About Danish Domination in Europe

i reckon it's because of culture, perception and tradition. danes prolly see badminton as more of a serious sport than the other european nations and therefore have better facilities and club level competitions which breeds the next generation of national players. and with such a long and proud tradition in badminton history, there are more role models and coaches as well to help their players succeed.

 

since when is Holland a 'big' country?

anyways, it's sport popularity and training/coaching facilities mostly...those factors provide Denmark with a greater Talentpool (talented youth get better training and are motivated to keep training) and you onyl need a couple of them to succed.

If you reckon Peter Gade teaches/coaches/trains some of those kids..heck, who wouldn't want to train more?

 

I spent more than 2 years in France, and I can say to you that badminton is a quite popular sport there. I lived in a small city, there was a badminton hall with 9 courts, and most of time it was full. But they play badminton only for pleasure, not more. In addition, I never saw badminton matches on television. They are not historically a badminton country, and I really think that they will not be.

 

Hey Dreamzz - I think you've got it, but don't forget the Danes often do well in football as well, causing "upsets" at European and World Cup level, so I think there's a national mind set at work here.
Also, have you noticed how rarely you see Danish Badminton players wearing knee/ankle supports, strapping or other braces? I'm no expert, but I guess that this might indicate a healthy "holistic" approach to training and competing. What do people think?

Smautf

 

Well, if it was a secret there's no point in telling it.

For starters Denmark picked out the best players to play for the danish team.
I don't know how other countries train their youth-players, but Denmark has got a lot of projects going on. Similar to the Malaysian young-project trained by one of the Sidek brothers. (Don't remember what the project is called)

You say bad development. I wouldn't call it that. Especially, that Denmark has been able to work with talents as big as they are - it's not their fault. Maybe the domination can give motivation to other countries to work harder or find new methods of training or whatever might happen.
Of course, I live in Denmark and I'm an youth player so I think that the development in Denmark is very nice, but frankly. It's up to other countries to get better and develope the sport in their countries. This is something that every association has to struggle with in their respective countries.

 

and the only reason there's competition in the WS is because most the top players from france, germany and holland are from china!

 

Maybe it's the generation. No question that last time Denmark weren't as dominating, but it could be that Denmarks projects has finally 'paid off'. I actually don't know - it's important that the players get the right envoirement to work in.

 

the reason i think should be because Danes are more into badminton, while other european nations although have badminton players but are more into soccer

 

A Danish girl came to NZ a couple of years ago. She won the Girls Singles, Doubles and Mixed in the South Island U16s. She'd only been here a couple of weeks and I think she said she was ranked 5th in Denmark for her age. 5th and yet she slaughtered us (I don't think she did quite as well in the national champs, just the south island's, but still...). Of course I'm not complaining, I'm a guy so it didn't affect me and she was quite good looking as well lol (fit).

I don't think it's bad that Denmark dominates Europe. I think they're setting a standard for other European countries to work for. If they all just gave up and decided to play rubbish I don't think it would help the rest of Europe improve.

 

The Malaysian junior project is called the 2010-2012 Project Squad and it is under Rashid Sidek.Just a little extra info.

 

That's just he one I was talking about. Thank Yojimbo.

Zhao, what I meant with the domination. Denmark weren't as dominating in the cup last year as they were this year.

 

You're welcome, Trang

 

If they have a solid group of players it benefits all players training. They can encourage and each is always trying to beat the other so they all improve together.

 

One more reason the other European countries aren't dominant in Badminton is because the lack of support in terms of participation and funds.

 

not many people in england really see badminton as a proper sport, they see it as just a activity so no one pays any attention to it. For this reason, they dont excel like in denmark they take it as an equivalent of football in england.