MUMBAI: Indian badminton has been in the limelight for some time now and enthusiasts can't appear to have sufficient of PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy, B Sai Praneeth and Sameer Verma. While they travel the globe locking horns with the most efficient in the industry, the mythical Prakash Padukone has known as for a shift in focal point towards the educational of coaches in the country.
"If we have to continue producing quality players, we need to shift focus towards coaches' education programmes, especially in Tier II and Tier III cities. There's been an increase in the popularity of the sport and there is now great demand for quality coaches. If all the people connected with badminton - the BAI, the Sports Authority of India (SAI), the sports ministry, the private foundations and state associations - work together, this key issue can be addressed," Padukone said, while pronouncing the 10th version of the Tata Open India International Challenge on the Cricket Club of India (CCI) on Tuesday.
The $20,000 event starts as of late, and will culminate on December 3, with best seed Sourabh Verma main the lads's singles field. The match has attracted avid gamers from 8 countries, together with Malaysia and Thailand. In the ladies's singles section, Rituparna Das has clinched the top seeding.
"I have said this often and I reiterate: we need to get a good foreign coach who will be responsible for only training coaches. I think that will solve this issue to a great extent. This can be done in batches of 50 to 100 coaches, who can return to their cities and academies after their own training," added Padukone.
He insisted that India has a couple of high quality coaches but what they lack is a chance to keep abreast with the most recent developments of their field. "We have some very good coaches, but unfortunately they don't get much opportunity to upgrade their knowledge and keep pace with the developments that are taking place at the global level. It's not that they don't want to improve, they just don't get that opportunity," he insisted.
Speaking about the tight agenda that some of the avid gamers were maintaining, Padukone said: "That would depend on each individual player. The key is to strike a balance between training and number of tournaments they are participating in. At the top level, figuring out the perfect mix is also an art. It's upon each individual and coach to decide, and the focus should be on peaking for top tournaments like the Olympics, World Championships and Super Series events. Even then, I feel Indian players need to guard against fatigue and injury. These are things that can result from playing in too many tournaments."
No PBL games in Mumbai
Meanwhile, the third version of the Premier Badminton League (PBL) opens with Chennai Smashers taking on Awadhe Warriors on December 23 in Guwahati. Mumbai, which hosted a minimum of one leg of the league in previous seasons, does now not characteristic as a venue this time. Guwahati, Delhi, Lucknow, Chennai and Hyderabad are the cities that may host the 23-day lengthy match that may characteristic seven teams. The different franchise to fail to spot enjoying games at house are new entrants Ahmedabad. The original owners of the Mumbai franchise had pulled out ultimate season, mentioning 'environmental and fiscal challenges'.
"If we have to continue producing quality players, we need to shift focus towards coaches' education programmes, especially in Tier II and Tier III cities. There's been an increase in the popularity of the sport and there is now great demand for quality coaches. If all the people connected with badminton - the BAI, the Sports Authority of India (SAI), the sports ministry, the private foundations and state associations - work together, this key issue can be addressed," Padukone said, while pronouncing the 10th version of the Tata Open India International Challenge on the Cricket Club of India (CCI) on Tuesday.
The $20,000 event starts as of late, and will culminate on December 3, with best seed Sourabh Verma main the lads's singles field. The match has attracted avid gamers from 8 countries, together with Malaysia and Thailand. In the ladies's singles section, Rituparna Das has clinched the top seeding.
"I have said this often and I reiterate: we need to get a good foreign coach who will be responsible for only training coaches. I think that will solve this issue to a great extent. This can be done in batches of 50 to 100 coaches, who can return to their cities and academies after their own training," added Padukone.
He insisted that India has a couple of high quality coaches but what they lack is a chance to keep abreast with the most recent developments of their field. "We have some very good coaches, but unfortunately they don't get much opportunity to upgrade their knowledge and keep pace with the developments that are taking place at the global level. It's not that they don't want to improve, they just don't get that opportunity," he insisted.
Speaking about the tight agenda that some of the avid gamers were maintaining, Padukone said: "That would depend on each individual player. The key is to strike a balance between training and number of tournaments they are participating in. At the top level, figuring out the perfect mix is also an art. It's upon each individual and coach to decide, and the focus should be on peaking for top tournaments like the Olympics, World Championships and Super Series events. Even then, I feel Indian players need to guard against fatigue and injury. These are things that can result from playing in too many tournaments."
No PBL games in Mumbai
Meanwhile, the third version of the Premier Badminton League (PBL) opens with Chennai Smashers taking on Awadhe Warriors on December 23 in Guwahati. Mumbai, which hosted a minimum of one leg of the league in previous seasons, does now not characteristic as a venue this time. Guwahati, Delhi, Lucknow, Chennai and Hyderabad are the cities that may host the 23-day lengthy match that may characteristic seven teams. The different franchise to fail to spot enjoying games at house are new entrants Ahmedabad. The original owners of the Mumbai franchise had pulled out ultimate season, mentioning 'environmental and fiscal challenges'.
India needs coach education program: Prakash Padukone
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