The Evolution of Badminton Men's Single

Men's Single Evolution | 1970s - 2020s

Source is using from Skysoprts Super Sport, and Badminton World Federation (BWF)

[jackburtonstwin]

The evolution of the badminton racket from wood to steel to carbon fibre along with the evolution of racket strings from gut to high-strength synthetics has made the game much faster. This, in turn, has forced the players to become faster and fitter to meet these demands. I started playing in the late 70s and can say that today's rackets would have been like a gift from the gods back then. My first rackets were close to today's squash rackets in weight.

[M_Jono]

Lin, LCW, Peter, Taufik was the golden era of men's single

[devanshusahu]

The level of performance is unbelievably quite high even in the earlier times

[rottentwapple]

I think one of the biggest revolution is the camera work. It's definitely showing more of the athletes and their movements from multiple angles and makes the game watching experience so much more immersive.

[aryanverma__]

badminton is the most underated sport of all time

[cocoaify]

LIN Dan & LCW must be the greatest rival of ALL time.

[Zayandor]

I played since early 80's. The playing game and speed has evolved, for sure. We noticed that allowed tension on the rackets was about 2, 5 x lower than today. There was only just a few brand rackets, while only 2 or 3 were used by most players. The rakets cost was quite high, the weight balance wasn't part of the marketing.... Concerning the way we played, we didn't learned smash jumps before the 90's, also specials moves or other techniques which tends to be faster arrived much lated. It was quite casual play at the beginning for many players. Now even beginners arrive on the court with their own trainers...to play for the winning. But I like both times because badminton is so enjoyable to play, whatever how good you are.

[ieiesantoso]

i started playing around 90s. and i was named after one of Indonesian's player in the 70s. i can see and feel that the badminton earlier was more to placements and not much power in it. perhaps due to the racket materials and regulations. towards more modern times, it become more strength and speed. i think this evolution makes badminton more interesting

[JacobsBadminton]

How the game has become so much faster and flatter. Also more exciting to watch with the variety and deception in the game.

[scarlettl.]

I am utmost proud to have a chance and witness the great Lee-Lin rivalry for ten years. Respect for the both of them

[Zelenskyy]

Yes, I still remembered the wooden badminton racket i played when i was a child back in the 1970s, it was so heavy !

[ramalagandhl]

Badminton architect - The legend Zhao Jianhua . Famous with his jumping smash . 90's hero for badminton lovers

[Bombshell]

I LOVE WATCHING KENTO MOMOTA VS ANTHONY GINTING ALL THE TIME

[vincegelacio]

The game is constantly evolving. Nice to see how smash styles differ throughout the years. Great video as always!

[shafarifky]

How the game has change, the form, pace, and also the strategy. Beauty

[Bettahouses]

Taufik has to be one of the most important contributor who change the modern men’s single era with his backhand 👍👍👍👍👍

[applasamysubbharao]

Thank you very much. Started playing badminton from age of 11. Now 61. The weight of the rackets making all the difference.

[cada]

i feel like badminton has never changed a bit in a good way ofc

[davemustaine]

Sidek brothers were Legends. Managed to bring back Thomas Cup. Last time badminton was harder. The system was based on 15 points, however, the one who served and managed to win during that serve, will get the point. Players most of the time change serves without gaining any points because they lost to opponent. They rallied for hours. One set felt like eternity. Imagine playing three sets. Stamina was tested until the third set.

[pividemic]

"National Archive of RI" so proud being an indonesian badminton fan ❤