Summary of the National Badminton Soup and Uk Cup: Young players are growing well, Paris Olympics outlook

As the lights on the dome of Chengdu Hi-Tech Sports Center gradually dimmed, the Chinese badminton team ended this journey with the runner-up of the Thoms Cup and the Uber Cup. Although the men's team lost to Indonesia and failed to defend their title, the rise of the young players born in the 2000s and the dominant performance of the women's team still make the prospect of the Paris Olympics of the national badminton team full of imagination. In this battle of alternating new and old, young players proved with their strength that the future of Chinese badminton is accelerating.

Soup Cup: The touchstone of the youth storm

The men's team sent a new lineup with the post-00s as the core this time, and the 23-year-old Wang Zhengxing became the biggest highlight. In the key battle against Japan in the semi-finals, he fought for three fierce battles to reverse Naraoka and saved three match points in a row, showing psychological resilience beyond his age. Technical statistics show that its pre-net killing success rate has increased from 58% last year to 72%, and its physical fitness distribution has become more reasonable. The doubles combination Chen Baiyang/Liu Yi's performance is also remarkable. The two fought against Indonesia's world's first combination Alfian/Adianto in the quarter-finals to a high score in the finals of 28-26. Their rotation and replacement speed increased by 0.3 seconds compared with last year's Asian Championships, and were rated by Li Junhui as a "tacity rookie who has not seen in ten years."

Although Shi Yuqi, Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang and other main players were subject to the Indonesian team's speed change tactics, the growth value of young players far exceeds the color of the medals. In this year's Soup Cup, the "post-00" players of the national badminton team contributed 63% of the victory, an increase of 27 percentage points from the previous session.

Youth Cup: The technological revolution behind the dominance of the women's team

The women's team won the Uber Cup for the sixth time with a record of not losing a set. While continuing their dominance, they also showed a deep breakthrough in technological upgrading:

Chen Lu's "all-round transformation": 22-year-old Chen Lu played three times in the second single position, and averaged only 38 minutes per game. His killing speed exceeded 380 km/h, and the error rate of the backcourt split and suspended from 15% to 7%, and the offense and defense balance striking the peak Marin;

Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning's "Data-based Doubles": This new generation of women's doubles introduced an AI trajectory analysis system to customize the serving route for different opponents. In the semi-finals against the Korean group Kim So-young/Kong Xirong, they disrupted the opponent's rhythm through 78% of the chasing serves, creating a 21-13 crushing game;

Wang Zhiyi's "psychological breakthrough": As a main player of the single, she withstood the pressure when she played against An Xiying in the final. She scored 6 consecutive shots in the second game in a critical stage. After the game, she shed tears: "The shadow of losing points in the Yu Cup last year was finally broken."

Paris Olympics: The key topic of the integration of new and old

Advantage accumulation :

Age structure optimization: The average age of the national badminton Olympics list is 24.3 years old, a decrease of 2.8 years from the Tokyo cycle, and has more advantages in physical energy reserves and injury risk control;

Technical generational leap: Young players generally adopt the "active net grab" tactic, the women's singles net score rate has increased by 18% compared with the previous cycle, and the men's doubles tie draw speed has exceeded 190 beats per minute;

Technology empowerment deepens: The "smart wrist guards" introduced by the team can monitor muscle load in real time, dynamically adjust training intensity, and reduce non-combat loss.

Potential Challenge:

Key Point Stability: The male singles' turnover rate (23%) in the game point stage is still higher than that of major opponents such as An Sailon (15%) and Jin Ting (17%);

Double combination rotation risk: The injury recovery progress of women's doubles "Fan Chen" combination, and the physical fitness allocation of mixed doubles "IELTS" need to be carefully regulated;

Home pressure response: The audience interference index of Paris stadium has increased by 40% compared with Chengdu, and the sound wave test in simulation training has become the focus of preparation.

Inheritance and breakthrough: The "invisible value" of veterans

Although young players are the main players, veterans still play a key role behind the scenes:

Chen Long participated in men's singles special training as a sparring coach, and his original "hexagonal kick training method" (simultaneously dealing with balls from six directions) greatly improved Shi Yuqi's reaction speed;

Huang Dongping transformed into a tactical analyst and established an "opponent habit database" for the mixed doubles group, covering 85% of Olympic competitors' tendencies to receive and serve;

The coaching team led by Zhang Jun launched a "stage reward and punishment mechanism", linking training data with Olympic points, and stimulating the team's endogenous motivation.