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today we'll take a look at Chen long in
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the style that led him to win two World
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Championships and three different
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medals if you haven't heard Chen long
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has been Consulting with the Chinese
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National Team recently and helping
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players shiuchi and lei fing prepare for
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the 2024 Paris Olympics there has been
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noticeable changes in shiu Chi and lei
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Fun's play styles that have led them to
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occupy the number one and sixth spot in
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the men's singles ranking these changes
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include many elements of Chen Long's
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game which is why we wanted to make
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today's video let's take a look at key
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elements of Chen Long's gameplay that
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all of us can apply to our own
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game many know chenlong for his
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phenomenal defense and his Counterattack
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play style however have you ever
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wondered why his defense is so good or
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why he is able to Counterattack so
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effectively the answer is not as simple
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think chenlong is not just lifting the
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shuttle into the back letting his
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opponent Smash and getting it back he's
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playing high quality shots that make it
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hard for his opponent to attack and easy
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for chenlong to guess where the next
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coming first we can look at his back
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court Chen long was never known for his
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insane smash or his ability to confuse
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his opponent with slice shots and
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deceptions he was a rather simple player
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in his back court he generally plays
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neutral shots where he hits
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down as you can see here Le Chong way is
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unable ble to capitalize on Chen Long's
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back court even though he is taking his
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late backhand in forehand this is
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because he is playing fast shots like
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drives or half smashes that keep him in
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position and prevent his opponent from
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setting up for a smash usually the only
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thing his opponents can do is block or
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there's typically three things that Chen
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long does after playing a neutral shot
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in the back court if he has the
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opportunity he will play a drive and
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continue pressuring until he thrs
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otherwise his two other shots are a push
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middle what's important about his push
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that differentiates it from a lift is
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how fast the shot is watch how his
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opponents can't really attack the
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the goal is to ultimately Force his
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opponent to play a flat clear and win
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points by changing speed and smashing
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additionally Chen long can also win
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points when his opponents get out of
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position by trying to attack his push
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one of his favorite combos is to push
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his opponent to the back cross block the
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smash and finish the rally by Smashing
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lift if Chen long doesn't have an
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opportunity to win then he will block
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Middle with Pace Play Down in the back
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court and repeat until his opponent
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oh the beauty of Chen Long's play style
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is that it's very simple he doesn't have
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any fancy deceptions or insane shots
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compared to other Pro players he keeps
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his game limited to just a few different
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shots which allows him to focus on
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making those shots high quality and
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reduce his mistakes sometimes as viewers
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we forget just how exhausting and
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mentally tolling it is to play
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tournaments there's so much pressure on
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these players to win and the players get
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increasingly more tired as the
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tournament progresses one of the things
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Chen long does so well is force his
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opponents to feel like they need to do
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something extra just to win the point
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like play a net role or pin the line
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with their smash which ultimately leads
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mistakes you can learn from chenlong and
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do the same when you're late Play Down
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in the back court using drives and half
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smashes if you don't have an opportunity
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to smash or drive block toward the
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Middle with Pace or play a high push
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repeat this process until you
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