THINGS are looking
bleak as far as badminton is concerned.
How do we explain, especially to foreign friends,
Malaysia's embarassing exit on Tuesday in the on-going Sudirman Cup. And the
tournament is hosted by us.
Malaysia is supposed to be a badminton-mad country and one of the big powers in the world but could not even survived the group stages of the Sudirman Cup.
Malaysia is supposed to be a badminton-mad country and one of the big powers in the world but could not even survived the group stages of the Sudirman Cup.
Malulah.
The Malaysians were knocked out aftter losing to Taiwan and Germany in Group C.
With due respect to Taiwan and Germany, who played their hearts out, Malaysia had no business to miss the cut to the last eight.
The truth always hurt, like they say.
Malaysia, at least for now, do not have enough world class players and keep on relying on the 30-year-old Lee Chong Wei, who is already reaching the twilight of his career.
Oh well...this is cliche. Has been said or written many, many times.
And some seem to always blame the doubles pair of Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong for any misfortunes suffered by badminton.
It is true that they are struggling to regain their kind of form they enjoyed before which instilled that fear into opponents.
But then it is not just about these two only. It's easy to pin-point certain players for failures because of indiscipline and so on.
.
The thing is that, again, Malaysia are lacking in world class players to be utilised.
This is the result of what we have been doing or rather not doing in the past seven or eight years in term of developing and identifying world class players.
Some are excited with players like Liew Darren, whom they tipped to take over Chong Wei in bringing honors to the country.
Really?
He is already 25 and yet to win any major tournament. At that age, he should have already winning some major tournaments.
Unless, of course, he is a 'late starter'. But this is badminton, where top players normally already show their prowess, at least, by the early 20s.
Malaysia’s only consolation yesterday was the success story of Khim Wah-V Shem.
Malaysia’s gamble in fielding the youngsters paid off big time when they defeated Ingo Kindervater-Schoettler Johannes 21-16, 23-21 in 36 minutes.
Perhaps, this is the bright spot for Malaysia in this tournament.
Yes..it's only perhaps. Don't get excited.
It's a bit too late to get good results from the current btach of players in the next two years or so with the exception of Chong Wei.
But be patient.
Malaysia should have a few players to be world beaters in near future - five or six years - IF Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) and those involved like clubs START start working hard on a more systematic way towards this goal
The Malaysians were knocked out aftter losing to Taiwan and Germany in Group C.
With due respect to Taiwan and Germany, who played their hearts out, Malaysia had no business to miss the cut to the last eight.
The truth always hurt, like they say.
Malaysia, at least for now, do not have enough world class players and keep on relying on the 30-year-old Lee Chong Wei, who is already reaching the twilight of his career.
Oh well...this is cliche. Has been said or written many, many times.
And some seem to always blame the doubles pair of Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong for any misfortunes suffered by badminton.
It is true that they are struggling to regain their kind of form they enjoyed before which instilled that fear into opponents.
But then it is not just about these two only. It's easy to pin-point certain players for failures because of indiscipline and so on.
.
The thing is that, again, Malaysia are lacking in world class players to be utilised.
This is the result of what we have been doing or rather not doing in the past seven or eight years in term of developing and identifying world class players.
Some are excited with players like Liew Darren, whom they tipped to take over Chong Wei in bringing honors to the country.
Really?
He is already 25 and yet to win any major tournament. At that age, he should have already winning some major tournaments.
Unless, of course, he is a 'late starter'. But this is badminton, where top players normally already show their prowess, at least, by the early 20s.
Malaysia’s only consolation yesterday was the success story of Khim Wah-V Shem.
Malaysia’s gamble in fielding the youngsters paid off big time when they defeated Ingo Kindervater-Schoettler Johannes 21-16, 23-21 in 36 minutes.
Perhaps, this is the bright spot for Malaysia in this tournament.
Yes..it's only perhaps. Don't get excited.
It's a bit too late to get good results from the current btach of players in the next two years or so with the exception of Chong Wei.
But be patient.
Malaysia should have a few players to be world beaters in near future - five or six years - IF Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) and those involved like clubs START start working hard on a more systematic way towards this goal
Source : http://www.malaysiandigest.com/sports/350751-badminton-ini-macam-tak-boleh-jadi-lah-this-cannot-be-lah.html
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