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hi everyone welcome back to getg good at
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badminton today we want to take another
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look at lindan and this time analyze the
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difference in his play style pre- and
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post 2010 we wanted to make this video
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because as the goat tons of people study
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and attempt to replicate lindan but
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depending on which lindan you study
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you're going to get vastly different
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results it's not enough to simply try
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and copy another player you need to
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understand some of the principles behind
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why players do what they do that way
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you'll know when incorporating certain
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elements of another player's game in
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your own will be beneficial and when it
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won't today we're going to look more
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specifically at the change in Lind Dan's
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overhead setup and why he went from a
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faster more narrow setup to a slower
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one but before we look at Lind Dan's
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setup let's break down how lindan played
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in his younger years generally pre 2010
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we like to summarize younger lindan as a
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player who will constantly prevent you
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from playing your game and always try to
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play from an attacking position let's
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look at two key parts of his game in
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Chinese there's a concept that directly
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translated means catch the shuttle it's
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essentially anticipating what shot your
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opponent is going to play and
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positioning yourself to take the shuttle
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early Lind Dan's game centered around
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catching his opponent's shots toward the
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backourt he puts maximum effort into
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taking the net early which gives him the
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freedom to play numerous shot options as
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soon as his opponents take the shot
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slightly late lindan will pounce on the
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lift of course you cannot always
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anticipate correctly every time
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especially at the highest level in
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badminton Lind Dan's opponents are
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capable of playing highquality shots to
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neutralize and pressure him which means
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there are always cases where lindan must
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play defensively in these cases lindan
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will frequently opt for faster shots
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like drives and far blocks if you
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watched some of our other videos you'll
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know that the reason is to prevent your
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opponents from having options most
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players generally can't do much with a
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drive except drive back or block
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this is why many people consider young
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lindan to have some of the smoothest
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play his shots are all very intentional
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and he matches his shot speed with his
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footwork lyan's opponents aren't able to
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do much against him and often get choked
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out trying to match lyan's
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Pace after 2010 Lind Dan evolved to be
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more of a control player there was less
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emphasis on trying to take every shot
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early and more of a willingness to play
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defense that does not mean his opponent
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stopped facing pressure though they just
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felt a different kind of pressure while
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playing against pre-2010 lindan made you
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feel like you were constantly trying to
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speed up to match his Pace playing
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post20 lindan always felt like you had
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to play perfectly to win the rallies
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he'll give you the attack and you can
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see him take the shuttle late more often
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but he's very well aware of his
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positioning and understands exactly what
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returns are likely and dangerous hence
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he often returns shots that would
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otherwise be winners and puts his
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opponents out of position for an
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oh unbelievable how quickly he gets up
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oh additionally lindan has phenomenal
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shot quality and still a number of shot
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options when taking the shuttle late his
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opponents cannot hover toward any side
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too much as they need to respect all of
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Lind Dan's options and thus often fail
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to punish lindan when he's out of
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and when you constantly feel like you
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have to play perfectly you can end up
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making more mistakes as you try to pin
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the lines and keep your shots as close
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to the net as possible this is even more
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the case considering that lindan can
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still play fast after
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2010 every so often he changes his speed
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which makes guessing what lindan is
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going to do nearly impossible for a
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player now now regardless of whether you
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think post or pre-2010 lindan was better
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there are interesting changes in his
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technique to look at and learn from
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today we want to focus on his overhead
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setup you may have noticed that older
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lindan generally sets up slower and
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lower compared to younger lindan given
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our understanding of how younger lindan
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plays compared to the older version of
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himself these differences in setup make
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a lot of sense when you set up quick and
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high it allows you to generally take the
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shuttle earlier and create steep angles
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to push the pace of the game and because
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you're playing so fast and raising your
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racket at speeds that often suggest that
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you're playing a smash or drive setting
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up high and fast can make fast to slow
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pace changes more effective for example
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instead of Smashing or driving you can
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use punch clears and drops to throw your
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opponent's Rhythm off watch how younger
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lindan often uses these fast to slow
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pace changes in the backourt
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the downside with setting up high and
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fast is it can potentially be more
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tiring to hold your overhead stance for
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a longer time which is why you should
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generally set up highend fast if you
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play a more attacking style if you're
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going to set up so quickly and hold your
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stance only to play a high clear it kind
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of defeats the purpose of setting up
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quickly in the first place the opposite
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is true about setting up slower and
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lower many players that set up lower
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generally do so because it allows them
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to hold a more relaxed stance and not
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consume as much energy but because you
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set up lower and slower you might get
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into situations where you play more
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defensive shots like high clears and
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drops because your racket is not ready
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in time the benefit however is a slower
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setup can potentially allow you to make
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use of slow to Fast Pace changes better
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something older lindan often did that
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younger lindan did not was move to the
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shuttle almost leisurely and then
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suddenly whipping a drive that catches
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guard with these ideas in mind you
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should now generally understand that one
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setup is not necessarily always better
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than another but rather better or worse
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in certain certain situations if you're
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going to copy lyan's racket setup and
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techniques then you also need to copy
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the shots and style that he plays with
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the setup and technique
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pre-2010 lindan plays very differently
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compared to post20 lindan if you play
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flat and quick you'll find that setting
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up slower and lower can often hinder
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your ability to attack instead a quick
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and high setup may be more suitable to
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allow you to take the shuttle earlier
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and produce steeper angles the opposite
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is a given if you prefer to play longer
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rallies and slow down the pace there
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isn't as much of a benefit by setting up
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quickly and you might just get more
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tired from holding your racket up for so
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long there's more to talk about
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regarding setup too for example where
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your racket faces can also affect the
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ease of playing certain shots and slight
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differences in your grip and wrist
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positioning can significantly affect
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your game but we'll save that for
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