The guy Lin Dan is a GOAT. He won 2 Olympics, 3 World Championships and many more tournaments. I think he is sparing with the left handed Bao Chunlai in one of the earlier part of his career
It’s ironic that Bao was actually the player China had the highest expectations. Left handed and tall, won more junior tournaments than LD, but it was LD who ended up on top.
Hmm, I think he'll win a few titles but I bet he won't be as good as axelsen, momota, ginting, ljz etc. But who knows, Lin Dan only started participating big tournaments this year so he could be as good or even surpass them sometime later on his career
Everyone knows Lindan, but I think the other player was Bao Chunlai. Unlike Lindan, Bao was a shy guy, I met him once in Beijing, very technically strong player, reached world no.1 at a young age. If I'm not wrong Bao and Lindan and Lee Chong Wei grow up training and competing together. I think a big reason he didn't really reach the same height as the other two was due to his personallity, Lindan as we all know has that confidence and always demanding in an important match. Nonetheless, if Bao was 10 years younger, he could easily be the current Chinese no.1 choice, Chinese man's single now is a bit hopeless to be honest
Notice Lin Dan's strategy, he always give clear high shots at the opponents backhand several times in one rally. He rarely gives high clear shots at the forehand side as the opponent can smash or retaliate. Make sure to aim for enemy's weakness, press it and take full control of the rally and when opportunities come, hit a nice clean smash to end it just like how Lin Dan does it.
I disagree you point for the clear at the baseline. Usually give your opponent fast flat clear is good. But you have to follow his round of head smash from the backhand side. For almost every player, the round of head smash is more powerful than the forehand one. That is why the clear at the backhand side should be high enough to make next rally safe. If you watch the game of Lee zii Jia, he often score by backhand smash for the flat clear of the opponent.
It’s not so much how many Olympic or WC medals he won. It’s who he won them against. He beat prime LCW, another legendary player during those Olympics and WC finals match. Don’t forget prime Chen long was simply toyed with by Lin Dan. The level is just not there in subsequent generations… Look at LKY, the Taipei men doubles pair, and LZJ… win one WC and AE tital and never stood up to the challenges again.
@@therealoxcooper4616 It's about passion and consistency... Prime LCW has won so many Superseries in a row from early 2010. I'm Lin Dan big fans but i salute to him, he has my respect. Super Dan is on another level, retired at age of 37, last title was on malaysia open 2019... Her first senior international title was at early 2000s, you can see almost 20 years of dedication in this sport. Big thumbs up.
unmatched indeed. no matter how much you loved lcw, lin dan was the undisputed king of the court, and only kento momota, briefly before he went mental, even approached the effectiveness and staying power of lin dan. it's worth noting, in particular when comparing to momota, that lin dan, and also the great prince of hearts, lcw, both brought an adamantine stamina of the mind to their play that you we unfortunately didn't see in momota or in the mentally much worse, entitled and complaining diva, an se-yeoung. newsflash ya'll: badminton isn't for snowflakes. it's for those who love to do the work and have the physical and mental toughness to roll with the changes. lin dan exemplified that, playing way past the point where he was winning tournaments, past the point of ego and glory, staying in the groove until it was right for him to move on to something else
Never heard of lin Dan but from this video, i think he may be able to compete in the world stage. Im not expert but maybe he needs more experience and training to truly get the most out of his potential
He is the GoAT of badminton.. To be honest, tho i'm Malaysian, LCW was no where near Lin Dan.. This dude is actually unbeatable.. But sometime, even in BWF series/masters final, if he is not happy to play he will let his opponent to win.. I can see after he won his 2nd Olympics single gold medal.. He skip too many BWF tournaments & he doesn't care about rankings.. He became 'boring' as no one can match him..
@@invictuz4803 diff people have diff motivation. probably no one can beat him anyways so being a winner is a boring thing for him perhaps. in fact he got nothing to prove anymore.
occasionally he gives up as he is supposedly salty, one case is Singapore open 2019 he gave up his game against axelsen in the first match after he lost both his challenges. although he said his leg had an injury, it's common for him to just give up games because he isn't happy that he's losing
It is actually a fact. No one can beat him including players of past and present when he is at his best form. Watch beijing olympics. He literally smasheddd everyonee horrendously!
He join only 1 tournament the entire year before olympic 2008. He won that tournament then he won the olympic He only played 1 tournament in 2013. His ranking was 300+ at that point It was the world championship. He won
I remember played using a invitational wild card. 2014 also the same. But 2014 BWF didn't offer the wild card so everybody thought finally it is the long waited moment of LCW. Then he lost to Chen Long just like in 2016 Olympic. So sad. LCW has mental problem especially during big stages.
@@MasterNeoRNCP 2013 he also didnt qualify. But because the world champ was hosted at china. So china decide who to give the wild card and they chose lindan
@@dickyminer3030 no Lin Dan is malaysian Im pretty sure. I heard he had a pretty good rivalry with datuk lee chong wei of china, hope those 2 will lead modern era badminton
@@hibiblee4674 Thanks. I had a feeling Lin Dan was also part Malaysian too because his favourite meal is mamak mee goreng. I don't think lee chong wei is from China.
At first it was fun to see people trolling like they don't know who Lin Dan was. But as I scroll down it's not original anymore and it's getting annoying. Please stop.
you all talks about LD.. but BaochunLai.,... what a waste of talent because of injury... lindan himself say.., baochunlai is his equal.. well that is when both in junior years.. but who knows,
Manusia tak terkalah ni guys.. Prime dia dah berakhir se, era dlcw.. Hahaha ni lah goat sebenar.. Axelsen, momota, Lee ji zia tu kacang putih jer bg dia.. Yg dpt beat dia cuma dlcw tu pun msih bawah dia..
Well, u r totally wrong. When Bao Chunlai was still in the national team, his skill was better than LD, especially on the net. LD is physically stronger than Bao and that is y Bao always gets 2nd place
Stop Trolling ppl, Lin Dan was a badminton legend who won 2 consecutive Olympic golds. Now he has retired and play badminton for recreation and friendly invitation.
