2007/05/24 NST Online Hafiz struggling due to poor fitness! K.M. Boopathy LACK of fitness is one of the reasons for Hafiz Hashim’s struggles on the international scene and the shuttler will get the assistance of a sports science specialist to help regain his form. National chief coach Yap Kim Hock, after meeting with the National Sports Council’s (NSC) special task team in Bukit Jalil yesterday, said Rosdie Abdul Ghani will be in charge of Hafiz’s fitness programme. Rosdie, who has been Lee Chong Wei’s fitness coach for two years, has already started working with Hafiz. "Hafiz’s fitness is a major concern and because of this, he is regularly getting injured. Hafiz will undergo fitness training under Rosdie and his progress will be monitored," said Kim Hock. "We cannot let Hafiz continue like this as the World Championships (Aug 13-19) are just three months away and the qualifying period for the Beijing Olympics has also started. "Rosdie has the experience of assisting Chong Wei and also Wong Choong Hann and we hope that Hafiz can gain from the arrangement." Hafiz, except for a semi-final appearance in the Korea Open in January, has failed to get past the preliminary rounds in six tournaments this year and most defeats were attributed to his inconsistency and his alarming lack of fitness. Despite being ranked World No 9, Hafiz has lost in the first round four times this year. — By K.M. Boopathy
it's not because of fitness.nothing wrong in his discpline or his hard work to do well.hafiz has lost the reason why he play badminton.2007 hafiz is not the 2003 hafiz(year he won all england).the fire in his body is extinguish.we eulogize him too much.he has done everything in that year.he won all games.that is the reason we have this recent hafiz.TH/LD/CH are special players.But hafiz is more special.But we have lost that hafiz
it's your optimism that gets me through the day.... seriously: Hafiz has some issues, he did an amazing job at an AE years back...and is struggeling to find that form ever since...the fact you people have given up on him doesn't mean he's forbidden to try... Looking at some of his matches (saw two against Chen Jin) he does lack fitness (and speed). If fitness training could (could) get him back into the top 5, why not?
not only fitness, he lacks motivation. i know that's just his style of playing, but i think there isn't enough drive in his game.
As I said many times before, his fitness was suspect (each time I watch him play, he gets ahead and then he fizzles away (no stamina). He is caught with his pants down no two ways about it, they now know he is not fit. He is a good player and may be now they can do something about it. I am surprised they took that long to pin him on his fitness. With a personal trainer (and it is the same fitness trainer as LCW and WCH), I think this guy will have some serious training workouts -- there is no escape or excuse now. The good thing is I think he will come out of this like 'Smokin Joe' and win more tournaments.
Sad to admint in msia. the only one can come near LCW is HH! so is good for msia badminton if HH rise again! Hope he do!
er.. hafiz is suffering from injury. also he is getting married in june this year. maybe he is distracted. haha.. my i have been training under his coach.. so you know who my coach is.
hafiz still have the "fire" in his attitude towards this sport but it's just hard to explain why his form is just getting from bad to worse.. he hope that after his marriage, he can again reach the top form of his game.. to all hafiz fans, just keep our finger crossed! Wong choong hann describe him as a very special+talented+gifted player and is really bad if he can't perform his best anymore.. all the best hafiz!!
I suspect when Hafiz won the ALL-England, he thought to himself "hey, this is easy, I can really beat anyone". And he took it easy after that, thinking he has the capability to win any tournament if he wants to. As always, this overconfidence (relying on his skills rather his fitness) blew him away. He probably trained but did not pay too much attention to physical fitness training. As Misbun is not a fitness guru, he probably thought Hafiz is alright in that area. As early as this year, most of us who have seen him played recognise the guy is not fit, anytime the match went into a 3rd set, we knew he was 'gone' (or he goes yo-yo'ing according to someone's term). BAM has probably not administered strict physical training for those people under Misbun. There was no stipulated regime. Players who do not do gym work these days will find it out to compete these days. Now that BAM has dictated Hafiz train under a physical fitness trainer, I think we will see a big difference in Hafiz in his next tournament. Don't hold your breath you say ?!
i think it is good that he wants to train more. fitness is important. maybe due to the lack of fitness that in turn cause injuries that in turn cause defeats that is wrecking havoc with his mental fitness. he is a good player riddled with self doubt and injuries that maybe could be avoided. maybe this will be a turning point for him. get his fitness up, reduce injury and be more focused. maybe then he will believe that he could be a winner again. and maybe we will get to see the hafiz that dazzled in the all england so many moons ago.....
Hh i totally agreed with it. WHY is alwz more important than HOW. Once HH find out his WHY he wil know HOW to make it to the top again. or else it will be too tiring for him to stay in the badminton arena. After AE 2003 he is jz surviving v badminton, yes surviving not living !! Good luck HH. not only we wish to c more glory frm u, but i guess u also wish to bring more glory for urself...
Sure it is always the 'why' but the WHY is like I said above : he thinks it is easy and lets his fitness drop. It is always easy to let the fitness drop because it takes effort to keep it up. I sometimes wish I can keep my fitness without exercising, which is bloody hard work.
Well... you guys seems to got the misconception of HH is not fit due to his effort but what YKH suggest is that HH always have recurring injury thus reduce his fitness. From what I understand is that, HH is unable to train becoz of his injury. It's a common sense that if you got injured and continue training. it would worsen your injury!
agree x-ball,he thinks he's in charge.When he realised,its too late.malaysia already have LCW that time.but hafiz,i always have confidence on u.i always have.no matter how bad ur performance in last game.believe me
HH is tat kind of player who can make his fans to continuosly hv faith in him eventhough he has not perform well for a long time. Each time, i jz keep my finger crossed n hope he can create an upset. bcoz deep inside i feel tat he is stil capable of beating anyone if he got it right. this is jz how much the positive energy i hv towards HH. haha...but the fact?? no matter who is their opponent, i'll alwz support mas player. bcoz m'sia memang boleh!! hahaha how patriotic im~~
For a sportsman, he should know it is vry competitive n no one can hv it taken easily. His WHY is not strong enough. But i reli agree v u, fitness damn hard to maintain. need a lot of discipline, which i reli find it hard to compromise my work for tat. too bad
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i know im not involved in this topic but can u explain to me what are u trying to say.i cant understand.not at all.u can say me a outdated person but the truth is i cant understand.
