The reason they bias towards the front (and in Lin Dan's case), extremely toward the direction of the service, I think, is similar to why you would bias towards the side of a defensive lift: the shortest distance is covered better. Tighter nets are executed more consistently in professional play, so by preparing further back, they are risking letting a tight net fall too far, whereas they can generally neutralize lifts/pushes fairly easily.

This was an amazingly well made video with a brilliant commentary

Thank you for doing what you love and sharing the fruit of your efforts with us. I love these mirrored slow-mo videos of Lindan's. I use these videos among some other's in my training. Getting better at badminton is quite fulfilling and enjoyable.

Your videos inspired me for my research! I’m researching using video analysis. Keep up the good work!

Best analysis I ever saw.... Awsumm videos... Keep making them... Love from india

Good work. I did these kind of analysis in professionals long back when my kids are still young as coaching is expensive. Good way to improve self!

Nice work. He seemed better in predictions when you did slow motion. Good point

Lin Dan and Taufik had some fun in a professional game. They both agrees to change handedness to see who is better with their weaker hand.

Thanks for the analysis.

Great video, keep it up!

i love this video! please make more :)

Make more of such analysis...... very helpful

Nice video. As per my experience: 1)push return requires your opponent to move and hit quickly which means he/she is going to hit the shuttle with less control and choices. It proves useful if you want to control rallies. 2)they are not positioning themselves to cover the front court. Positioning your legs like that helps you cover the lenght of the court easier which is usually the most difficult to cover in low serves(easily exploited by push returns)

so smooth and brave footwork

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in my experience playing badminton, about 80 to 90 percent of my low serves get returned to the back and i made the mistake of moving my feet immediately after the serve to cover the back. this made it very easy for my opponents to deceive me because every so often they will do a low net return but because i subconsciously prepared to split step backwards to get he shuttlecock, i end up missing those low returns. now i follow a strategy similar to lin dan, i.e. covering the front court after a low serve so that i can easily cover those low returns. as for when i get a return to the back, i find that i still have enough time to get back to do a clear/neural shot and get to the middle of the court and continue the game without being disadvantaged.

Awesome video !

This is good. I have always tried to analyse Lin Dan's post-serve footwork myself. Sometimes I try to serve short and I get caught out by a push to the back, especially if the opponent uses some trickery just before the push. As a result, I bias my stance to serve maybe half a foot towards the baseline to cover any push, and I stand on the balls of both feet, albeit with my left heel lifted higher than my right (I'm right handed like your mirrored Lin Dan). I also sometimes use the flick serve, which I feel reduces the likelihood of the opponent using trickery on his return of serve. Sometimes I serve out wide too, just to give him something different to look at. Can you do a video of Lin Dan serving from the ad court? Thanks, keep it up.

Looking forward to your break down analysis of how Lin Dan moves to the back court!

Lin Dan positions his feet more to the front because he want to be able to intercept earlier at the net which would change the pace and reverse the control that the opponent has. Although Taufik played most clears I think there isn't a problem for him since he's so fast. Great video anyways. Keep it going😊

this showed up on my youtube feed! Had no idea you make these videos! These videos gets me pumped to play more....

Pls make a video on covering the push return after a short serve. I’m struggling on covering these types of shots after my serve.

Answers : Q1)Most professionals return serve at the back because at start of the rally they are not very active. So lift back gives them more time to adjust. Q2)They keep their body weight in front because when the opponent hits a shot in front they go in front by taking the suitable split step and when opponent hits in front they need not take the split to come to centre. But if opponent hits back then they will have to take one split step.

Nice video , wanna see few more

Nice man👍

Such a good video. I like it a lot. Could you make a video about Lin Dan's footwork after he smashes or drops? Your video would be greatly appreciated.

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The video is a mirror and now Lin Dan is right-handed :)

Man I Love your Videos ?

In my opinion after watching and your question why lifting to the back after serve, usually is because it opens up the opponent defense and looking for weak spots in a safer manner. It also takes more energy for opponent to return center, upsetting their balance. where pro players are really good at slicing speedy drop shot, it's an easy point to follow up and keep the opponent guessing the next shot will be. Two consecutive overhead shots after serve will leave u to start guessing and disoriented. Straight Playing into opponent strategy.

professionals train so much more than just gym and drills. they train reflection and most importantly body balance as well. You need to not only maintain but recover your balance in split second in badminton

So easy since lindan was born in badminton arena, he always play his super predictions in most rally especially in the first three rallies.that is why Lin keep his position in offensive rather than defensive, it's way more better for him to make a sudden kill

How about from the odd side?

can u make analysis on lindan grip and lindan smash.

1) They push/lift so that they get time to recover and get ready for the next shot. 2) To maintain the low center of gravity.

It is completely untrue that he serves to the same spot all the time. For example, following your mirror image, if it is an odd number serve, Lin Dan likes to serve to the far front corner, if the opponent is caught off guard, it is more likely that the opponent lifts straight which would be Lin Dan's forehand. But it is not all the time he would serve to the corner. If someone always serves to the same spot, it will be easy for the opponent to get into rhythm.

Lin Dan plays right handed?

You actually don't need to win more rallies. Consider a 16-21 21-19 21-19 score line. The winner(s) have actually scored 1 less point. Of course it can be much more drastic.

How can Lin Dan play with right hand.

Pushing back on serve is better because ,because it is always difficult to return a flick after serve and as u said earlier in vid ,usually the player wins rally who his under lesser pressure,its dificult to explain ,you gotta play with the professional guys to understand

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LD right handed??

hay

But the video is mirrored.

Push return = less angle of attack and favours modern badminton playstyle (playing flat until there's a chance to open up)

How lin dan is playing with right hand

Lin Dan is using his right hand to hold the racket. I thought he was left handed???

The red player is not Lin Dan as Lin Dan is left handed player

Lin Dan is righty? I think he is lefty. The video you used is wrong.

He is not lindan , because he is left handed, but in the video it shows that he is righty

They mostly pushed back the service because the opponent really hard to get into good position. It really depend on how good your push. Using low serve as amateur probably not recommended because this exactly same reason. In amateur, using high serve is good choice.

lin dan holds the racket with his left hand dude...........

He is left handed but in the video it's oppsite

In order to win, you don’t need to win more rallies. That’s wrong. If you win two sets 21:19 and lose one set 0:21 you only won 42 rallies but your opponent won 59 rallies. Think it over!

That’s not even lin Dan cuz Lin dabs left handed and that guy is right

Lin D is left handed

Everything you said is in reverse cause the video is mirrored.

This is not Lin Dan he is left handed, here player is right hander

Wtf that’s not even his left and right foot. You mirrored the videos. Lin dan is left handed plus also how does a good first shot end up with a good last shot? I guess there is some correlation but very little and the last shot isn’t really conditional on the first shot

lin dan is a left hand player. video showing right handed ...

I kinda wonder why Lin Dan doesn't really cover his forehand front corner. The way he moves to that spot is kinda unstable and he may fall if not careful. And if his opponent drives to the line then it would be out of reach for Lin Dan.