Lakshya Sen needs to know his defense isn’t just dazzling, but dependable too | Badminton News
Lakshya Sen’s sensational defense can drop jaws and create crowd highlight packages, a little like Rishabh Pant’s one-handed sixes. But at the China Masters this week, Anders Antonsen slapped a…
Badminton: Are personal coaches better or could Indian shuttlers benefit from training in a group?
It’s been a slow, fraying year for Indian badminton – its first without an Olympic medal in a dozen years. Unsurprisingly, it has coincided with scant results worth noting and…
Sindhu needs more efficiency, Srikkanth more endurance, Lakshya Sen and Rajawat wilt against better players, and Indians need more ambition: Agus Santoso’s prescription
Where 59-year-old badminton coach Agus Dwi Santoso comes from in Malang, Indonesia, there is a famous water park with a highlight joy-ride called ‘Tsunami’. Agus guided top names in India…
How India’s U-15 winner trained in China, won local tournament at 6
Rabinarayan Patri knows a thing or two about China and badminton. He informs that there is no “trophy culture” on the junior circuit of the badminton capital of the world…
Badminton: 13-year-old Tanvi Patri wins Asian Championships U-15 title | Badminton News
Top seed Tanvi Patri of India defeated Vietnam’s Thi Thi Huyen Nguyen in the final to win the Asian Championships U-15 title at the Badminton Asia U-17 & U-15 junior…
For Satwik-Chirag, Olympic loss is a good excuse to improve; but after rest, recharge & regrouping
There is inspiration everywhere in sport to bounce back from rock bottom. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty were expected to play the Olympic finals this Sunday, but returned with not…
Satwik-Chirag’s coach Mathias Boe says his coaching days are over: ‘Spent too much in a badminton hall’ | Badminton News
Mathias Boe, coach of India’s men’s doubles badminton pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty has announced his retirement from coaching. Boe, who has won silver in 2012 London Olympics confirmed…
What would Satwik-Chirag need to do to beat Chinese, Malaysians and Koreans to win badminton gold at Olympics? | Badminton News
The draw could be called fair, and fairly reasonable this time. For Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty had run into World Nos 1 and 3 at the Tokyo Olympics, and…
Indian Badminton’s Secret Seven: Freeze-frame moments and mannerisms of India’s Olympic bound shuttlers
There will be lots of mayhem and hopefully some medals too as Indian badminton launches one of its most intriguing challenges at the Paris Olympics in the coming month. In…
India’s Olympic-bound shuttlers can simulate court conditions, but can they recreate nerve-shredding pressure of 19-19 in a decider?
India’s Olympic-bound shooters and archers are attempting to recreate the field-of-play from the Paris Games, in order to be best prepared for the quadrennial. Just how accurately they can mimic…