Long time no see. Welcome back. Unfortunate for badminton. I just now saw the list. From 1 to 10 are tennis players, even 13 is tie between Sindhu and a tennis player. Lol When will this atmosphere change? Another 10 years?
That's a good question. Badminton is very popular and I hope Indian grass roots badminton keeps on gaining in popularity. I recently visited an Indian community badminton competition in Hong Kong and the level and enthusiasm was fantastic. The parents were very enthusiastic about getting their kids into badminton and the only issue was balancing education with time spent on badminton training. Rather than trying to 'chase' tennis and trying to gain dollars in developed countries with mature markets, a different strategy would be to develop badminton in developing markets. Increased numbers of players translates into larger markets and more sponsorship dollars. If we keep looking at tennis dollars, it's a distraction. Develop badminton and its popularity with new facilities and resources into places like India and Vietnam, have savvy marketing companies that can negotiate more dollars and then players like Sindhu and the sport as a whole move upwards.
Yeah, that would provide a good solution. But, do you know still people in India, particularly in south India, that too in my locality (chennai), they still use to call the rackets as 'bat'. Cricket has its root deep inside their Genes, they always think about that . They could not come out of it. Even elders , one of uncles who use to play along with his friends after their retirement( playing for nearly 5 years) call the rackets as ' Bat'. I corrected them million times. But no use. They are very much attached to cricket that they could not come out of it. Hope this situation vanishes in the years yet to come and we will have a very good market for badminton as well.
When I started to play badminton back in 2008-09, people used to say badminton as "game of girls". Still, we boys used to play. Such was the ignorance and sexism here in northern part of India. But that mindset changed after Kashyap and Srikanth started to show some good performances. And iirc, Badminton is the second most played sport here in India.
And, badminton has the chance for Olympic medals which PVS has. @Baddyforall I wouldn't worry about the elders too much. Concentrate on the new generation and the more knowledgeable elders will follow. You know cricket is a wonderful game for developing reactions so if some of those boys who play cricket on the streets or elsewhere get converted to badminton.....
https://bwfworldchampionships.bwfba...bkVtyAhP9V2I15pv2H-AIKN7OmdFPsajVCToPemCxJK3A Honest interview by Kim Ji Hyun. She rightly points out the need to improve technical abilities of PVS. She doesn’t shy away from showering praises on the current best players as well. For me, she comes across like someone who gets to the depth of the problem, trying to address it, unlike Gopichand. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
She is the most vocal and energetic coach imo. Whatever she said is absolutely correct and Sindhu has to work on improving many skills. Play hard. Train harder.
Just went through some news channels who headlined and are covering Sindhu's win: first Hindi news channels which have popularity in majority of India- ABP News, NDTV Hindi, Zee News, IndiaTv and Republic Bharat. Biggest of them all Aaj Tak has not headlined or covered it (at least I haven't seen it). Now this is welcome because Hindi news channels always telecast sports news episodes where out of 25 mins, 20 mins are reserved for cricket. English News channels have always given their support- NDTV English, India Today have covered her win. PS: just checked, Aaj Tak also uploaded the video. They also covered her win. Good step by Hindi media channels.
Economic Times runs a special on badminton again: This will attract more sponsors to badminton. Link: https://economictimes.indiatimes.co...n.com&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=ETLNMain
https://www.youtube.com/user/BadmintonEuropeConf Check this and compare Sindhu post match presentation interview views with others. She has close to 8.9 K views. Closest to her is of Okuhara interview with 560 views.
In shooting, we have multiple world champions but they somehow fizzle out in Olympic Games maybe due to pressure. Abhinav Bindra is the first Indian shooter to win an individual Olympic Gold for India. Other than that we have won some silvers and bronzes at Olympics in shooting. We have won gold medals at Archery World cups too but haven't yet won a medal in Olympics again due to nerves or whatever maybe the case. We have won some gold medals (don't remember the number) in World Wrestling championship (freestyle) and won one silver and some bronzes till now at Olympics. Mary Kom is one female boxer who is GOAT in women's boxing. She's 6 or 7 time world champion (48kg). And a Olympic bronze medal it in 51kg category. In men's boxing we have won only bronxes at WC and one bronze overall at Olympics. From athletics, we don't have world champion yet. Neither an Olympic medal postc Independence. We won Hockey WC at 1975 but after that no credible performance. Surprisingly, we are 8 time gold medalist in Hockey but present situation is bleak. We won weightlifting golds in WC. And have one bronze at Olympics (2000). We've won some tennis grandslams in doubles. And one bronze at Olympics (1996) Lots of work to do for betterment of Indian sports.
You are right! I think everyone knows the that Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu don't like losing to each other. Saina even left the Gopichand academy in 2014 after QF losses at WC, the rise of Sindhu and spent 3 years with Vimal Kumar. PV Sindhu even moved out of the Gopichand Academy to (Suchitra Badminton Academy) after losing to Saina Nehwal in the Commonwealth Games. But Sindhu moved back when she started performing poorly on the circuit. Kim Ji Hyun spends most of her time training PV Sindhu, sometime for MS players like HS Prannoy and some upcoming players. PV Sindhu still goes to the Suchitra Badminton academy for fitness sessions. It's Saina's choice to stay away from Kim Ji Huyn because of Sindhu. I hope that Saina starts training with Ji Hyun in her own interest. Kashyap is ok for circuit tournaments but for the majors Ji Hyun is better. With just under a year left for the Olympics Saina Nehwal has to train with Kim Ji Hyun otherwise she will suffer an early round defeat.
PV Sindhu World Champion is big news in radio, print, electronic media, social media, and all Indian languages. Fantastic to see badminton on the front pages as well as full page specials in the sports sections. Link 1 : https://www.mid-day.com/articles/pu...must-work-doubly-hard-for-tokyo-2020/21607173 Pullela Gopichand: PV Sindhu must work doubly hard for Tokyo 2020 Updated: Aug 26, 2019, 07:34 IST | Ashwin Ferro National coach Pullela Gopichand says unlike Rio 2016, where she was a surprise package, India's new world champion shuttler will be a marked player at next year's Olympic Games India's PV Sindhu is ecstatic after beating Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara 21-7, 21-7 in the World Championship final in Basel yesterday Even as the Indian badminton fraternity celebrates PV Sindhu's gold medal win at the BWF World Championships against Japan's Nozomi Okuhara yesterday, there's one man who is already charting his most famous ward's path to next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo. India coach Pullela Gopichand believes Sindhu will now have to work doubly hard if she has to replicate last night's Basel show at Tokyo 2020. "It's great to have the biggest title of the year — the World Championships — under your belt heading into the year of the Olympics. But what this win does is that it actually makes people alert and ready for you. The last time at the Olympics, people were not ready for Sindhu and she was a surprise package, but this time, the whole world is going to concentrate and focus on how to beat Sindhu. Link 2: https://www.hindustantimes.com/othe...-s-fortunes/story-QHgnF7ro1E8frZ8Xw0ys5I.html The Korean who turned around PV Sindhu’s fortunes It was all about attack, which is Sindhu’s natural game and something which gives her an edge over retrievers like Okuhara or her Japanese counterpart Akane Yamaguchi. other-sportsUpdated: Aug 26, 2019 09:31 IST Avishek Roy Hindustan Times, New Delhi India's Pusarla Sindhu celebrates on the podium after winning the women's singles final (REUTERS) The first person PV Sindhu chose to thank after becoming world champion was her Korean coach Kim Ji-hyun. “I want to thank Ms Kim and Gopi Sir and my parents,” Sindhu said in the courtside interview. She had wrapped up the final against Nozomi Okuhara in just 38 minutes. In 2017, Sindhu had played her heart out against Okuhara, in a titanic clash that lasted one hour and 50 minutes. Unlike that final which was full of extended rallies, Sindhu’s game was in total contrast on Sunday. The Korean immediately brought changes in Sindhu’s game by working on her net game and making her play to her strengths. Pullela Gopichand, the chief national coach, has spoken about having his hands full as he needs to follow the progress of many players. And bringing Kim on board has paid huge dividends. “At the top level, you have to be smart. It has to be a combination, like your technique, hitting and mentality. We’re working on net skills, deception and changing tactics as you can’t use the same tactics over and over again,” Kim was quoted as saying in the BWF website during the world championships. Kim had special sessions in the afternoon with Sindhu alone, to work on her wristy shots. She made Sindhu mix her shots and keep the opponent on her toes. She was quietly trying to bring back the old Sindhu and make her play tactically. “She was just so dominant and completely outclassed Okuhara. She was unplayable in most of the matches. The way she was moving, she was very confident and her approach to the net was really good. She was really pushing the shuttle to the back of the court and kept Okuhara guessing. She never gave Okuhara the rhythm. Sindhu was also fast and used the conditions inside the court well,” said former player and chief coach, Vimal Kumar.
