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GIF Technology Appreciation: How magical was the legendary Zhao Jianhua back then? (Above) "Grab the net, force the bottom line" is the basic framework of Zhao Tianwang's playing style, and the flat ball is Zhao Tianwang's first killing weapon, fast, and the deep landing point is Zhao Tianwang's second killer

author:Badminton Magazine
GIF Technology Appreciation: How magical was the legendary Zhao Jianhua back then? (Above) "Grab the net, force the bottom line" is the basic framework of Zhao Tianwang's playing style, and the flat ball is Zhao Tianwang's first killing weapon, fast, and the deep landing point is Zhao Tianwang's second killer

Starting from this push, I will introduce the technical features of the first generation of "Four Heavenly Kings". The time of these four kings in the world badminton arena is basically concentrated in the 80s of the last century, nearly 40 years have passed, and there are not many video materials left at that time, and it is more difficult to witness their heroic appearance on the field. Therefore, the memory that remains in the minds of fans is more of a legend.

Legends and legends are naturally more and more divine, so that the illusion that "the athlete generation is not as good as the generation". Because of the different environments, conditions, and playing styles, athletes of different eras show different competitive characteristics, which can only be said to have their own advantages, which is difficult to compare. The development of any thing is a spiraling law, badminton is no exception, and the competitive ability and playing style characteristics between the kings of different ages also follow the principle of mutual resistance and spiral. This article did its best to find some of the few early video materials, and used this to comment on and compare the technical and tactical playing styles of the first generation of the four kings, and to appreciate and share with the majority of fans and friends.

GIF Technology Appreciation: How magical was the legendary Zhao Jianhua back then? (Above) "Grab the net, force the bottom line" is the basic framework of Zhao Tianwang's playing style, and the flat ball is Zhao Tianwang's first killing weapon, fast, and the deep landing point is Zhao Tianwang's second killer

Weighing the completeness and clarity of the video materials, this article selects two video videos of Zhao Jianhua vs. Yang Yang in the 1990 Asian Games final and Zhao Jianhua vs. Adi (Indonesia) in the semi-finals of the 1991 World Championships to comment on the technical characteristics of Zhao Jianhua.

For the legend of Zhao Tianwang, there are many on the Internet, and fans and friends also know a little bit, but after witnessing the complete game process, the understanding of him can be more objective and accurate. Zhao Jianhua's playing style belongs to the very formal Chinese style of "four-point pull-out, high-point assault", but it is different from the general "pull-and-hang assault" playing style, and its personal characteristics are concentrated in the three words of flat, deep and change. Ping: Pinggao ball is used a lot, the threat is very large; deep: the assault point is high, the attack landing point is very deep; change: pulling the suspension to change the assault speed is fast, and the high hanging killing action is extremely consistent, dissolving "change" into invisible. Overall, Zhao Tianwang's killing weapon is mainly in the backcourt, which belongs to the "pull-out assault based on the bottom line". In that era of hanging, "more control of the bottom line" was the mainstream, and Zhao Tianwang's flat high ball and deep killing ball specialty were not only the only ones in that era, but also the nemesis of the "control bottom line" style of play, which was the main reason why he stood out. In other words: Zhao Tianwang's technology has reached the forefront of the "traditional pull-and-lift assault" style of play, and any opponent who insists on controlling the bottom line will not have a good result when he encounters Zhao Tianwang. Therefore, the road height is one foot high, the "control net" play will naturally look up, and a large number of "control net" masters appear in the late Stage of Indonesia, which should have a lot to do with Zhao Tianwang's "bottom line hegemony".

The modern men's singles style of play, "control the net" has become the mainstream. It can be seen that Zhao Tianwang is not only a standard model of traditional playing style, but also a subversive of traditional playing style.

GIF Technology Appreciation: How magical was the legendary Zhao Jianhua back then? (Above) "Grab the net, force the bottom line" is the basic framework of Zhao Tianwang's playing style, and the flat ball is Zhao Tianwang's first killing weapon, fast, and the deep landing point is Zhao Tianwang's second killer

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In the style of play in that era, "four-point pull-out" was the basic requirement, that is, the net should be pasted as much as possible in front of the net, and the backfield should be as close as possible to the end line, forcing the opponent to run the maximum distance. At that time, although there was also the phenomenon of "far net", there was no awareness of "far net", because it did not meet the basic requirements of "four points of opening". Zhao Tianwang's technique is both standardized and integrated with personal strengths, and is known as a textbook of Chinese technology. His high point in front of the net, close to the net, the threat of the bottom line flat high ball is large, so he basically achieved the ultimate in the "four-point pull-off", thus creating many surprise attack opportunities.

As shown in Figure 1: Zhao Tianwang grabbed the backhand in front of the net, and Adi picked the middle of the road with his backhand after going online. King Zhao Tian withdrew to the middle of the bottom line and then took off. Notice that Adi's position in the picture is relatively front, mainly because he is jealous of Zhao Tianwang's hanging ball. As a result, Zhao Tianwang played a forehand flat high ball, and Adi's bottom line loophole was immediately presented, and he had no choice but to transition to the straight net in front of the forehand. At this time, Zhao Tianwang was already waiting in front of the net, as shown in Figure 1, Adi had just turned around, Zhao Tianwang had been armed to the teeth in front of the net, no matter whether he rubbed, pushed, or hooked, the opponent would be the result of being trampled.

GIF Technology Appreciation: How magical was the legendary Zhao Jianhua back then? (Above) "Grab the net, force the bottom line" is the basic framework of Zhao Tianwang's playing style, and the flat ball is Zhao Tianwang's first killing weapon, fast, and the deep landing point is Zhao Tianwang's second killer

Figure 1 Zhao Tianwang's standard four-point opening play

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"Pinggao Ball" is an offensive high-altitude ball, which belongs to "Made in China" and is China's contribution to the world badminton sport. And Zhao Tianwang is definitely the best among the users of pinggao ball, and in his playing style system, pinggao ball occupies a pivotal position.

As shown in Figure 2, Zhao Tianwang hit the forehand straight high ball on the bottom line, and from the defensive posture of Adi in Figure 2-3, Zhao Tianwang's flat high ball has reached the goal of superiority. Therefore, Adi can only passively hard-top diagonally high balls, and the quality of the ball is flawed. Zhao Tianwang grabbed the fighter plane and quickly took off, killing a straight line above his head. Figure 2-9 shows that Zhao Tianwang's bouncing power is really amazing. Adi defended barely blocked the straight line, Zhao Tianwang took advantage of the victory to chase, quickly turned the net, forehand kill, and scored directly.

GIF Technology Appreciation: How magical was the legendary Zhao Jianhua back then? (Above) "Grab the net, force the bottom line" is the basic framework of Zhao Tianwang's playing style, and the flat ball is Zhao Tianwang's first killing weapon, fast, and the deep landing point is Zhao Tianwang's second killer

Figure 2 Zhao Tianwang used the flat high ball to pull away his opponent and waited for the opportunity to swoop down on the Internet to kill the score

Figure 3 is a close-up of Zhao Tianwangping's high ball. Figure 3 shows that after Zhao Tianwang's bottom line jump, he got a high batting point; Figure 3 shows that his flat high ball arc is very flat; Figure 3 shows that his flat high ball is very fast and has crushed the opponent almost down. Adi is worthy of Indonesia's defensive genius, in such a passive situation, actually completed a 360-degree tumble in the air and hit the ball back into the opposing team's backfield. As for the result of the next shot, it is not important, the key is to be able to appreciate the penetration of Zhao Tianwang's high ball, which does have the energy of overwhelming the sea, even in today's men's singles top masters, it is difficult to see such a fierce flat high ball.

GIF Technology Appreciation: How magical was the legendary Zhao Jianhua back then? (Above) "Grab the net, force the bottom line" is the basic framework of Zhao Tianwang's playing style, and the flat ball is Zhao Tianwang's first killing weapon, fast, and the deep landing point is Zhao Tianwang's second killer

Figure 3 Zhao Tianwang's flat high ball has the energy to overwhelm the mountains and the sea

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The power of Zhao Tianwang's high ball is actually closely related to his splitting and hanging ball, because his splitting after the jump, the landing point is deep and sideways, and the opponent is very jealous, so the defensive position has to lean forward.

As shown in Figure 4, Zhao Tianwang's forehand position took off, and Adi's defensive position was obviously deflected in front of the net, because only in this way could he prevent Zhao Tianwang's splitting ball. Figure 4 shows that Zhao Tianwang hangs the diagonal with his forehand, and Adi picks a straight line with his backhand on the Internet, and from the position of the batting point, it is obviously more passive, so the ball is still flawed, and the arc is not high enough. Seeing this, King Zhao Jumped Directly from the middle half, flew out to the right, and completed the assault process of killing diagonals overhead in the air (Figure 4). Leaving aside the difficulty of the attack, the key is to look at the effect of the attack. Figure 4 shows that Zhao Tianwang's killing ball landing point is extremely tricky, and Adi uses all his strength to reach the ball. Such excellent bouncing power, such a strong desire to attack, such a sharp attack method, to this day, is definitely still one of the best.

GIF Technology Appreciation: How magical was the legendary Zhao Jianhua back then? (Above) "Grab the net, force the bottom line" is the basic framework of Zhao Tianwang's playing style, and the flat ball is Zhao Tianwang's first killing weapon, fast, and the deep landing point is Zhao Tianwang's second killer

Figure 4 Zhao Tianwang's overhead assault speed is fast and the landing point is sharp

Zhao Tianwang's killing characteristics played the effect of "pulling a shot and moving the whole body", and the opponent was jealous of his killing, and the defensive attention should give priority to the frontcourt. And once you pay attention to the frontcourt, the bottom line becomes a weak rib, and then you lose sight of one or the other, and there may be loopholes before and after the left and right.

To be continued

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