I don't know their mail id's but you can write to BAI from their contact us details: http://www.badmintonindia.org/organization/contact-us/
The current Ranking to make the National side or A team is BWF top 25. Sai Praneeth is currently 24, once his ranking drops below and stays like that for a few months he will be dropped from the National team. He can still fund himself and attend Super 750 or above tournaments.
How do you know this?. Any proof !. Just to clarify. Before mailing, i wanna know everything regarding this. Sent from my SM-G600FY using Tapatalk
I don't have proof! A few years ago it used to be top 100, then top 50, top 40 now its top 25. It keeps changing every 4 years and gets reviewed every year so its not set in stone. They are more flexible with doubles players. I have heard from sources and players but can't name them.
@badmuse Wonderful piece of writing. I agree that Indian badminton is understaffed in terms of coaches and trainers and further the departure of Mulyo left a big void to be filled. In spite of these challenges, PVS and SN (SN considering her age) are putting up consistent top notch performances in the international circuit. However, MS department is inconsistent, as it has ever been sparring 2017. Having played in the circuit for more than 5 years and not having a creditable achievement, HSP, more often comes up with excuses. SK, on the other hand, has a lot to deal with his own mental demons and his ineffectiveness playing in conditions that don’t suit his style. In all these years in international badminton, they both miserably failed to develop a coach inside them and always relied on Gopichand in the coaching bench. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
The following article in May makes it clear that MD cut off for National Team or A team or Elite group is BWF Top 25 1. BAI observes if you can last longer than 1-3 weeks before including you in the National team, I have made a rough guess. 2. If you drop out of the top 25, you are given some grace time before being dropped. How long do you have? I am guessing 3-6 months for doubles players and 3 months for singles players. 3. The cutoff for XD and WD are not clear. Poorvisha Ram and Meghana Jakkumpudi were ranked 36 in June 2018 but were not part of the National team. So I am guessing the cut off is Top 30 or Top 25. 4. Players who play 2 events seem to be given more grace time. 5. I am certain the cutoff for MS is BWF top 25 as they are not going to have a tougher benchmark for MD over MS. a) How much grace time do singles players have? Probably 3 months. If you research various articles over the years you will find bits and pieces like this which give you a rough idea of the cutoff for the National team. LInk: https://www.sportskeeda.com/badmint...-sumeeth-reddy-keen-to-be-part-of-elite-group Having climbed back inside the top 25, doubles shuttler Sumeeth Reddy keen to be part of elite group Sudeshna Banerjee FEATURED COLUMNIST Exclusive 507 // 18 May, 2018 Excerpt: Having been pushed to the shadows, they have found it hard to make a mark, falling to first round defeats in four consecutive tournaments since reaching the quarter-finals at the India Open in February. A turnaround finally happened in the last couple of weeks, when they made it to the quarter-finals at the New Zealand Open and the semi-finals at the Australian Open. Looking more like their usual selves, the resurgent pair finished as the best performing Indians in Sydney. It hauled them up six places to 22nd in the current world rankings, which, undoubtedly, is a much-needed encouragement for the three-time national champions. The 26-year-old Reddy hopes that this not only brings them back the belief that went missing, but also prompts the Badminton Association of India (BAI) to put them back in the elite group, where they truly belong.
@badmuse Thanks for your research insights. In a hindsight, it looks like a reasonable cut-off for retaining the place in the A-team. I personally feel BAI should be a little more flexible towards MD and they should keep supporting Reddy/Attri pair just for the experience they can bring in the MD development. As far as I know, this is the only pair that has played top tier MD tournaments for a long period of time. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
@mohans Thank you! Top 25 is definitely difficult for our doubles players. But it is pushing them to work hard. Given Manu Attri/Sumeeth Reddy have so much experience they should have won titles and medals. Manu/Sumeeth have underperformed and have a choking problem, they are in their prime right now and have at least 2 good years. That's why BAI is flexible with doubles players and gives them around 6 months before moving them to the B team. They don't want players slacking but want them to keep doing their best. It's really the performance of the junior players Satwik Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty and Shlok Ramachandran/Arjun MR and Sanyam Shukla/Arun George which has made Manu/Sumeeth move out of their comfort zones. It has brought healthy competition in MD like MS.
Link: https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/s...ching-quality-of-tournaments-gopi/656493.html Posted at: Sep 21, 2018, 2:37 AM; last updated: Sep 21, 2018, 2:37 AM (IST) Need to improve coaching, quality of tournaments: Gopi National coach Pullela Gopichand talks to young shuttlers at the All-India Junior Ranking Championship in Chandigarh on Thursday. Tribune photo: Vicky Deepankar Sharda Tribune News Service Chandigarh, September 20 National coach Pullela Gopichand has said that the top priority of the Badminton Association of India (BAI) should be to introduce a proper system for improving coaching and quality of tournaments. Gopichand was in Chandigarh to formally inaugurate the main draw round of the All-India Junior Ranking Championship on Thursday. He said that though over the past 10 years, Indian badminton had been doing well, the system needs to be streamlined immediately. “There is a dire need to improve the coaching system. It can either be good if players shift to coaching, for which the BAI should come up with some plan, or by introducing more practical drills for the current lot at the ground level,” said Gopichand. “If we have to produce good players, we have to have a good coaching structure.” Asked if the huge number of entries in tournaments is putting pressure on the players, he suggested that BAI should organise more regional meets. The ongoing tournament has received nearly 1,100 entries for the qualifying rounds. “BAI should understand this concept. If someone is coming from Kerala or Assam and loses in the very first match, what is the use of such a championship?” said Gopichand. “BAI should uplift the morale of players through regional championships and should allow top performers — or say top-10 players — to play in ranking championships.” “The players and their parents come here after spending a huge amount of money and time, which is not easy to manage. I believe a competition should provide a platform, instead of turning into a burden,” shared Gopichand. Tight schedule Gopichand praised the performance of Indian shuttlers in the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games and Jakarta Asian Games. However, he expressed concerns over tight scheduling. “We had two weeks of CWG, then two weeks of Asian Games. In the next 12 weeks we will be playing in France, Berlin, China and Malaysia, which is a matter concern for me as a coach,” said Gopichand. “Our players are not getting recovery time. The Indian and Malaysian players are the ones who are most affected by this tight scheduling.” “Recovery is obviously more important. In media’s perception — or, say, according to a layman’s analysis — top players like Saina or Sindhu choke on stamina during tough games. But if you are playing such number of championships, you ought to have a break somewhere. Despite this, our players are doing well at the international level. There is always scope of improvement, but it could be achieved only if we have time.” Coaching own children On coaching his own kids, Gopi said that they are not getting any special treatment as they are among 50 junior trainees in his academy. His son Sai Vishnu Pullela and draughter Gayatri Pullela are playing in the tournament here. “They are among the other players of our academy and get the same coaching,” he said. “I would be happy if they play at the highest level for the country, nothing more than that.”
Link: https://indianexpress.com/article/s...ip-up-for-grabs-at-khaitan-badminton-5372590/ Spots for World Juniors up for grabs at Khaitan badminton The Panchkula ranking meet is the second tournament, after last week's junior ranking competition in Chandigarh, to be considered as selection criteria for the World Juniors by the BAI. Written by Nitin Sharma | Updated: September 25, 2018 12:23:23 am Precious ranking points for selection are at stake for India’s Junior Badminton World Championship squad, when the 27th Smt. Krishna Khaitan Memorial All India Junior Ranking Badminton Tournament starts on Tuesday. Organised by the Express Shuttle Club Trust at the Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex, Panchkula, it will be a chance for India’s top U-19 shuttlers to seal their spots in the Indian team for the World Junior Badminton Championships at Markham, Canada, in November this year. The Panchkula ranking meet is the second tournament, after last week’s junior ranking competition in Chandigarh, to be considered as selection criteria for the World Juniors by the Badminton Association of India. The tournament will see the likes of Aakarshi Kashyap, ranked number one among U-19s in India, apart from third-ranked Malvika Bansod, who won the U-19 girls’ title last week in Chandigarh, and fourth-ranked Gayatri Gopichand, playing for spots in the Indian team. “This is the first year that the Badminton Association of India is conducting selection tournaments for Indian teams for the Junior Asian Championships and World Junior Championships. The same criteria was applied for the Asian Games and it is a positive step. Such a step was necessary at the junior level too as players get time to prepare for a selection tournament and every player, including wild card entries, gets a chance to make it to the Indian team. Apart from the Junior World championships, this will also serve as a selection tournament for choosing Indian teams for the German and Dutch Opens in December. This means that the junior players cannot rely on their rankings only to qualify for the Worlds,” said Sanjiv Sachdeva, former India chief junior coach and now a member of BAI’s junior selection committee and adviser to the association. Last week, second seed Malvika Bansod of Maharashtra prevailed over sixth seed Purva Barve to emerge as the winner in the girls’ U-19 singles category while ninth seed Maisnam Meiraba of Manipur claimed the boys’ U-19 title with a win over second seed Kiran George of Kerala. Selectors are likely to pick Lakshya Sen on virtue of him being the Asian junior champion. “The top four U-19 players like Aakarshi Kashyap, Malvika Bansod, Gayatri Gopichand and Ashwini Bhat know that it is their last one or two years at the U-19 level and competing for a spot in the Indian team will also mean that they cannot take such tournaments lightly. The more players we have to aim for Indian teams, the better it will be for us at the senior level too,” adds 69-year-old Sachdeva, the organising secretary of the tournament. While the tournament was held at the Panjab University Badminton Hall in Chandigarh last year, this year’s tournament will be played at the newly-built 11-court badminton hall at Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex in Panchkula for a total prize kitty of Rs 4 lakh. The prize distribution ceremony on September 30 will see Punjab governor VP Singh Badnore as the chief guest. The tournament, which was started in 1991, has seen the likes of Rio Olympics silver medallist PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth winning titles in 2010 and this year, a total of 20 BAI-certified umpires will be officiating in the championship. “We are thankful to Viveck Goenka, who started the tournament in 1991. At that time, it was the only junior ranking tournament in India. As compared to last year, this year will see the tournament being played on 11 courts at Panchkula. It will also mean that the players will be able to get more rest between their matches,” concluded Sachdeva.
https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/...0BD188-546C-4874-86C1-5C51A8285D94&d=20180930 Don't have any idea about streaming.
I hope Malvika Bansod gets a call for singles at wjc. Is there any other indian female player in the caliber of SN or PVS? Saw Malvika in national school games. Her shots are great but is she of their level ?
Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu are in a league of their own, no other Indian WS player comes close at the moment. Malvika Bansod is 17 at age 21 we will have an idea of her progress. We are looking at 2022 for the next batch of juniors to start showing some improvement and being able to compete at the international level.
Harsheel Dani, chirag sen, Aditya Joshi and siril Verma were very impressive at junior level but they aren't performing that well in senior level. I hope they improve a lot and make considerable growth
