The Evolution of Badminton Men's Single

Men's Single Evolution | 1970s - 2020s
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[@helloworld3683]

Evolution of the Camera too

[@crowd4149]

lmao

[@cholst1]

The clearest ones are the oldest and the newest lol.

[@febrysevtiensugara]

😂😂😂 👍

[@muhamadarifinilham7568]

Lol

[@shinchanthuglifekingg8591]

Correct

[@jackburtonstwin]

The evolution of the badminton racket from wood to steel to carbon fibre along with the evolution of racket strings from gut to high-strength synthetics has made the game much faster. This, in turn, has forced the players to become faster and fitter to meet these demands. I started playing in the late 70s and can say that today's rackets would have been like a gift from the gods back then. My first rackets were close to today's squash rackets in weight.

[@eliezerjk90]

That and various other factors too... Sport science, food technology, physios and everything... Sometimes I wonder what would it looks like when badminton stars at 70-80 have had those all, and how they all will stack up against today's star... Well we'll never know I guess...

[@candhikachandra8736]

absolutely true

[@andrewcannon587]

@@eliezerjk90 without the past learning, badminton today wouldn't be as good either.

[@jackburtonstwin]

@SASA Agreed. As a coach I have found that techniques of movement and footwork have evolved to enable players to cover the court more quickly and efficiently. The economy and efficiency of movement demonstrated by players like Lin Dan are absolutely stunning. He uses remarkably few strides to cover the entire court and that is far more difficult to master than most people can appreciate.

[@nekken1242]

same with the tennis

[@M_Jono]

Lin, LCW, Peter , Taufik was the golden era of men's single

[@l.b.4412]

The fantastic four

[@wh1sp3rr]

ahh yes the good old days of having 4 goats in the game

[@jonathansopamena]

I think recently we're also spectating the making of another golden era with Momota, Axelsen, Ginting, Antonsen, and CTC

[@kchmyy]

@@jonathansopamena momota, axelsen, ginting, lee tze jia.

[@xutiTrinh]

@@kchmyy tai tzu ying was a true legend too.

[@devanshusahu1705]

The level of performance is unbelievably quite high even in the earlier times

[@arvinddas6803]

Yes top level is always top level compared to any era . Thats why they are the best. Sports unlike education filters out the best .

[@mfzoom5401]

@@arvinddas6803 You had us in the first half

[@juspreetsandhu8446]

@@mfzoom5401 : He means to say that sports unlike education filters out _all but_ the best.

[@cocoa9797ify]

LIN Dan & LCW must be the greatest rival of ALL time.

[@achilles956]

Agreed

[@yudhaprawira8760]

You forgot about Taufik Hidayat

[@Zaida_Sport]

@@yudhaprawira8760 masa keemasan tofik cuma sebentar.. beda dengan lcw vs lindan.. sampai kkeduanya hampir bareng pensiunnya, masih jadi rival

[@pineaplehead5020]

Lcw and lin dan has solid play style

[@x1u_r1e]

With LD winning most of the time ahaha

[@aryanverma__0142]

badminton is the most underated sport of all time

[@rifanjanuarsyah3794]

Just Playing Single for 40 min, and you'll know it

[@thesocialinception]

Nah, Ping Pong is

[@kaviwardhman]

Nah, Chess is!

[@estellemelodimitchell8259]

@@kaviwardhman Chess is a game, not a sports

[@thesocialinception]

@@kaviwardhman Chess has never been underrated, look at how many times it appears in movies and shows, it's even got movies and shows specifically about Chess every year. Not underrated. Not a sport.

[@Zayandor]

I played since early 80's. The playing game and speed has evolved, for sure. We noticed that allowed tension on the rackets was about 2,5 x lower than today. There was only just a few brand rackets, while only 2 or 3 were used by most players. The rakets cost was quite high, the weight balance wasn't part of the marketing.... Concerning the way we played, we didn't learned smash jumps before the 90's, also specials moves or other techniques which tends to be faster arrived much lated. It was quite casual play at the beginning for many players. Now even beginners arrive on the court with their own trainers...to play for the winning. But I like both times because badminton is so enjoyable to play, whatever how good you are.

[@Bombshell1833]

I LOVE WATCHING KENTO MOMOTA VS ANTHONY GINTING ALL THE TIME

[@andrewcannon587]

kento momota is boring to watch, all defensive and only strike when opportunity arise which is like watching soccer

[@mhdasmddnx3109]

U must learn to watch lindan n Lcw match..

[@kchmyy]

I guess u are born in 2010s.

[@dicitapak]

Couldn't agree more​@@andrewcannon587

[@shafarifky]

How the game has change, the form, pace, and also the strategy. Beauty

[@herlingaaland]

in terms of strategy can you elaborate on what has changed? I don't see any differences

[@shafarifky]

@@herlingaaland This is my opinion and you may be disagree. With the advancement of the technology in racket, string, and shuttlecock, I think cross-court smash is increasing. And with the change in the system point to rally unlike in the mid 80's, many athletes play with speed or with sheer power of smash. Of course, the physical and endurance is still there and more like the basic, but it's just broadened the type of player we can see today!

[@scarlettl.1623]

I am utmost proud to have a chance and witness the great Lee-Lin rivalry for ten years. Respect for the both of them

[@rottentwapple]

I think one of the biggest revolution is the camera work. It's definitely showing more of the athletes and their movements from multiple angles and makes the game watching experience so much more immersive.

[@Bettahouses]

Taufik has to be one of the most important contributor who change the modern men’s single era with his backhand 👍👍👍👍👍

[@Bombshell1833]

YEAH THAT'S RIGHT. AND I LOVE HIS ATTITUDE TOO. THE MOST MYSTERIOUS BADMINTON PLAYER.

[@aussiexavier3638]

Not really. He was just islamic

[@ayarzuki]

@@aussiexavier3638 not funny at all

[@ashrafndm]

@@aussiexavier3638 bad comment

[@brandonoctavian3781]

@@aussiexavier3638 wtf dude?

[@JacobsBadminton]

How the game has become so much faster and flatter. Also more exciting to watch with the variety and deception in the game.

[@saltyjo7514]

The game did not become faster. This stupid video is just showing selected clips. Make it seem like the modern game is faster but in the old days there were moments that they played very fast too. If i show you a video of people walking in the 60s and then people jogging in the 2020. Can you say humans are moving faster now.

[@JacobsBadminton]

@@saltyjo7514 The game is definitely faster, I mean look at the speed of the smashes now. Technology has certainly helped them. Athlete's conditioning is on another level as well. Not only that but the game is a lot flatter as well upping the tempo of the game.

[@willa8720]

They used to use wooden racket

[@boliusabol822]

yes many coaches have mentioned this to me re the flatness, and you see the players in the beginning of the clip so 1970s are able to get behind the shuttle more(and without needing to scissor backwards), because it was hit higher there's time .. whereas in the later ones, that doesn't happen, as it is hit flatter to pressure the opponent more.. Also they used to do high serves more.

[@fadhilwaynie9620]

Back then, tactical and skill... Now, tactical, skill nd speed plus stamina

[@Zelenskyy9]

Yes, I still remembered the wooden badminton racket i played when i was a child back in the 1970s, it was so heavy !

[@LYB2024]

Wow

[@LYB2024]

I didn't even know!

[@LYB2024]

Now badminton racket is kinda expensive

[@ramalagandhl]

Badminton architect - The legend Zhao Jianhua . Famous with his jumping smash . 90's hero for badminton lovers

[@lexsoft3969]

Denmark players in this video : Svend Pri (1970s), Morten Frost Hansen (1980s), Paul Erik Hoyer Larsen (1990s), Peter Gade Christensen (2000s).

[@otakuhunter4817]

4:36 that defense though. Marvellous

[@vincegelacio9492]

The game is constantly evolving. Nice to see how smash styles differ throughout the years. Great video as always!

[@matthewshepherd5390]

Ye I was thinking that. Did someone invent the jump smash or was jumping not allowed back then or was it simply no one had thought to do it

[@sbhack2077]

@@matthewshepherd5390 no one had thought. Until somebody is

[@mahendraruhendi622]

@@matthewshepherd5390 Because of the old system point that usually drag the game and endurance become a key. More with old racket and string that not suited for fast paced game

[@Koozwad]

It even just differs from player to player. Always interesting tosee those small variations, especially as a competitive player myself. Always more to learn!

[@dhennytaruna9940]

@@matthewshepherd5390 the one who popularize jump smash is liem swie king. Thats why his smash is famous as king smash. Smashing without jumping actually create more power but jumping adding the angle. I think the racket and strings at that time cant give the same reaction of jumping smash than nowadays. Even though the racket is heavier. The string was much much more thicker than today and they were made from animals body part (I forgot which part and animal). Also, jump smash is really tiring and the nutritions of the athlete, body building stuff like that arent as good as today

[@ieiesantoso6987]

i started playing around 90s. and i was named after one of Indonesian's player in the 70s. i can see and feel that the badminton earlier was more to placements and not much power in it. perhaps due to the racket materials and regulations. towards more modern times, it become more strength and speed. i think this evolution makes badminton more interesting

[@tapchannel1460]

The evolution of everything. The point calculation, the pace, the tools (racket, string, birdie, shoes, etc) and the evolution makes the game is better to watch.

[@applasamysubbharao2578]

Thank you very much. Started playing badminton from age of 11. Now 61. The weight of the rackets making all the difference.

[@amberxIaoAya]

I think 90s badminton impact and change a lots, start to become faster, powerful and dive return

[@andrewcannon587]

ya, when china badminton enter the BWF, heehee

[@andrewcannon587]

funny face but still cute though :)

[@Longtack55]

Taufik and LCW are my favorite.

[@viiidii7940]

This video made me realise how beautiful badminton game is..

[@muravi8167]

Wonderful Episode - knowledgeable and informative and it clearly shows how the game of badminton has evolved over the years ! thank you !!

[@anggitivory7261]

Please do evolution of mixed double. It must be exciting where a lot of the women even do strong jump smash, cover a lot of back court

[@davemustaine5992]

Sidek brothers were Legends. Managed to bring back Thomas Cup. Last time badminton was harder. The system was based on 15 points, however, the one who served and managed to win during that serve, will get the point. Players most of the time change serves without gaining any points because they lost to opponent. They rallied for hours. One set felt like eternity. Imagine playing three sets. Stamina was tested until the third set.

[@MulaBatiswaHutagaol]

I hated (not in hostile) the Sideks, especially Rashid because they quite troublesome for Indonesian players. I couldn't agree more with you about the old point system. When watching out fav player lost the serve without getting point, it was disappointing. Long rally was also the amusing show. And when getting into rubber set, it was thrilling.

[@christinepeace3813]

Indeed, the old system was really long and tiring! I was searching for a comment on this, thank you for bringing it up 😊

[@harukrentz435]

I still think they (IBF) changed the point system after 2004 Thomas Cup in Indonesia after the game was played 8 hours non stop 😃 tbf the current point system is better although it benefits stronger players the most, like Lin Dan for example.

[@aliahyenz6581]

@@MulaBatiswaHutagaol they're Malaysian right

[@MrJ4ckie]

@@budiman4395 How the devil did you come to the conclusion that the current points system benefits any particular group of players

[@thiagarajan4370]

No doubt Super Dan lifted the sports to another level. The GOAT in badminton.

[@namitgrover4561]

These player's have give modern methods to badminton game and a high level of competition in tournament's.

[@KenLoChannel1]

the evolution is always going up and up. It gets more and more complex, speedy, powerful and challenging.

[@gunawan783]

当時のラケットでこのスマッシュの速さはエグすぎ

[@feliviatan]

I always love badminton since i was 9 😆😍 this is cool

[@chanlaoshi8634]

Beautiful to see how better racket technology as well as athleticism allows modern single players to play so much more aggressive. Even defensive players like Chen Long play so much more "active" in their strategy compared to the players from the 70s and 80s. I wonder if this trend will continue or if in ten years maybe players will become more defensive again...

[@WSWChannel]

0:03 Svend Prie, one of Rudy (Hartono)'s toughest opponents, which ended Rudy's record of winning streaks at the All England 1975. Unfortunately, had to end his life in sadness :(

[@jyotikamalsingh9349]

I can handle watching these many legends in a single video 🤯

[@wendymarvell6623]

2010-2020 LeeChongWei-LinDan, KentoMomota-AntonyGinting,... Omg, amazing for all of them

[@kinershah464]

I still remember when I first started playing in around 2004 old rules were there. You had to win two points to break the service I think and that made games longer and caused more exhaustion. Doubles also had some different rules I think. I really liked the trick shots of Peter Gade, when I got my first PC in 2011, I would spend my time watching trick shot videos on KZbin, old games of Lin Dan, Lee Chong Wei, and Peter Gade. Some time back I did watch some videos of very old matches, but the quality wasn't good, hope someone finds and uploads a good quality video for those.

[@ARP1714]

As someone who has only played local park level badminton, I couldn't make out the changes until I read the comments. very enlightening

[@hangkebun7271]

My top fav: 1. Lin Dan (all rounded) 2. Lee Chong Wei (reflect & agile) 3. Taufik (skillful) 4. Peter Gade (deception) 5. Joko Suprianto (power) 6. Sun Jun (very fast & power) 7. Xia Xuanze (his collar always up)

[@michaelliu9657]

collar always up hahaha

[@user-ou1nc5pj4c]

Collar ups in a fan of Eric Contana hihi

[@jackgoodnight2]

Taufik overrated

[@ferdianarkasatya4027]

​@@jackgoodnight2no

[@aryan-34]

Badminton was always extraordinary .In the Past also and in the present also and will be in the future also 😊

[@satmuhan]

"National Archive of RI" so proud being an indonesian badminton fan ❤

[@stevelo2057]

There are many great players, but I like LD and LCW the most as they have a lot of great matches and great moves.

[@yananli3988]

me2

[@toahstudio5146]

The past - Lin dan, lee chong wei, taufik hidayat , peter gade, hendrawan, sony dwi, chen long, chen jin, chen hong Now - kento, axelsen, lee zi jia, ginting, antonesen, chou tiow chen, shi yuqi.

[@handymanny6615]

Foo Kok Keong should be included as I believe he was the first player to do the diving return.

[@alberthuang4868]

Han Jian of China was already doing diving retrievals way before Foo KOK Keong

[@achilles956]

Good one ☝️

[@guystoners]

I really noticed the quality of the cameras evolving :)

[@peterhammer4644]

It's incredible how hard Svend Pri hit his smashes. Especially with those rackets in the 70:s.

[@damararyohanggoro9162]

It just gets better over time.

[@haoziran8179]

@01:24, The last heavenly king of 90s...Zhao Jian Hua, my all time badminton idol when i was a teenager.....

[@ngumin]

Props to the cameraman for always being there!

[@Beeterfish]

Lin Dan is, without a doubt, the greatest badminton player ever.

[@MrGrombie]

You can tell the people are more athletic now. That’s pretty cool. It would have been nice to see a better _Then & Now_ with the contrasts though. Future thought.

[@nazz69]

The most powerfull smash single player of all time goes to LIEM SWIE KING with the racket name BLACKEN produced by YONEX. Made from steel for shaft & aluminum frame.

[@loudersound]

@Astitva Kothari his jumping smash

[@Rajj854]

I have played with the Blacken when I was in school. It is the best racket I have seen. Perfect balance and power.

[@charlieamorris04]

Honestly, the game hasn’t actually changed that much, the way they play shots are the same, and the only thing that’s really changed is the short serve in men’s singles, the big difference really is in the way the game is paced and how they control the court, the fundamentals are the same, but tactics have changed

[@IM-rg3cw]

Agree

[@ZhuGeLiang6969]

racket and strings chance the game.. a lottttt

[@nkumar159]

Actually what has changed is the part of smashing, in 80's and 90's u don't see ppl jumping in the air and smashing.

[@loochunboon1615]

Yang Yang relied heavily on jumping smashes. Liem Swie King also, though to a smaller extent

[@nkumar159]

Hmm, ya I am not kinda sure about the players at that time, the rallies which i saw in the video, I am just telling via comment section

[@xananakasmo826]

Good insight ! All the time, only King (Liem Swie) able to play Single and Double ! And both are successful...

[@NMad-kp2bu]

Btw, Carlton 3.7X racket is worth collecting. I saw a pair of that racket at flea market, it feels good in my hand, best-balanced

[@ivan.sutyagin]

Great video! But it could be better, if there was games of Chen Hong, whose style and plastic of movements was the brightest in 2006-2009)

[@user-mh7tu6cr3q]

Отлично! 必须顶你！陈宏的动作像教科书一样.

[@user-mh7tu6cr3q]

很多退役的前国家羽毛球队的队员都认为赵剑华和陈宏的动作是最标准和最好看的。

[@95thRiflesOCI]

3:37 you came for this

[@karthikd85king]

The quality of game remains unchanged over the decades, it just a quality of video coverage changed.

[@x520x1314x]

Ppl forgetting to mention about the point system. Back in the day the points were up to 15. You can only get a point when its your serve. If your opponent was serving and u won that rally, all u get is the service. Then if u win again during ur service u will get the point. This meant that games dragged on way longer as sometimes players would give service over back and forth which resulted in a standstill in the points.

[@broodguns5190]

First video maestro rudi hartono❤

[@hellboycody]

One thing I can tell, cameras are getting better!

[@acxezknightnite1377]

The sound of the shuttle strike is so completely different now! It sounded more like tennis at the start

[@seangeranco4490]

I miss playing badminton

[@dawjy9413]

The players from the 80s and 90s were the best and toughest imo especially bc they were using the 15 pt side out system.

[@soniatiwari9986]

What's that

[@dawjy9413]

@@soniatiwari9986 rally scoring vs sideout scoring...in sideout scoring you have serve and win the play in order to get a point. In 21pt rally scoring you score regardless if you serve or not, all you have to do is win the play and you earn a point.

[@fandhinurhidayat626]

@@dawjy9413 Not really, back then in 80s and 90s players just play in 7-8 tournament in a year so they have a much time to recovery. Currently, players can play in 16-17 tournament in a year, yeah there's a big gap.

[@dawjy9413]

@@fandhinurhidayat626 rally vs sideout. Sideout is much tougher.

[@iwinlee]

yeah, agree... playing in old point regulation need more stamina... and the system also give the trailing player more chance to chasing points... to be honest i like the old 15 pts system more...

[@fiantonypratama9954]

Everytime I Saw Taufik Hidayat's play, It seems like his footwork is so effortless and efficient. Not doing many steps to chase shuttlecock.

[@fiddleronthecube7835]

I played during the 15 points to win era. The serve is defensive so I like the old scoring method. Endurance was more important.

[@behthiansu]

Zhao Jian Hua is still the best, and most elegant !

[@upy0ur5]

That guy became more like a machine the longer the match took to finish. He made less and less mistakes as the game progresses. He was the true predecessor of Lin Dan.

[@behthiansu]

@@upy0ur5 Yes yes.

[@santosj2274]

Can't agree more .. genuine genius.

[@behthiansu]

@@santosj2274 Yes, happy to know you who has same thought as me!

[@andrewcannon587]

no doubt LD had took some pages from ZJH playbook

[@fitrianafauziah135]

I didnt know that there was a mens single players like LD and LCW I only know Taufik Hidayat and Paul Eric Hoyer , thank you for sharing such an epic video..

[@happyface96]

Glad to have the Momogi rivalry now that the LCW and LD era has passed.

[@StevenSenjaya]

It feels like their era has been over already since the pandemic. Now it's literally VA vs everyone

[@kagendralaga]

it has ended unfortunately... Ginting is struggling to get to his best again and Momota... well, you know what happened to him. As the reply above me said, it's now Viktor Axelsen vs everyone, though he's starting to be dethroned by young players now + age.

[@lexsoft3969]

The clip of 1980s should feature jump smash by Liem Swie King, although he had done it since late 1970s.

[@boedix83]

Just like football. More speed, more physical, and more tactical. In term of technical not so many different. But I do miss the 100 Watt smash from Heryanto Arbi.

[@cada65]

i feel like badminton has never changed a bit in a good way ofc

[@PapaTsukemen]

I think there is definitely borderline 90’s before or after regard as rally-quality. racket itself or strategies evolves?

[@eliezerjk90]

I think the racket technologies improved so rapidly at that time, making the game faster. The evolution of the strategy was the result of that. I remember see an IG post from Yonex about the cycle. The tools evolve the game, the game evolves the players, the players players evolve the tools...

[@eliezerjk90]

instagram.com/p/CMOtjOvjBgX/? The post I mentioned earlier

[@sadiqhussain2563]

Fast and power that's the evolution.

[@abhikaushal8417]

Just seeing camera's evolution; Badminton is always the sme.

[@chinlongcham1017]

From competition of stamina to competition of speed and technique

[@ayushkp.official]

Everyone's a gangsta until Lin Dan comes 🔥💯

[@jonzwikk1582]

Players have become really superfit, fast and strong nowadays

[@muhammadreykhanfirdaus590]

1.Rudy Hartono 2.Taufik Hidayat 3.LCW 4.Anthony Ginting My best idol

[@LeiGabrielUgto]

you can learn a lot of tricks and the play style during the evolution

[@sendyputran6080]

Taufik Hidayat is a legend of Indonesian player with his beautiful back hand smash

[@SayJim]

Actually very solid early stages of badminton. Least evolved in terms of play style meta from the sports evolutions I've seen, but that's pretty cool and interesting.

[@moatef1886]

Yeah honestly those guys in the 70s are insane. They were playing with rackets that were almost as heavy as squash rackets and still playing pretty well.

[@wfrost2444]

one thing for sure is that the camera quality got better

[@brianchew9228]

The evolution of the atmosphere changed too. Previously it is all quiet. The players just play. The crowd just claps at most when win a point back then.

[@toothlesstheblackcat1001]

These 1970s players will still beat me even me using modern gears.

[@rezhaadriantanuharja3389]

Evolution of the shirts too, from classic Polo to lion dance crew uniform

Can I dowload this video to post my facebook? Thanks u so much

[@chuniireads5081]

1:02 is that Viktor Axelsen 😂

[@sirmohammad7184]

Evolution of the speed & skills too.

[@yuttasakarakkitsakul4288]

Evolution during 1980s is the great leaping for playing badminton. The style of smash, drop shot and defence is changed a lot. Many leader countries in Asia like China, Indonesia and Japan create those techniques to the game.

[@AkuCintaIslamVideo]

Denmark for single and korea for doubles. Japan wasn't that good at that time, even now they're still "tuning" for the best fit style for their team.

[@w_k773]

The point counting system were different too back then, u can only earn points when it's your turn to serve

[@daddy326]

4:31

[@zainizamzakaria81]

evolution on the tshirt also.. from white to white with strips/patterns, and with color as nowadays.. sleeveless shirt also allowed.

[@kavypatel007]

Lin dan the GOAT ❤

[@TheGowshikan]

The graph just went stoinksss after Lee Lin debut

[@bartocastro3672]

If I recall correctly, in 90s single players always serve high and long. Short serve are rare. Nowadays, it's the opposite.

[@carokann4244]

Sports tech evolved much faster than the techniques because when skills of athletes are at par the difference in equipment may be the winning difference

[@arvinddas6803]

The equipment is as good as you can use it. As the time has evolved the materials have changed but then at this level all players play with equally good equipment. Motor sports is one sport where a small change in tech makes a huge difference . That is an absolute tech dependent sport.

[@neelagrawalla9449]

Now this video should add new evolution how Prannoy of India is defeating Ginting of Indonesia!!🇮🇳🔥

[@villsonthong1654]

skill evolve to speed