriors is probably an understatement.
But I believe in you! Let's go keyboard warriors!
I want your honest thoughts on my team here. I've worked hard to put this squad together.
Out!
They're looking a bit tired already.
This is just the warm-up. I think they just used to sit in their chairs, right?
I think they could do with some footwork work. Yeah, and maybe some technical work.
I wouldn't serve from there.
Maybe you could teach that in the lesson too.
He's almost broke the racket.
They're still working on the serves, but I don't think they're going to get the chance to serve.
Now it's time for the keyboard warriors to watch Greg and Jenny's warm-up.
Oh, they're doing it for real.
We can do that. We should do that. We should do what they're doing.
I think it's too late. He's doing a full walkout.
What? You can do that? I can do that. I did that in the warm-up.
Has this guy done any lightsaber training? Honestly, I feel like they're just...
Wait, I didn't see that. Can we get a redo?
So I think the way we can beat them is if we break their legs.
I feel like, honestly, they might still beat us with one leg.
Bro, he did it.
And that's our opening. All right, huddle up nerds. It's time for some coaching.
Do we have to play with all of those? Yes. The first thing we're going to practice is service return,
because you guys are probably not going to get a lot of opportunities to serve.
I'll be serving. So they're...
I need you guys to focus. Okay.
Here we go. That's actually pretty good.
That's actually pretty good. Do that in the game. Okay.
Okay. Okay. Rotate. Quick, quick, quick, quick, quick.
Yeah. Okay. In from the sides.
Okay. Good try. Good try. Okay. Get in here.
Okay. But you don't want to hook it. Don't be a hooker.
Don't be a hooker.
Okay.
Okay. Not bad. Not bad.
That was pretty good warriors. I think you guys are ready to return to serve.
Now we're going to practice your long clear shots.
Okay. Who's next? Who's next? Oh, that's good. That's good. Do that again.
Here we go. Here we go. Here we go. Here we go.
Move it. Go for it. Go for it. What is this?
Here we go. Here we go. Get under it. Get under it.
Get under it. Tiring out my team. Nice.
Oh my goodness. Get it out of the side. Get it out of the side.
Opposers. Linus, do you want us to win? What are you?
These are star players. Tiring out my team mates. We're getting into practice.
We need the practice. He just lost five pounds. Do you guys want to try any smash return?
Linus, smash me.
Okay. That was close.
Hey. Let's go. Nice.
That was all you. Hey.
Hey. Okay. How are your students?
I think they're ready. Yeah? I think they're ready.
Well, I think they're ready for... Because you guys don't know what you need to be ready for.
That's right. I feel like you were just hitting to their racket though, right?
You were aiming to their racket. To make them look good.
Guys, where are you going?
We were told to just walk through. Where are you going?
No, the game is starting. Oh. You might need your rackets as well.
Linus, are you going to play? Are you going to be on our...
Are you going to help us? No. I mean, I'll help you, but I'm not going to be...
That's like it. Do this one. What's the stop it?
That's my grandfather's racket. You have the power of his grandfather surging through your veins.
My grandfather's in his late 80s, so...
What does it mean? It means he has less power in his veins and more cancer.
What about the grandma? Do we have a grandma in the...
Do we have one? I have one left.
Welcome back to NerdSports. I'm your host, Brad Minton.
And I'm Pierce D. Shuttlecock. And we're coming to you live from sunny, Surrey, British Columbia,
with a brand new game of badminton.
Never heard of it. Why are they stacked like that? Do we have to stand like that?
Vertical stack. Oh, huge. Amazing.
Oh, what? And immediately, Elijah cowers into fear.
You're okay. You're okay. That was just the first one.
This is it. While badminton isn't usually considered a contact sport,
it seems that Elijah has made contact directly with the ground.
I've never seen anyone die for a serve before.
They keep aiming for him and it is working. These pros know what they are doing.
Aim for the weakest link.
Okay. Guys, tag team. Tag out.
Tag out. Did Linus just call cut instead of timeout?
That was terrible. We got some over the net.
I think we need a little bit more. You did. Off the serve, yes.
We're encouraging words from Mr. Sebastian to the rest of the team.
It seems that we've already swapped out to see Riley and Dennis.
What? Good Dennis. Yes.
Oh, that's cool. But losing is cool almost immediately.
They don't like to see that. The stomping? Not good.
Good Riley. Time. Timeout.
I think the keyboard warriors are going to need a little help. I feel like you guys have a little bit too much fine motor control.
Who wants the gray and who wants the lovely floral?
I'll take the floral. And now we're introducing our first twist.
Pierce, do you want to explain? The blender mitts.
These will be an interesting thing to give them. It'll make it harder to hold the badminton stick.
You called them a blender mitt. Yeah.
Wait, what are they? Uppin mitts. Uppin mitts.
Yeah, no grip changes here. My backhand grip is like their backhand grip.
Oh, I see. Huge Dennis.
Yes. Go. Head start.
We're going to see an action replay on that in slow motion.
In badminton, it's considered polite to say sorry when you hit your opponent.
They're not actually sorry though. He was going for you.
It's a gesture. Neither am I. 9-0.
That was so close.
Okay, you know what? Get out of here. Get out of here.
Okay, tag team. Tag in. Tag in.
Oh my gosh, too high.
Whoa, look at that. Whoa, an actual rally.
Very impressive performance from Ariana. We're at a now close game of 11-0 for, it says BDI.
Big dick energy.
Oh, nice. Nice. Oh, he's still, he, wow.
Oh, too high. Too high area. Good effort, good effort.
All right. There you go, there you go.
That was out. That was out.
Yes. Oh my goodness, LTV has gotten their first point.
Out of bounds. He just loves to see it. Sneaky strategies.
I still think, I still think this is a little unfair.
Time out. I don't like the way Greg was running to the back of the court there, able to run like
that. So we're going to put slippy footies on.
Don't get injured. I'll try.
I think it'll be okay. We're not moving too much anyway.
You guys hear that? You guys hear that? They were talking.
It's a new strategy. They're not. Ready?
And one, two, three. Go, keyboard warriors.
Good job, warriors. Good job. Sure.
Nerds. All right. You guys better be ready.
Elijah with a powerful serve directly into the net.
Let's see how that works out for them.
Oh my God. Okay. Tag, tag team.
Tag team. You guys look tired out there. Oh my God, Riley.
Just hit me with that. I was making a shield. Okay.
There we go. Guys. Remember the strategy.
Where they're not. We got to hit it first.
You ready? You're quite far back. What's he doing about that?
He's playing with your mind. Don't listen to him.
I'm going to listen to him. See? Go.
Yes. Yes. Dennis.
Oh my God. Let's get up. Out.
Did you see that? Did you see that? Woo.
That's what I like to see.
Oh my God. Dennis. Perhaps performing the first actual semblance of athleticism from that team, I am in awe.
Dennis, are you resting? The cheering? Take all my breath.
No, you can't do that. Serve the sh...
Yes. Yes. Yes.
Oh, come on. Yeah. Oh, that's...
Is that in? Or out? That was in.
That was in. That was in. That's very...
What are you talking about? Okay. Also, you're doing it wrong.
Challenge. Challenge denied. We only had one weight vest.
So the other one is an LTT commuter backpack available at LTTstore.com, full of water.
How do we hit it first? How do we do that part?
Um, okay. This part, right here?
Yeah. Boom. On the part.
Oh. That's some very helpful insight from the experience line.
Honestly, I was wondering about the same thing. I don't know if we've acknowledged the score.
That is unreal. That is... Two points.
They are doing way better than I expected. I think it's your turn.
Yeah. Huge. Oh my God.
Oh my God. I have bad news for you, Warriors.
Badminton has played to 21 points. So we actually lost the first game.
Oh. But there's good news. Okay.
There's a second game. Yes. Okay.
That was a warm-up. So we start over. Love, love.
Let's see how they perform in game two.
Wow. Immediately off to an embarrassing start.
If I was badminton insights, I would want this wiped from the internet immediately.
Can I get a tag team on my partner?
Elijah making a rookie mistake, serving it to the wrong side.
Oh. Oh. Is that fine?
Yeah. If it hits the net. Yeah.
Maybe you didn't explain to them that the tram lines are in. For doubles, it's like short and fat on the serve.
Got it. What are you saying about Elijah? He's calling me fat too.
It's you, right?
Oh. That's not what sportsmen like.
But it is accurate.
Yes. No. No.
Yeah. Yep. Yep.
Hit where they're not. Okay. Tag team.
Tag team. I tried. Okay.
Four-one. Yes. Go.
Go. Yes. Let's go.
Really being the only person of any value, honestly. He did injure himself in.
That was so close. Yeah.
No. Okay. Time.
It's the quarter's bigger. Time. I think you guys are having a bit too easy of a time tracking the shuttle.
So we're going to move it around a bit on you.
I really, I really wasn't sure if we would need all of this.
Wow. This is huge. Oh my goodness.
Elijah's going. What? Elijah's not going quite super sane, but let's say normal sane on those hits.
You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying?
That's what I'm saying.
Yes. Yes. Come on.
Yes. Yes. Yes.
Yes. Yeah. Heck yeah.
I want to see more of those. Okay. They're so ready.
I'm so scared. Hit it where they're not.
Come on, Elijah. You're going to need to get them goggles or something.
They're terrified of this. For reference, a shuttlecock weighs three eggs.
That way that's heavy. Which is a lot of force going right to your face.
You're right to be terrified.
Back, back, back, back, back. Get back up, back up, back up.
Oh, out. Challenge. This might be it.
No, it was out. Out of challenge tonight. This could be it.
Oh, come on. This coach. Time.
You guys ever heard of international talk like a pirate day?
No. No. Perfect.
It's today. I'm going to need you to wear these hats.
And pirates very rarely have bullfies functioning.
That's a lot of handicaps in one go. Left eye or right eye?
Okay, so wait. If you cover on the left eye, should we hit it this side?
Oh my God, I didn't see her. Okay.
It works. Okay. Can you go?
Yeah. Out of Dennis.
Dennis, come on, Dennis. All you have to do is get it over.
Yeah. Yes. Yeah.
Oh, man. Dennis from friendly fire to just plain beautiful badminton.
We'd love to see it. We'd love to see it. And the fan doing a lot of the work there.
Yep, yep. Nice. I just got to hit it.
Are you going to take that? She says we've just got to hit it.
I mean, that's been the case since the beginning.
Yes, Dennis. Oh, me.
What a beautiful rally. Oh, Riley.
What? I don't like this tension on the court.
What was that? What happened? I blacked out.
Riley. I just thought if I could punch it this time, it would.
Are both of your glasses functioning? No, I'm actually there's hair in my eye.
Game point. All right, we got this.
Oh, Riley with a beautiful strategy of just staying out of the way.
It's always as good as he goes for it though.
That's three times better than the first game. You just have to get seven times better than this.
Normally two sets of 21, the match would be over, but we're going to add a bonus set.
We're wiping out the first set. All love all around.
Come on. Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah. Wow. That was almost got it.
Great form. Bad positioning. Bad positioning.
My mom always said.
Yeah. And the first one of the game early on.
Yes. Yes. Oh, God.
Time. I'm confused. Which line is out?
If anybody knows the rules of badminton, please post them in their entirety in the comments
beneath this video. It's time to introduce the Wheel of Pain.
Wow. One of you will spin to change out your racket.
Big. Big. Okay.
And the real sick burn is that it's Yonex.
Yeah. Boom. Whoa.
This actually seems like an upgrade. Yeah, this is easy. The downside of this is that he will now have to be doing a heavy roll as he's over equipped.
So the amount of high frames he gets, that's massive.
Good rally, though.
Oh. Get it over, Elijah.
I'm trying, sir. I got it.
I got it. I got it. Stop hitting it so high.
Yes. Oh, my goodness. The second point.
I think this is a turning point for the keyboard warriors.
I think that they might have a chance this time. This is our chance.
Let's go. A team is on the roll right now.
Wow. Nice. I think this racket might not be enough of an impediment.
Rolling for Jenny. Bad.
Bad. We got it at a wonderful, famous Canadian store, Canadian Tire.
They specialize in automotive parts.
Why are they selling Obama's racket? I feel like that's a false representation of Canadian Tire.
How would you define Canadian Tire? As a store that specializes in auto...wait.
Hmm. Hmm. Okay, get in there, B team.
Get in there. B team. You got this.
You got this. Yes. Yes.
Yeah. Did you see that? That's how you serve.
Two points in a row. I would have been like, you can blame the racket on that. No.
Good shot. Good shot. Okay.
New racket for Greg. He's too good with that one. No.
Tiny. Tiny. What?
What? Whoa. What's the regular size?
This one. This one. This one.
This is the one you've got. What do you mean?
What's a regular size racket? That is what it...
Remember, hit where they're at. Yeah! Oh, my goodness.
Can Altitude take the lead? Cutting it down to only two points.
They could win this. You can tell, you can tell. They're not laughing anymore.
They're getting annoyed now. Yes. Yes.
Yeah. Come on! Yes!
Come on. No. No.
Come on! We're calling for Jenny!
No! It's a rigged, no mercy, no mercy.
Ooh, Jenny's back to the pro racket. That will not make things easier for the keyboard warriors.
Okay, yours. Sides. Come on!
Good power, good power! Hit with the nut!
Oh my goodness, Elijah has successfully rallied the shuttlecock and gotten the point.
We love to see it. We love to see it.
What Elijah's history as a BAM to player?
Joan? Thanks, Joan.
It's the backhand plus the fans. It's such a lethal combination.
Keep it down that side.
No! Time out, time out.
That was out of reach of my keyboard warriors.
We are going to combine teams A and B.
Oh yes. To create a team. The C team.
Called AB. Show us your abs. No, don't show us your abs.
And we're going to reset.
Everything we played until now doesn't count. Next game wins.
And I will re-roll for rackets every three points.
Wow, the rules have changed yet again.
Everything we've watched before doesn't even matter.
Out the window. Turns out that this one is for keeps.
And what are our players winning today?
Joan? Thanks, Joan.
You guys are fully encumbered. How do you feel about your chances?
We were just saying we need to keep it away from this side of the court,
because not being able to change to a backhand grip and the fans is a dangerous combination.
We can't keep putting it there. Their hit rate is like 50%.
So even if there's four of them, it doesn't change too much.
We'll see, we'll see. Now Brad, what do you think? Does having four players in the court actually make it easier?
I'm worried because if you've played any SimCity, traffic doesn't always solve your problems.
In fact, it often introduces them. I've never read that book, but that is good to know.
It's a game.
Joan? They get it, but if it's going hard, then they got to get down.
Elijah? What? What was that?
One, two, three. That's fine.
Never lose, Warriors.
Why are there so many pro spots? Come on!
Why are there so many pro spots, David?
Do you have a pen? I said I'd spin, honestly.
I didn't say I would not alter the wheel. There's not many pro spots left on that wheel.
Okay, love, love. All the marbles.
Nice. Nice! Yay!
Yeah! You should watch my YouTube channel.
I'm going to regret that. The keyboard warriors with the first point.
That bodes well. You can see a massive turnaround.
Again, now that you have four bodies on the court, there's a lot less area for each individual to cover.
They're flexing, and it is falling apart for BDI.
It was on the line.
Are you kidding me? Now for Greg.
Tiny. Thank you.
One, two. Okay, let's go, Greg. No mercy.
I think Greg's actually going to be better with a tiny one.
Look at this.
No, good. He missed. He missed.
He missed. No touch. Three, two.
I missed. Three, two. Okay, warriors are up.
Let's go, warriors.
Dammit, warriors. For Greg.
Big! Now for Jenny.
Ice water. Ice water. Ice water.
It has to be on. You want to electrically charge it.
Oh, my God, no bounce.
Nice.
Out.
Go, go.
My serve was bad last time. I think I'll go.
Ready? Well, now look at this serve. It's more like a golf swing.
What? No. It can't be letting points like that go, you know?
You got to take every opportunity to commit, which is why I want to commit to you.
Oh, my God, Brad. Here's T-Shuttlecock.
Will you marry me?
I do. I'm so happy.
You made me the happiest sportscaster. Thank you so much.
Joan?
Oh! He keeps something. He keeps it.
Why? We can't stay.
Out. No!
Oh! Good try, good try.
That was a good return, though. And the coach is having an all-time crash out right now.
Truly an embarrassing display of emotion.
Yes! Did it!
Did you see that? No way.
Tiny! Now Jenny.
Oh! I just electrocuted myself.
Oh, tiny!
Out! Good call.
Oh, Riley. The lies are coming in from the back lines.
Oh, my goodness! The spike by Dennis. Look how smug he is.
That's the best shot he's ever hit.
Oh, you never played fours versus twosies before?
No mercy, Greg. No mercy.
Out!
Come on, come on, come on, come on. Oh, no!
No! Let's go! Okay, Jenny.
Let's go. They have two pro-rackets.
Oh, no. This could spell disaster.
Get it, get it. Just get it over, just get it over, boys.
Yeah!
I didn't know I was that good.
Okay, Dennis, you're served. 10-7, 10-7. Here we go.
What? 11-7.
11-7. No, but you're serving right into the fans.
It's perfect serve place. It's good. We're doing perfect serves.
Greg gets the tiny racket. That's a tiny racket. The game is changing faster than I can even keep up.
Two tiny rackets. I believe in you, Warriors.
This could change everything. For the first time ever, I believe in you. What?
Oh, nice. I'm proud with this. Dennis, my goodness.
Wow. Oh, yes! Oh, Ariana with the save.
Oh, yes! Oh, Fred is up on the floor.
Let's get a medic out there. Let's check on him. I think find the guy in the back right.
Yeah. These two at the front are good. We're letting them control the game.
Yeah, let's get it away from those two. He's awful.
They're actually locked in now. If they want to win this, I expect them to step up their game very significantly.
Mine. Oh, too high. Sorry.
Mine. Yeah. Mine.
No! That's it. That's the tactics.
That's about it. Give them one. Give them one point.
No! Don't say that, Dennis! Away from Dennis.
Yes. Yes. 9-12.
Time for the wheel of pain. Every three points might have been a lot.
But we're stuck with it now. You get a broom.
Oh, yeah! And Jenny will be tiny. There should be three free points, you guys, realistically.
Okay. This should be three free points.
What? Me. Goose.
Goose. Woo! Yes!
13-9. This is the biggest lead the LTG keyboard worries have had all day.
Oh, my. And they've just extended it to a five-point lead.
And now it's back to a four-point lead. Wow.
Point. The largest of the day. No, not the big.
Oh, Nick! The whole time, all the time.
Let's go.
Great serve. What a serve. That was actually somehow a flawless serve.
That's the serve I've ever hit. 1-4.
Goose. Nice.
Goose. It's beautiful seeing Riley really come into his shoes here.
And as soon as he doubts and lets Lodz have a shot at it, they fall apart.
Thank you, Chrissy.
The win. Greg will be playing with...
Can I? Can I reverse that?
Whoa. He out of nowhere comes an uno-reversed card.
He plays with Tiny. Jenny, meanwhile, has no uno-reversed card.
We've used it now. We have not got another one. And we'll be playing Pro.
Yeah, let's go.
Good. Come on. Yep. Goose.
Keep going. You're doing well. Nice.
Here.
No. Playback.
Playback. I touch. He touched the net.
That's their point. Dennis.
I would fire him for that. Don't worry, he already quit.
In. That was a challenge. What? It's way in.
Yes, Dennis. I'll see you at that shot.
So lucky. Greg will be playing with the room.
Yeah. I should have saved it. He never reversed.
And for Jenny. Pro.
Yours again? Yours. Yes.
Yes. Yes. Good job.
That's good. Hit it where they're not, remember? Yeah.
Let him get the broom. Oh, no. Outside.
Outside. Oh, my God. How is Greg winning points with the broom?
No. That was great. Okay.
That was good reflexes. That was good reflexes, Dennis. 16-17.
Okay. For Greg. Nice.
Yes. Go for it. And Jenny is going tiny.
Yes. Here we go. Nice.
That was a serve. Yes. Wow.
18-16. Just three more points for the win.
That looks so comical. I'm sorry.
I feel bad. I feel kind of mad, but it looks so funny.
Wow.
16-16. One more point for the keyboard warriors to win.
Can they pull it out? The warriors need only one more point,
but to increase their challenge, Greg and Jenny get their pro-rackets now.
They have to get four in a row to tie this game up.
You can stop them. We can do this, guys. You can stop them.
We can do it. We can do this. 16-17.
You've come a long way. This is not it.
Riley. Yeah. Get it up.
Why'd they go better? Mine. Mine.
Mine. Oh, my God. You.
Yes. Oh, my goodness. A big win for the keyboard warriors.
Turns out they had nothing to be scared of at all,
because it turns out when you stack the deck in your favor
repeatedly and eternally, you might just come out on top.
Sorry. I've just got word we have been canceled. Thank you so much for watching.
See you at our honeymoon. So much fun. Thank you.
So much fun. With a score of 21-16,
the keyboard warriors have emerged victorious.
Massive shout out to Badminton Insight, Greg and Jenny.
You guys were absolutely incredible sports.
We were extremely cruel to you.
I really did not expect the wheel of pain to be so awful.
Guys, if you want to check out their channel, they've got tons of great tips and tricks,
vlogs, all kinds of great stuff planned for the future because they actually just went full-time as YouTubers
just a few weeks ago. Check them out.
Badminton Insight. We'll have them linked down below.
Thanks again, you guys. Thanks. Oh, just.
I can't see. We'll lose the eye patch.
Okay. We never got to see Linus play based on that.
Can you just play with them? I'll tell you what.
LMG.GD slash Floatplane. We'll have it as a Floatplane exclusive.
Sure.