Lin Dan aka Super Dan

In my previous post, I am sure everyone is wondering what is so great about this player. Firstly, this talented player is a professional men single badminton player currently aged 28 (which is one year younger than Datuk Lee Chong Wei). Although he is currently ranked number 2, he is considered one of the greatest badminton player in the history because he is the first and the only player to achieve the 'Super Grand Slam" or "Golden Grand Slam" by winning all the major titles in the badminton world:  Olympic Games, World Championships, Asian Games, All England Open, Asia Championships, World Cup, Thomas Cup and Sudirman Cup.

Lin Dan celebrating after winning

Facts about Lin Dan:

1. Place of birth: Longyan, Fujian, China

2. Height: 1.78m (5ft 10in)

3. Weight: 70kg

4. Left handed

Achievements:

1. 43 tittles, 15 runner-ups

2. Gold in the Beijing Olympics 2008, men single

3. Gold in the Hyderabad World Championships 2009, men single

4. Gold in the Kuala Lumpur World Championships 2007, men single

5. Gold in the Madrid World Championships 2006, men single

6. Silver in the Anaheim World Championships 2005, men single

7. Gold in the Guangzhou Asian Games 2010, men single and team

8. Gold in the Doha Asian Games 2006, team

9. Silver in the Doha Asian Games 2006, men single

10. Bronze in the Busan Asian Games 2002, team

11. Gold in the Guangzhou Sudirman Cup 2009, team

12. Gold in the Glasgow Sudirman Cup 2007, team

13. Gold in the Beijing Sudirman Cup 2005, team

14. Gold in the Kuala Lumpur Thomas Cup 2010, team

15. Gold in the Jakarta Thomas Cup 2008, team

16. Gold in the Tokyo Thomas Cup 2006, team

17. Gold in the Jakarta Thomas Cup 2004, team

18. Bronze in the Guangzhou Thomas Cup 2002, team

19. Gold in the Yiyang World Cup 2006, men single

20. Gold in the Yiyang World Cup 2005, men single

Lin Dan performing a smash

Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei can be said to be dominating the badminton sport currently as they are the favorite to win any tournament. The clash of both of them in the final is a dream for every badminton fan. Currently, both of them had met for 23 times with Lin Dan won 15 times and Lee Chong Wei only won 8 times. Although the past performance favor on Lin Dan, currently Lee Chong Wei is showing sign that both of them are on equal skills now. So, any matches that feature Lee Chong Wei and Lin Dan should not be miss as it would be a great showdown.

Top 2 players in the badminton world

From,

TeamNotSoCool,

Soon Teck

Lee Chong Wei

For those badminton fans out there, I am sure you will know about them but this post is to introduce the one of the most awesome player in the badminton history. ( I shall introduce another top player in the next post so stay tune)

Lee Chong Wei performing a smash

Datuk Lee Chong Wei, currently age 29 is a professional badminton player in the men single category from Malaysia. He is currently ranked number 1 since August 21, 2008. He is given the title Datuk by Governor of Penang, Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas on August 30, 2008.

Facts about Lee Chong Wei:
1. Place of birth: Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia
2. Height: 1.7m (5ft 7 in)
3. Weight: 60kg
4. Right handed

Achievements:
1. 35 titles, 17 runner-ups
2. Silver in the Beijing Olympics 2008, men single
3. Bronze in the Anaheim World Championships 2005, men single
4. Silver in the Guangzhou Asian Games 2010, men single
5. Bronze in the Doha Asian Games 2006, men single and team
6. Bronze in the Guangzhou Sudirman Cup 2009, team
7. Bronze in the Kuala Lumpur Thomas Cup 2010, team
8. Bronze in the Jakarta Thomas Cup 2008, team
9. Bronze in the Sendai/Tokyo Thomas Cup 2006, team
10. Gold in the Dehli Commonwealth Games 2010, men single and mixed team
11. Gold in the Melbourne Commonwealth Games 2006, men single and mixed team

Lee Chong Wei's rival in the badminton arena would be Lin Dan(the next top badminton player that I would write). Their rival can be considered as Nadal and Federer in the tennis arena. More story about their rival and also Lin Dan from China in the next post so stay tune.

Chong Wei celebrating after defeating his rival, Lin Dan in the All England Final 2011

From,
TeamNotSoCool,
Soon Teck

Introduction to Badminton

Badminton is a racquet sport which has been around from the mid-18th century British India, where it was created by British military officers stationed there.

It is also one of the fastest racquet sports. Badminton can be played in 5 categories, which consists of the Men Singles, Men Doubles, Women Singles, Women Doubles, and Mixed Doubles.

There are 2 type of serves for the badminton game :
Forehand Serve

Backhand Serve

Forehand serve used to be more popular during the 90's, but as the game changed from a 15 point system to a 21 point system, Backhand serve has been favoured by most players.

In a 21 point system,  players scoring a point whenever they win a rally regardless of whether they served. In the old 15 point system,  players could only win a point on their serve.
Rules for both the Singles and Doubles category are different.
For the Singles, the player can serve all the way to the back long service line, but is only able to serve to the inner one of the sidelines.
For Doubles, players are able to serve till the outer sideline, but if during the serve, the shuttle lands beyond the inner long service line, it is considered out and the point would be given to the opposing team.

So pick up your racquets and enjoy playing badminton !!

NotSoCoolTeam
Wye Ken