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known sometimes as the Great Wall of
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China Chen long has arguably the best
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bad mitton defense the world has ever
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seen so let's take a look at exactly how
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Chen long wins through his
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defense while this might not seem like
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defense it is how you can stay in the
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rallies the ability to stay in the rally
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is determined on how well you can
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neutralize your opponent's attempts to
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gain the attack one example of a
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neutralizing shot is blocking to the
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middle we've already discussed blocking
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toward the middle but if you want a more
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in-depth look at the shot watch this
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video here in short when you block to
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the middle it is essentially a shot that
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helps you recover and cuts off the
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angles from your opponent's next
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shot Beyond blocking to the middle we
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also want to highlight playing good
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neutralizing shots in the back court if
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you've played against an opponent who is
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good at controlling your back court and
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is able to control their pushes and
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lifts very well you would have noticed
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that it is not only difficult to play
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but also very draining the moment you
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play a loose shot they punish you it
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just doesn't feel good playing against
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these kinds of opponents however Chen
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long has a very good late back court and
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is able to neutralize these pushes very
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effectively which gives his opponents
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very little to capitalize
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on the first and most obvious reason why
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his late back hord is so effective at
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neutralizing the rally is because of his
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shot quality when the push is faster
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Chen long makes sure his swing is also
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faster if you swing slow when your
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opponent's shot is fast your shot will
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not make it over the net the second
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reason is that Chen Long's opponent
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cannot guess what shot he's going to
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play he has many sudden and unexpected
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changes in his late backc court that
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make it very difficult for his opponents
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to guess that is why there aren't many
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times where chenl Long's opponents win
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shot chenlong is also one of the best at
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recovering quickly after hitting a late
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shot in the back just take a look at how
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fast he turns his body after hitting his
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backand and in the front Cor when he is
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late he gives himself time to recover by
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lift now on the topic of unexpected
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shots we want to discuss Chen Long's
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ability to Counterattack this is how
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Chen long scored Chen Long's Style inv
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defense first this is a control style
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where players like current axelon and
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Kento mamota are similar all three of
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these players often lift or push on the
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receive however they don't just simply
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lift or else they will lose the rally
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all of them tend to have a little
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deception before lifting to the back a
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slight change of the racket face is what
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often separates an athlete from being
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able to defend versus being unable to
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defend what the change in racket face
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actually does is makes your opponent
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react to the shot instead of simply
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anticipating your shot this Split Second
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often gives you enough time to prepare
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for defense and gives you that extra
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time to counter their
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attack let's take a look at another
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example you can see Chen Long's racket
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face facing axelson's backhand side but
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he switches it last second to face
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axelson's forehand side this causes
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axelon to switch his feet first before
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moving which gives long that extra bit
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defend when Shen Long's opponents choose
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to attack he often plays the cross block
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Cross Drive or the block to the middle
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because these are all shots that prevent
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your opponent from following
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up however if the smash from his
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opponent is very good then he is fine
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with playing straight when chenlong
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chooses to block straight the shot
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quality must be good this is because he
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is playing into his opponent's combos if
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his opponent smashes it is easy for Chen
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Long's opponent to follow up straight
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knowing this chenlong will opt to play
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two types of Defense one is a block that
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is tighter to the net this shot makes it
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so the opponent still must travel a long
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distance but it gives the opponent the
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opportunity to play a good quality spin
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net the second block is one with pace
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and usually lands past the service line
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this block prevents the opponent from
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playing the net but gives them a better
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push knowing these two options Chen long
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can anticipate which shot is most likely
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to come look at these rallies and see
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how high Chen long takes the net or when
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he anticipates the backourt
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the points we mentioned above are good
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but they are essentially meaningless
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without strong fundamentals if you
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cannot consistently retrieve the shuttle
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because of poor fundamentals like lift
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quality and footwork then there is no
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point in thinking about counterattacking
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or complicating the defense it is more
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important to think about getting to the
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shuttle first Victor axon said it very
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well in his recent video Don't over
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complicate things too soon on your
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simple attacking shots your basic
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defense your stance your footwork
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focus on getting a very fluid footwork
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getting a good base and this is also
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what chenlong had mastered just take a
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look at how fluid and stable he moves on
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the court however it's not only his
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footwork and body control it is also his
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short swing that allows him to quickly
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change his shot in defense or in the
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late back court and that is how Chen
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long can do stuff like
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goodness don't believe it in if you like
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