seeing Goh/Lim playing, they need to improve speed and attack, even defence, or else don't say about play against any pairs from China and Korea as they are very strong in 3 'things'...
Koo/Tan - lost in R16 despite being the second-seed...this time to the new pairing of Jongjit/Puangpuapech. Goh/Lim - lost even earlier in R32 to Hashimoto/Hirata. Only Hoon/Tan left in the draw.
looks like even Paulus come to BAM won't change things... forever... MAS double department declared 'dead'...
This coach should balik kampung ! During his charge , Malaysia MD pairs standard are really going from bad to worst ! No speed, no power, no focus , no discipline, weak defend .... all sort of rubbish ! BAM should bring back Cheah Soon Kit !
Actually good coach can play a big part to raise the standard. Look at China MD pairs, before Zhang Jun take over as MD coach, China pairs are just so so , not much different form Malaysia pairs. After Zhang Jun take over, CY/FHH went to win world champion several times, Olympic champion, Look at what happen last night? China 3 - 4 rank pair win the All England Champion. They have demonstrated the speed & power, great defend, great blocking at the net, hunting at the net !
agreed, Zhang Jun used to be mixed double specialist... for ours, we suppose to have former md players like Cheah Soon Kit, Yap Kim Hock, Lee Wan Wah, Choong Tan Fook, Chan Chong Ming, Chew Choon Eng and lastly Chang Kim Wai... now BAM only have Tan Kim Her, Jeremy Gan and Rosman Razak as local coaches, others are from foreigners...
The problem to these local ex-players is they are mainly defensive players which is not suitable for the current 21 points format. There is the reason majority of our MD pairs play style are defensive. I remember at one one time local media interview Korea pair Ko/Yoo about their chance against Koo/Tan. They said they are very confident to beat Koo/Tan. and the reason ? They said Koo/Tan can not break their defend but they can easily beat Koo/Tan defend.
is time for our juniors to come up the rank last time we blame BAM for splitting winner pairs of World Junior Champions like TKS/MHC...so now they maintained Ow/Chooi, and Heg/Teo... is time for this World Champs to shine.....
in order to improve MAS MD department, I think they should watch this video as how they able to have high courage and brave to face higher ranked pairs... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6--gb2FGR3w
Finally, another MAS elite pair won a title...what more by beating KKK/TBH. Been a long time since 2009 Thailand.
Published: Monday February 24, 2014 MYT 9:57:00 PM Updated: Tuesday February 25, 2014 MYT 8:34:53 AM Don’t count Hee out BY KNG ZHENG GUAN Mak Hee Chun (left) and his doubles partner Chow Pak Chuu hope to revive their career in badminton. - IZRAFFIQ ALIAS/ The Star SUBANG JAYA: Former world junior champion Mak Hee Chun was down in the doldrums after being dropped from the Badminton Association of Malaysia’s (BAM) set-up in September 2012. But after a long hiatus, the 23-year-old Hee Chun, who won the world junior boys’ doubles title with Teo Kok Siang in 2008, is now back to carve a name for himself once more as an independent shuttler. Hee Chun has teamed up with former partner Chow Pak Chuu in a bid to revive his career. Hee Chun last paired up with Pak Chuu to win the 2008 Sukma (Malaysia Games) gold medal for Perak. The pair, who are sponsored by equipment manufacturer Apacs, received yet another boost on Monday as Extreme Park Malaysia has agreed a one-year deal to cover their tournament expenses. Hee Chun-Pak Chuu’s goal is to qualify for the 2015 World Championships. “When I was dropped by the BAM two years ago, I felt quite angry and disappointed with them ... and I lost my direction a little bit,” explained Hee Chun, who was paired off with various partners like Kok Siang, Lim Khim Wah, Tan Wee Kiong and Ong Soon Hock during his time with BAM. “But my friends and former team-mates advised me not to give up the sport. I started serious training in May last year. “Even then, I didn’t have any plans to become a professional player because I was worried about the financial instability. “I did go to Taiwan for a short training-coaching stint and I played in three tournaments – the Malaysian International Challenge, Hong Kong Open and the Macau Open – with a couple of Taiwanese juniors. “It was upon my return that Pak Chuu approached me and I decided to give it a go once more. “Of course, seeing my former team-mates such as Khim Wah and Wee Kiong doing so well right now has also fired me up. I definitely want to catch up to their level as I still have a lot to offer to the sport and I believe that I can do it together with Pak Chuu. “I am really grateful to Extreme Park for giving us this opportunity and we have three tournaments – the Swiss Open (March 11-16), Polish Open (March 20-23) and the French International Challenge (March 27-30) lined up for us. For the year though, we should be competing in at least 10 tournaments, and hopefully, gain enough point to qualify for the bigger tournaments and maybe the World Championships next year.” Pak Chuu, who was in the national back-up team from 2004-2009 and was a sparring partner with the national players from 2009-2012, is ready for the challenge with Hee Chun. “I’ve known Hee Chun for the last 12 years and we’ve also been running our own badminton academy – the VCR Badminton Training – for the last few months. I’m confident it will work out for us,” said the 26-year-old Pak Chuu. “We are not short on experience and we have also been working together with former internationals like Lee Wan Wah and Chew Choon Eng. We are definitely ready for this challenge,” he added.
Thoughts on Tan Boon Heong/Ow Yao Han? I think Ow Yao Han finally gets a proper chance to get going and show what he is made of which made him so impressive during junior days. He didn't seem to show any improvement with his previous partners since junior days, and I really hope he can live up to his potential and not be another Arif Latif in singles or Mak Hee Chun/Teo Kok Siang in doubles.
MD performance after Thomas Cup 2014: Japan SS: Lim Khim Wah/Ow Yao Han - Qualifying round Tan Boon Heong/Goh V Shem - Round 16 Hoon Thien How/Tan Wee Kiong - Quarterfinal INA SSP: Goh V Shem/Lim Khim Wah - Round 32 Hoon Thien How/Ow Yao HAn - Round 32 Tan Boon Heong/Tan Wee Kiong - Quarterfinal AUS SS: Lim Khim Wah/Ow Yao Han Hoon Thien How/Tan Boon Heong Goh V Shem/Tan Wee Kiong