NEW DELHI: Eying a 3rd Olympics medal at subsequent 12 months’s Paris Video games, star Indian shuttler PV Sindhu is making an attempt to rent the companies of former All England Open champion Muhammad Hafiz Hashim.
In a letter written to the Sports activities Authority of India (SAI), Sindhu has seeked the approval to coach beneath the Malaysian.
“I believe SAI will approve her proposal. She is an elite participant for India and is prone to be the one girl singles badminton participant to qualify for Paris Olympics,” former nationwide coach Vimal Kumar informed PTI.
The proposal may come up within the subsequent Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) assembly, the place members of MOC might focus on key agenda factors of India’s Olympic programme and proposals of TOPS athletes.
“One coach cannot take care of so many high gamers, they want particular person consideration. Even internationally, Viktor Axelsen has a special coach and now Sindhu can be making an attempt completely different coaches.
“She had a great two to 3 years with Park (Tae-Sang) and now Hafiz. See, I do not know the way good are his teaching credentials however he has been a great participant 20 years again. Generally all it takes is a spark,” Vimal stated.
Sindhu, 27, has appeared off color this season after coming back from a five-month lengthy damage layoff following a stress fracture on her ankle en route her Commonwealth Video games gold in August final 12 months.
The spotlight this season has been a ultimate end on the Madrid Spain Masters Tremendous 300 and a semifinal on the Malaysia Masters Tremendous 500 for Sindhu, who made early exits from a collection of occasions in the beginning of the 12 months.
In February, she parted methods with Korean coach Park Tae-Sang, who was instrumental in her successful the bronze medal on the Tokyo Olympics.
The 2019 world champion, who slipped out of the highest 10 in April for the primary time since 2016, has been working with SAI coach Vidhi Chaudhary.
The MOC had authorized Sindhu’s proposal to financially help her coach in the direction of accompanying her to the All England Championships, Swiss Open, and Spain Masters.
The Olympic qualification interval for the 2024 Video games started from Could 1 and Sindhu has labored with Hafiz for the previous two weeks on the Suchitra badminton Academy forward of the upcoming occasions, beginning with subsequent week’s Canada Open.
“Sindhu should take care of it greater than the coach. She has to concentrate on her thought course of and utility,” Vimal stated.
“She is a high stage participant and one or two good wins in opposition to high gamers can change issues round shortly for her.”
Whereas nationwide chief coach Pullela Gopichand has been her mentor, Sindhu has labored briefly with Kim Ju Hyun on solution to her World Championships gold in Basel. Since Kim left abruptly, she has been coaching with Park.
Hafiz, the 2002 Commonwealth Video games gold medallist, was a junior coach on the Badminton Affiliation of Malaysia earlier than he joined the Suchitra Academy in Hyderabad in February on a three-year contract.
Sindhu had sought the steering of the 40-year-old, who was additionally the coach of Awadhe Warriors within the Premier Badminton League, throughout her go to to the Suchitra Academy the place she goes for power and conditioning teaching beneath coach Srikanth Verma.
“Sindhu is totally wonderful. She is coming again to her greatest slowly. She has been working with Hafiz for 2 weeks,” Srikanth stated.
“Our major goal is prevention of accidents and sustaining her health. So figuring out what must be completed after matches and tournaments after which making a selected programme is necessary.”
(With inputs from PTI)
In a letter written to the Sports activities Authority of India (SAI), Sindhu has seeked the approval to coach beneath the Malaysian.
“I believe SAI will approve her proposal. She is an elite participant for India and is prone to be the one girl singles badminton participant to qualify for Paris Olympics,” former nationwide coach Vimal Kumar informed PTI.
The proposal may come up within the subsequent Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) assembly, the place members of MOC might focus on key agenda factors of India’s Olympic programme and proposals of TOPS athletes.
“One coach cannot take care of so many high gamers, they want particular person consideration. Even internationally, Viktor Axelsen has a special coach and now Sindhu can be making an attempt completely different coaches.
“She had a great two to 3 years with Park (Tae-Sang) and now Hafiz. See, I do not know the way good are his teaching credentials however he has been a great participant 20 years again. Generally all it takes is a spark,” Vimal stated.
Sindhu, 27, has appeared off color this season after coming back from a five-month lengthy damage layoff following a stress fracture on her ankle en route her Commonwealth Video games gold in August final 12 months.
The spotlight this season has been a ultimate end on the Madrid Spain Masters Tremendous 300 and a semifinal on the Malaysia Masters Tremendous 500 for Sindhu, who made early exits from a collection of occasions in the beginning of the 12 months.
In February, she parted methods with Korean coach Park Tae-Sang, who was instrumental in her successful the bronze medal on the Tokyo Olympics.
The 2019 world champion, who slipped out of the highest 10 in April for the primary time since 2016, has been working with SAI coach Vidhi Chaudhary.
The MOC had authorized Sindhu’s proposal to financially help her coach in the direction of accompanying her to the All England Championships, Swiss Open, and Spain Masters.
The Olympic qualification interval for the 2024 Video games started from Could 1 and Sindhu has labored with Hafiz for the previous two weeks on the Suchitra badminton Academy forward of the upcoming occasions, beginning with subsequent week’s Canada Open.
“Sindhu should take care of it greater than the coach. She has to concentrate on her thought course of and utility,” Vimal stated.
“She is a high stage participant and one or two good wins in opposition to high gamers can change issues round shortly for her.”
Whereas nationwide chief coach Pullela Gopichand has been her mentor, Sindhu has labored briefly with Kim Ju Hyun on solution to her World Championships gold in Basel. Since Kim left abruptly, she has been coaching with Park.
Hafiz, the 2002 Commonwealth Video games gold medallist, was a junior coach on the Badminton Affiliation of Malaysia earlier than he joined the Suchitra Academy in Hyderabad in February on a three-year contract.
Sindhu had sought the steering of the 40-year-old, who was additionally the coach of Awadhe Warriors within the Premier Badminton League, throughout her go to to the Suchitra Academy the place she goes for power and conditioning teaching beneath coach Srikanth Verma.
“Sindhu is totally wonderful. She is coming again to her greatest slowly. She has been working with Hafiz for 2 weeks,” Srikanth stated.
“Our major goal is prevention of accidents and sustaining her health. So figuring out what must be completed after matches and tournaments after which making a selected programme is necessary.”
(With inputs from PTI)
