Lin Dan's most effective decade long strategy to beat anyone in the world

[@theshuttler4458]

0:30 Lin Dan is playing against left handed opponenet, that means it is not about opposite handed opponents he doesnt care he has his own strategy irrespective of opponenets

[@badmintonjournal]

It's at 0:38

[@Joseph53787123]

Wow I never thought that Badminton is so complex after I watch your video and analysis. Lin Dan & his coach pay attention to this very thoroughly. Bravo! 🤩

[@badmintonjournal]

Yes! Lin Dan has been most efficient player followed by Chen Long and Momota

[@badmintonjournal]

Some of you Guys took my video in wrong way... what I meant to explain.. to not expose your backhand side of court too much vulnerable to get attacked.. and about attacking..it's not about whether u hit to opponents backhand or forehand..it's about 1.are you in a position to hit straight or cross. 2. distance of cross smash is long so if opponent defends it welll..then you'll have to run all the way to get it back which is useless. Especially if you hit overhead cross.. the speed of recovery is way less because your back is over worked 3. Are you generating enough rotational power from your forehand rear court. 4. Straight overhead smash is great because rotational power is high and distance is less... a little variation once in while will keep opponent guessing

[@clipworld3316]

Good video bro... Keep doing... waiting for new videos like this

[@badmintonjournal]

@@clipworld3316 thanks a lot

[@stormfang9388]

​@@badmintonjournal Sir you inly showed clips and comparison against right handed (opposite of Lin Dan's) players. What if the opponent and you happen to be a player with same handedness? Du u still follow this strategy? Cuz then both the cross smash and straight smash will be at their forehand side.

[@badmintonjournal]

@@stormfang9388 again and again It is not about forehand or backhand Read comment again

[@GTChow]

Very good analysis. One thing to take note of is that this works well for Lin Dan because he is left-handed. From a right-hander's perspective, it is easier to think of it as always lifting to the deep forehand rear court of the opponent, then smashing to his backhand side when there is an opportunity (assuming that the opponent is also right-handed which is usually the case)

[@badmintonjournal]

@@GTChow sorry to say man This is not what I had explained Please go through my pinned Comment !!

[@badmintonjournal]

@@GTChow and look at my recent uploaded video clip on service At the end of the video I had shown my own game play where I pit these strategies to use

[@GTChow]

@@badmintonjournal thanks for sharing man

[@ari-athbadminton0301]

Nice analysis, it works well for him because (1) He has all the shots in the book and execute them with perfect technique making hard to predict where the smash will land, (2) his left hand offer more speed on the cross court smashes making it equally effective (3) his technique and physical ability offer him room to play-other shots to shake the strategy from time to time and keep the opponent guessing (4) he has mental discipline to not get disrupted by opponent strategy keeping his game plan steady This is a lefty vs righty situation, the game is different with lefty vs lefty (watch his olympic2012 quarterfinal against Japanese Sho Sasaki or even his matches against Kento Momota)

[@badmintonjournal]

He plays same against lefty players , no change in strategy But he struggles a bit in that situation A tutorial om cross court smash winner just like Lin Dan but with right hand is coming I'll also share in depth analysis of righty vs righty using above strategy

[@badmintonjournal]

Thank you! Thank you so much everyone for liking and understanding my video! I'm not a video editor or even good at it so it took me a lot of efforts to create this one. will keep creating more and more analytical videos which you guys must have missed observing.. and bit controversial observations like " lee chong wei has worst footwork or Why kento Momota completely copied Lin Dan's strategy"

[@iamcollinlam]

LD is a left hander. Try to observe those matches then he played another left handers. You will be surprised he didn't do the same. For competing normal right handers,itt's not just about those rotational power or his attacks, think from the opponent's side : he attacks their back hand sides so that the returns would most likely still fall back to LD's own forehand side & he could continue attack (while the opponents were still in defensive state). When you watch his matches against other left-handers, you may notice that he did the opposite & kept throwing drives & clears towards the overhead of the opponents. Interesting to observe 🎉

[@badmintonjournal]

@@iamcollinlam watch at 0:38, match against left handed

[@dangvu2102]

Nice Video brother ! you gain a subscriber ! looking forward to see your analysis on Chen Long

[@badmintonjournal]

@@dangvu2102 thanks man! Uploading a video on Lin Dan's footwork today..I hope it helps all as well

[@nitayjain7730]

Really good video dude. Keep up the hard work. You gained a new sub. Really underrated. Helped me a lot in making my own strategy. Would be rlly appreciated if you made similar vids abt other players like LEE CHONG WEI , MOMOTA , VIKTOR AXELSON . Anyways much love... Keep going

[@badmintonjournal]

Thanks Nitya! I'll try to make better videos from now on I want to teach badminton to all over the world with my analyst mindset that will help badminton get even better.

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[@nitayjain7730]

​@@badmintonjournalThat's a rlly wonderful thought. You rlly do have a great analyst mindset. And tbh you succeeded doing so to thousands with just one vid . Especially me. Love you dude. All the support. Good luck.

[@badmintonjournal]

@@nitayjain7730 encouraging words Thank you!!

[@loppy-d7x]

can you make a video dedicated to show lin dans strategy against leftys? or does he still use the same strategy

[@badmintonjournal]

Good idea I was actually thinking of it

[@FirasChelsea1155]

The strategy here is brilliantly analysed but one limiting factor is that this would work if the dominant arm of both players differed from each other. If both players are only right-handed or only left-handed, this strategy seems a bit tough to implement. Maybe some adjustments need to be made.

[@badmintonjournal]

this was the same thought i have had, but after analysing many games of LCW,AXELSEN, LEE ZI JIA, LOH KEAN YEW...and many more right handed players, its evident that this strategy is really good.. especially when viktor used this strategy during olympics 2021 finals against chen Long... but hey.. Why dont we try ourselves and use it and lets see if it works for all? for me it did play very important factor in getting better and stable in my fast paced game.. really able to convert these overhead straight smashes into winners

[@adrianljx66]

To correct you on the dominant hand part, the trick for this strategy is to smash the opponents weaker side and to clear it to your stronger side In which case, for the majority of people, the backhand is weaker while the forehand is stronger In the event you notice your opponent has a stronger backhand compared to forehand, just do it the other way around, smashing the weaker side

[@FirasChelsea1155]

@@adrianljx66 but we also need to consider the build up of the smash, i.e., pushes to the forehand side of the opponent, will leave us exposed on our backhand and thus the build up to our smash wouldn’t be as effective. Unlike in the video, pushes to the forehand side of the opponent don’t expose Lin Dan’s backhand side

[@badmintonjournal]

Guys you took my video in wrong way... what I meant to explain.. to not expose your backhand side of court too much vulnerable to get attacked.. and about attacking..it's not about whether u hit to opponents backhand or forehand..it's about 1.are you in a position to hit straight or cross 2. distance of cross smash is long so if opponent defends it welll..then you'll have to run all the way to get it back which is useless. 3. Are you generating enough rotational power from your forehand rear court. 4. Straight overhead smash is great because rotational power is high and distance is less... a little variation once in while will keep opponent guessing

[@TheErix77]

Very nice analysis

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[@kd-qn9dj]

agree with almost everything i have been writing about it for so long straight overhead smash from your backhand side which dips and follow up is the most feared shot and having proper motion and power makes your game dangerous in ways unimaginable , look at the all the best players which are up there to be considered best in recent time , lin dan , lee chong wei , kento momota, viktor axelsen all have a great overhead smashing technique (apart from chen long which primarily always used cross smash) , master this motion and you are good for great things in future i can count on fingers today which player has a proper overhead technique : shi yuqui , li shi feng , ginting , rest are dominantly cross court smashers and for the backhand side of lee chong wei , he was not wanting himself to be exposed when he played lin dan all those times but when you play a lefty you get to know that your backhand defense is breakable , things are way different when you play a lefty for a righty , in reverse lefties majorly play righty starting from junior stages , because anyone can tell their is a scarcity of left handed players be it any racket sport apart from i think table tennis got the most , so they get used to the game quickly (i think it is make or break in their situation either they are way too good or they fall flat , their is no in between) and generally develops strong backhand side themselves better in comparison to a righty see the example of momota no one could break his backhand defense apart from the time he played fast players like ginting , lcw which along with speed had good deception also overhead smash and follow up , and everyone had backhand side exposed by momota so their is nothing new to it , it happens when you play a lefty everyone know viktor's pet shot is straight overhead smash from his backhand side and he now has 2 gold medals with it. lee chong wei till 2009,10 was not considered a great smasher but he developed , worked on his technique till the time next olympics came he could attack from anywhere and everywhere so i guess players should take a note and try to change their technique while they still can

[@badmintonjournal]

Bro I really really appreciate your knowledge.. We all deserve a group chat don't we😂 We will be able to talk for hours and hours

[@gone117-r8g]

Classic youtube non copyright music over lin dan goes so hard

[@badmintonjournal]

Yess🎉

[@robeldam]

Very nice analysis! Ty!

[@badmintonjournal]

Glad you liked it!

[@robeldam]

@@badmintonjournal subscribed! I started training badminton very late and there are tons of videos on improving technique but not so many about strategy and the mental aspect. This was really applicable and well explained!

[@badmintonjournal]

Wow encouraging words.! New video to you incoming

[@CSAbhishekPathania]

Can u explain that exposed thing Does it mean we need to cover more area on backhand ??

[@badmintonjournal]

@@CSAbhishekPathania exposed in the sense the shuttle is in front of your backhand side in opponent's court..there are more chances of getting hit to your backhand side

[@CSAbhishekPathania]

@@badmintonjournal thnx buddy Go for his footwork tutorial too

[@CSAbhishekPathania]

@@badmintonjournal can u do tutorial on his footwork too

[@badmintonjournal]

I uploaded it man! I hope you've watched it.. there are so many more videos to come..do subscribe

[@sparshaneeljana3950]

Nice analysis. But i tried this strategy against some players and I found that when I do the cross forehand and straight overhead smash, I hit the shuttle to the forehand side of the opponent. And as you have told, I should hit it to the backhand but for that i should play left handed or my opponent should be left handed. What should I do?

[@badmintonjournal]

@@sparshaneeljana3950 No It's okay to be hitting at opponents forehand As long as you're hitting it with good power. Second watch my video on deceptive cross smashes Third, like shown in the video... after 6 7 smashes change the placement of smashes Do it consistently, Add your own creativity And finally never doubt your own strategy even if it is not getting you point, confidence was key in Lin Dan winning with same strategy even against left handed players. Check Lin Dan against same handed player at 0:38

[@cyberpsybin]

All this works because Lin Dan is LEFT HANDED. In all racket sports left handers have a basic underlying advantage because there are fewer of them. It's the same in tennis with Nadal as well.

[@badmintonjournal]

@@cyberpsybin watch Lin Dan's match against left handed players And check if he uses same strategy or not

[@kustanmercurio-uc3xf]

this really help

[@badmintonjournal]

Glad to give my knowledge

[@loppy-d7x]

Im a right hand Do i still lift/clear at forehand corner?

[@badmintonjournal]

@@loppy-d7x no keep your backhand safe Expose your forehand side most of the time

[@loppy-d7x]

@@badmintonjournal got it so i would mostly lift/clear on opponents backhand? (right vsright)

[@AbcO-i9u]

Wow amazing 🙌

[@badmintonjournal]

Thank you 🙌

[@tarunvamsikoduganti5244]

😍 amazing

[@vkrnYT]

ima try this strat fr

[@badmintonjournal]

Thanks for understanding the strategy! But remember.. to not open up your backhand side too much to the opponent.. worst stroke ever is forehand cross court lift.do avoid it

[@vkrnYT]

hoping you to make more strategy video like this 🙏​@@badmintonjournal

[@ato6723]

Could you do chen long and kodai pls

[@badmintonjournal]

Chen long is my favorite and half of next videos are on him. I'll do kodai breakdown as well.. he's really fast

[@ato6723]

Yay ​@@badmintonjournal

[@ato6723]

​@@badmintonjournalnow he has changed the playstyle back to his 2022 form

[@badmintonjournal]

Okay cool!!

[@redsam1000]

i wish there would be analysis on doubles too

[@badmintonjournal]

you got it ! Doubles strategy incoming..you just subscribe the channel and put notifications ON!!

[@redsam1000]

@@badmintonjournal may i suggest kevin/gideon gameplay? 😊

[@badmintonjournal]

Cool ​@@redsam1000

[@maxwong8845]

Found a gem.

[@badmintonjournal]

Thank you 🎉:) I'll stay the gem forever

[@saisaigraph1631]

Wow awesome analysis god sent Thank you very very much brother haven't seen anything like this in badminton 🏸 videos

[@badmintonjournal]

Appreciate it ! I hope you've subscribed

[@LOKESH7043]

Try to decode kento momato gameplay too

[@badmintonjournal]

Done! Will do 👍

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Subscribe until then and keep notification ON Decoding momota, Chen Long, Shi yuqi next