NEW DELHI: Chief nationwide badminton coach Pullela Gopichand on Tuesday provided recommendation to Indian gamers, urging them to not develop into overly fixated on Paris Olympic qualification.
Gopichand emphasised the significance of specializing in the method and avoiding pointless stress because the Olympic qualification berths will likely be decided on April 28.The qualification rankings will likely be launched on that date, with singles gamers throughout the high 16 securing a spot within the Olympics.
Gopichand’s steering encourages gamers to focus on their efficiency and never be overwhelmed by the end result, fostering a mindset that prioritises the journey over the top outcome.
“I feel the Olympics nonetheless have an extended method to go. There are nonetheless about eight tournaments to play. I do not suppose it is proper to go after that as a participant,” Gopichand informed reporters.
“I feel it is an excessive amount of stress unnecessarily to start out serious about the race to Paris as a main function.
“I feel it is essential to stay to the method, I feel the factors, the rankings, and the qualification will deal with itself. That is how I might need the gamers to take a look at it.
“As a result of everyone is asking the identical query. Everybody’s saying the large one is Paris. I feel for those who do the correct issues daily, Paris will come and we cannot have an issue.”
The boys’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankiredddy and Chirag Shetty, together with singles participant Prannoy, are at the moment in a positive place for securing a berth within the Paris Olympics. Moreover, Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth are contending for the second spot in males’s singles, including to the aggressive situation.
In girls’s badminton, PV Sindhu, a double Olympic medallist, is making a comeback from damage. In the meantime, girls’s doubles pairs, together with Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand and Ashwini Ponnappa/Tanisha Crasto, are engaged within the battle to safe a spot throughout the high 16 rankings by April for Olympic qualification.
The competitors throughout the Indian badminton contingent intensifies as gamers try to satisfy the factors for taking part within the prestigious Paris Olympics.
“As a coach, it is essential that you simply maintain pushing the gamers, and also you anticipate extra from the gamers,” Gopichand continued.
“We have had an excellent yr, we had some excellent wins in occasions that matter whether or not it is World Championships, whether or not it is the Asian Video games, I feel we did nicely there.
“This yr the large one is the Olympics and hopefully we are able to get a giant contingent there and win some good medals.”
‘Prannoy, actual hero’
Prannoy has had an excellent season, marked by vital achievements in badminton. His notable accomplishments embody successful maiden bronze medals at each the World Championships and Asian Video games.
Prannoy additionally secured a historic Tremendous 500 title on the Malaysia Masters, showcasing his prowess on the worldwide stage.
In crew occasions, Prannoy performed pivotal roles in India’s success, contributing to the triumph on the Thomas Cup and incomes a silver medal in each the Commonwealth Video games and Asian Video games crew occasions.
His constant and impactful performances haven’t solely introduced private success however have additionally contributed considerably to India’s success in crew competitions, solidifying his standing as a key participant in Indian badminton.
“He is all the time been someone who’s been level-headed, sensible,” Gopichand stated.
“Sure, he was unlucky. He has well being points that typically flare up, and he has to battle. He has understood his physique so much higher over time and it is actually good.
“He is all the time been hovering round there with a efficiency or two. He is contributed fairly a bit whether or not it is the Badminton Asia Championships, Thomas Cup or Asian Video games. So I am glad for him and I feel he can beat anyone.
“It is rather spectacular. He’s an actual hero in my coronary heart. I am happy with him. And I feel he ought to be capable to declare much more than that.”
Gopi hails player-turned-coaches
Former CWG medallists RMV Gurusaidutt and Parupalli Kashyap have taken up teaching, and coaching the likes of Prannoy and Srikanth and Gopichand stated it’s a nice signal for Indian badminton.
“One of many challenges which I had was at one level I had about 6-7 gamers within the high 30 and I wasn’t in a position to give sufficient time to every of them. So I feel this simply provides them that freedom to have coaches who’re working completely for them.
“For the primary time, we’re seeing some high gamers coming again on to the Nationwide camp. We have had coaches, I am not saying we did not have Indian coaches earlier than, however they weren’t working with the nationwide crew on a regular basis.
“So I feel it helps that gamers are turning into coaches. I’m tremendous glad.”
Priyanshu Rajawat on Tuesday shocked Sen to enter the second spherical of the India Open tremendous 750 and Gopichand feels he has the weapon to do nicely in future.
“He has the pace. Right now, you may need seen him even have the standard of strokes that are spectacular. However there’s much more to it than simply having the weapons.
“He is had some good wins however he must be constant. However with a sport like that, it’s not very straightforward to be constant. But when he will get constant, he may very well be there for a very long time. The faster he stabilises, I feel it would be excellent.”
(With PTI inputs)
Gopichand emphasised the significance of specializing in the method and avoiding pointless stress because the Olympic qualification berths will likely be decided on April 28.The qualification rankings will likely be launched on that date, with singles gamers throughout the high 16 securing a spot within the Olympics.
Gopichand’s steering encourages gamers to focus on their efficiency and never be overwhelmed by the end result, fostering a mindset that prioritises the journey over the top outcome.
“I feel the Olympics nonetheless have an extended method to go. There are nonetheless about eight tournaments to play. I do not suppose it is proper to go after that as a participant,” Gopichand informed reporters.
“I feel it is an excessive amount of stress unnecessarily to start out serious about the race to Paris as a main function.
“I feel it is essential to stay to the method, I feel the factors, the rankings, and the qualification will deal with itself. That is how I might need the gamers to take a look at it.
“As a result of everyone is asking the identical query. Everybody’s saying the large one is Paris. I feel for those who do the correct issues daily, Paris will come and we cannot have an issue.”
The boys’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankiredddy and Chirag Shetty, together with singles participant Prannoy, are at the moment in a positive place for securing a berth within the Paris Olympics. Moreover, Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth are contending for the second spot in males’s singles, including to the aggressive situation.
In girls’s badminton, PV Sindhu, a double Olympic medallist, is making a comeback from damage. In the meantime, girls’s doubles pairs, together with Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand and Ashwini Ponnappa/Tanisha Crasto, are engaged within the battle to safe a spot throughout the high 16 rankings by April for Olympic qualification.
The competitors throughout the Indian badminton contingent intensifies as gamers try to satisfy the factors for taking part within the prestigious Paris Olympics.
“As a coach, it is essential that you simply maintain pushing the gamers, and also you anticipate extra from the gamers,” Gopichand continued.
“We have had an excellent yr, we had some excellent wins in occasions that matter whether or not it is World Championships, whether or not it is the Asian Video games, I feel we did nicely there.
“This yr the large one is the Olympics and hopefully we are able to get a giant contingent there and win some good medals.”
‘Prannoy, actual hero’
Prannoy has had an excellent season, marked by vital achievements in badminton. His notable accomplishments embody successful maiden bronze medals at each the World Championships and Asian Video games.
Prannoy additionally secured a historic Tremendous 500 title on the Malaysia Masters, showcasing his prowess on the worldwide stage.
In crew occasions, Prannoy performed pivotal roles in India’s success, contributing to the triumph on the Thomas Cup and incomes a silver medal in each the Commonwealth Video games and Asian Video games crew occasions.
His constant and impactful performances haven’t solely introduced private success however have additionally contributed considerably to India’s success in crew competitions, solidifying his standing as a key participant in Indian badminton.
“He is all the time been someone who’s been level-headed, sensible,” Gopichand stated.
“Sure, he was unlucky. He has well being points that typically flare up, and he has to battle. He has understood his physique so much higher over time and it is actually good.
“He is all the time been hovering round there with a efficiency or two. He is contributed fairly a bit whether or not it is the Badminton Asia Championships, Thomas Cup or Asian Video games. So I am glad for him and I feel he can beat anyone.
“It is rather spectacular. He’s an actual hero in my coronary heart. I am happy with him. And I feel he ought to be capable to declare much more than that.”
Gopi hails player-turned-coaches
Former CWG medallists RMV Gurusaidutt and Parupalli Kashyap have taken up teaching, and coaching the likes of Prannoy and Srikanth and Gopichand stated it’s a nice signal for Indian badminton.
“One of many challenges which I had was at one level I had about 6-7 gamers within the high 30 and I wasn’t in a position to give sufficient time to every of them. So I feel this simply provides them that freedom to have coaches who’re working completely for them.
“For the primary time, we’re seeing some high gamers coming again on to the Nationwide camp. We have had coaches, I am not saying we did not have Indian coaches earlier than, however they weren’t working with the nationwide crew on a regular basis.
“So I feel it helps that gamers are turning into coaches. I’m tremendous glad.”
Priyanshu Rajawat on Tuesday shocked Sen to enter the second spherical of the India Open tremendous 750 and Gopichand feels he has the weapon to do nicely in future.
“He has the pace. Right now, you may need seen him even have the standard of strokes that are spectacular. However there’s much more to it than simply having the weapons.
“He is had some good wins however he must be constant. However with a sport like that, it’s not very straightforward to be constant. But when he will get constant, he may very well be there for a very long time. The faster he stabilises, I feel it would be excellent.”
(With PTI inputs)
