NEW DELHI: Legendary India batter Sunil Gavaskar voiced his assist for badminton legend Prakash Padukone after he known as for gamers to take duty and accountability following Lakshya Sen‘s defeat within the bronze medal match on the Paris Olympics final week.
Lakshya let slip a gap recreation benefit and an 8-Three lead within the second, in the end shedding 21-13, 16-21, 11-21 to Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia in a 71-minute match.Lakshya succumbing to the stress left Padukone miffed as the previous All England Open champion stated it is excessive time that gamers study to face up to stress, grow to be accountable and begin delivering outcomes after receiving assist.
Nevertheless, Padukone’s remarks sparked division inside the badminton neighborhood, with doubles participant Ashwini Ponnappa stating that his feedback have been equal to “throwing the participant below the bus.”
However Padukone acquired the backing from none apart from Gavaskar, who stated our nation has mastered the artwork of constructing excuses and would win gold medals each time if it have been a aggressive self-discipline.
“He has at all times been reticent and publicity-shy, and he goes about his life with as a lot quiet as his well-known dribble on the web. Due to this fact, his frank feedback after the badminton disappointment got here as a shock to so many who’ve identified him over time to maintain his counsel and never say a lot.
“It additionally stirred up a debate the place the bulk tried, as is the trendy approach, to take the aspect of a present would-be champion and never that of a past-proven world champion. Making excuses is the place our nation will win gold medals each single time, so the controversy round his evaluation was extra about that than wanting with out tinted glasses at what he stated,” Gavaskar wrote in a column for Sportstar.
“And what did he say? He stated that the gamers right now get all of the backing and amenities from their Federations and the federal government too. Due to this fact, they need to take duty for his or her performances too. It was a degree well-made and well-articulated too, with out pointing fingers at anyone. But because it invariably occurs in our nation, which once more is a champion at studying between so-called strains and imagining unintended poisoned arrows, we have been fast to leap on him and denounce his feedback quite than take the time to digest them after which come out with our comparatively uninformed views.
“If a participant shouldn’t be going to take duty for his efficiency, then who’s? So what improper did he say? Some say the timing was improper, nevertheless it’s at all times higher to say that when a participant is looking for excuses and assist quite than later. Sure, he might have stated that privately within the altering room, however consider me, nothing has extra affect on a participant than a public rebuke. If he has the center of a champion, then he’ll wish to make the one who rebuked him eat his phrases. In any other case, he’ll proceed to flatter solely to deceive,” Gavaskar added.
Gavaskar drew a parallel between Lakshya’s efficiency and a latest remark made by the Indian cricket staff Rohit Sharma. He had beforehand used the phrase “Backyard Essential Ghoomne Vala” to explain a sure state of affairs.
“To then see a 20-17 and 7-Zero lead being squandered off within the semifinal after which lose the bronze medal match after profitable the primary recreation comfortably should have been gut-wrenching certainly. He, Vimal Kumar, the BAI and the federal government’s TOPS had completed every little thing doable, however when it got here to the crunch, Lakshya was, within the well-known phrases of the Indian cricket staff captain,” backyard mein ghoomne wala,” wrote Gavaskar.
“For many who watched each the semifinal and the bronze medal matches, it did seem that Lakshya had misplaced his pattern of thought and focus in the best way he checked out his racquet as he sipped from his water bottle in between factors or on the changeovers. I could possibly be utterly improper, however on TV, it appeared like a clean expression, and that is normally an indication that the thoughts has wandered.
“Focus and focus are issues that no coach or coach can ever train. It may be developed over time by the athlete by observing different champions and having an internal resolve, however there is no particular programme for it. Sure, thoughts trainers are round, however they will solely achieve this a lot and no more. It is acquired to be inside the athlete,” Gavaskar additional said.
Lakshya let slip a gap recreation benefit and an 8-Three lead within the second, in the end shedding 21-13, 16-21, 11-21 to Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia in a 71-minute match.Lakshya succumbing to the stress left Padukone miffed as the previous All England Open champion stated it is excessive time that gamers study to face up to stress, grow to be accountable and begin delivering outcomes after receiving assist.
Nevertheless, Padukone’s remarks sparked division inside the badminton neighborhood, with doubles participant Ashwini Ponnappa stating that his feedback have been equal to “throwing the participant below the bus.”
However Padukone acquired the backing from none apart from Gavaskar, who stated our nation has mastered the artwork of constructing excuses and would win gold medals each time if it have been a aggressive self-discipline.
“He has at all times been reticent and publicity-shy, and he goes about his life with as a lot quiet as his well-known dribble on the web. Due to this fact, his frank feedback after the badminton disappointment got here as a shock to so many who’ve identified him over time to maintain his counsel and never say a lot.
“It additionally stirred up a debate the place the bulk tried, as is the trendy approach, to take the aspect of a present would-be champion and never that of a past-proven world champion. Making excuses is the place our nation will win gold medals each single time, so the controversy round his evaluation was extra about that than wanting with out tinted glasses at what he stated,” Gavaskar wrote in a column for Sportstar.
“And what did he say? He stated that the gamers right now get all of the backing and amenities from their Federations and the federal government too. Due to this fact, they need to take duty for his or her performances too. It was a degree well-made and well-articulated too, with out pointing fingers at anyone. But because it invariably occurs in our nation, which once more is a champion at studying between so-called strains and imagining unintended poisoned arrows, we have been fast to leap on him and denounce his feedback quite than take the time to digest them after which come out with our comparatively uninformed views.
“If a participant shouldn’t be going to take duty for his efficiency, then who’s? So what improper did he say? Some say the timing was improper, nevertheless it’s at all times higher to say that when a participant is looking for excuses and assist quite than later. Sure, he might have stated that privately within the altering room, however consider me, nothing has extra affect on a participant than a public rebuke. If he has the center of a champion, then he’ll wish to make the one who rebuked him eat his phrases. In any other case, he’ll proceed to flatter solely to deceive,” Gavaskar added.
Gavaskar drew a parallel between Lakshya’s efficiency and a latest remark made by the Indian cricket staff Rohit Sharma. He had beforehand used the phrase “Backyard Essential Ghoomne Vala” to explain a sure state of affairs.
“To then see a 20-17 and 7-Zero lead being squandered off within the semifinal after which lose the bronze medal match after profitable the primary recreation comfortably should have been gut-wrenching certainly. He, Vimal Kumar, the BAI and the federal government’s TOPS had completed every little thing doable, however when it got here to the crunch, Lakshya was, within the well-known phrases of the Indian cricket staff captain,” backyard mein ghoomne wala,” wrote Gavaskar.
“For many who watched each the semifinal and the bronze medal matches, it did seem that Lakshya had misplaced his pattern of thought and focus in the best way he checked out his racquet as he sipped from his water bottle in between factors or on the changeovers. I could possibly be utterly improper, however on TV, it appeared like a clean expression, and that is normally an indication that the thoughts has wandered.
“Focus and focus are issues that no coach or coach can ever train. It may be developed over time by the athlete by observing different champions and having an internal resolve, however there is no particular programme for it. Sure, thoughts trainers are round, however they will solely achieve this a lot and no more. It is acquired to be inside the athlete,” Gavaskar additional said.
