India Badminton

samkool said:
Vimal added: “I understand the concern that players have but they have to take the onus. It is an individual sport, look how tennis players have done it, the government cannot always do everything for you.Players need competition and if you are eager to play then just go and play and if you are too stressed then better to skip it.”

vimal's assessment is only half correct.

for india's case bai has put the decision making on uneven footing for indian players since some are supported financially by bai and some are not. in a sense bai is acting the same as an individual corporate sponsor for the top athletes. the top indian players are 'team' members and receive the advantages of being on the team. the lower players are quasi individual athletes who have to 'pay' their way to be on the team. this is not entirely bai's fault.

it's the same for a few other asian nations. but, at the same time other big asian nations have too much power over their athletes, aka-property, to cause a situation like we have now. asian players want to play but cannot express their truth for fear of being dropped by their corporate sponsor, aka-team.

have i ever mentioned it's a consequence of the system bwf chooses to 'run' the sport with...? running an individual sport under a team framework is the wrong way to run things.
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Spot on. Vimal is straightforward and his language easily comes across as harsh. First comments on Flandy and now this.
 
Srikanth has the real chance to take the Denmark title now.
Nobody is there to stop him if he plays like before.
Again , I am looking forward to see Lakshya Sen playing.
Hope to see him in later stages of the tournament.
 
Baddyforall said:
Srikanth has the real chance to take the Denmark title now.
Nobody is there to stop him if he plays like before.
Again , I am looking forward to see Lakshya Sen playing.
Hope to see him in later stages of the tournament.
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CTC in second round for Kidambi. Dont think he'll go past him. Excited to see how Lakshya will do. He has a good match up against Christo and if he wins, he'll face either HKV or Kanta Tsuneyama.
 
@Baddyforall and @Baddie lover you guys are too optimistic, how can you expect him to win title or reach round3. First he should overcome Toby and S Dey which is hard for him given his exponential decay in performance since 2018.

Upper half seems bit easy. Also I thought Jan O announced retirement
 
Its good they hired Boe, foreign coaches are useful since India dont have so many strong retired MD players to become coaches
 
Has Mathias Boe become men's doubles coach for the Indian team?
Saw Wang Chi Lin's comment on his post...

Edit: Nevermind,.. Just saw the posts above.
 
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Indonesian association PBSI forced Chiristie to refrain from participating in German and Swiss open so that he can use that time to reflect on and work on his game, this very impressive move by PBSI, every player most work hard and no one is safe even someone who won Asian Games gold.

I don't know why BAI provides free travel passes to Sikki and other less than mediocre players, no player should feel safe even Sindhu, Saina, KS. At the highest level mediocrity shouldn't be an option.
 
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