After the height of Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu, Indian badminton made a new less hit. Badminton News
Badminton was the game that India considered with most promises. In the last decade and half, it managed to make its corner in a sports scenario dominated by cricket and its various versions. The reasons were straight and simple. Indian badminton girls and boys often gave – and usually with minimal disturbance and pomp. Today, however, the shuttle game is experiencing low returns. Bad results in the last two years are the cause of concern, but what is more worrying is that the future looks foggy, away from being a blip in a large plan. Once upon a time, Sina and Indus, East, a leading star now 35, and 29-year-old Double Olympic medalist are no names to succeed or be successful on the feats of the winner, who are struggling to overcome early obstacles. Once by obtaining single medals of three women in the serial Olympics, winning the men’s badminton peak by winning the Thomas Cup in 2022 and winning the first Asian Games couple gold in 2023, not a single player in all Angland in 2025, to win the first Asian Games couple gold, to scare Chinese with our rise and intent. Satwikasairaj Ranking and Chirag Shetty and Laxman Sen, the rest of the Indians are no longer pulling their weight. The Days of Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth, Sai Praneth, HS Pranoy and Satvik-Chirag tournaments are favorite which now shows distant memory. But it was coming for some time. Ever since HS Paranoy’s Malaysia opened the Super -500 title in January 2023, a worrying tendency with Indians has come to light, who are not winning a single title. Only the couple of Satvik-Chairag succeeded in winning some titles. In April this year, India registered one of its poorest performances in the Sudirman Cup. After losing to Denmark and Indonesia with a similar difference of 1–4, the India Group fell out in the stage. Single, a concern Things could not be more promising than the years of the previous decade. Saina Nehwal won the Olympic bronze at London’s Games, Indus reached the spot with bronze at the World Championship in 2013. While Saina and Sindhu were winning medals, Parpalli Kashyap, Kidambi Srikanth, Paranoy and B Sai Praneth also attracted attention to the men’s section. Srikanth’s no. In 1 and 2017, four super series win the title. In 2019, Sindhu was crowned the world champion. The same year Sai Praneth won bronze in the World Championship. This May, Srikanth gave us a glimpse of his former self when he made the final of Malaysia Masters. Even though it would prove to be a tremendous personal boost for the 32 -year -old former Thomas Cup winning captain (2022), even if it goes out. Srikanth failed to get admission in the next few tournaments due to his low ranking (65th during the Malaysian incident). At the time of writing, Srikanth dropped out of the US Open (Super 300) in the first round. The Satvik-Chirag pair reached the spot to claim India’s dominance in the men’s doubles, especially at the Commonwealth Games. Late, they are also struggling with fitness issues and have reached a final this year despite competing in six tournaments. Laxman is on Sen to lead the men’s single challenge. Despite showing a lot of promises, Almora Shuttler has won only two super -500 titles, despite All England’s arrival at the finals and winning bronze in the world. Waiting for the Super -750 or Super -1000 title continues. Apart from Laxman, there is no one at the level of Srikanth or Pranoy. This is a view of women, however, it is more worrying. There is no clear answer to who will lead the Indian challenge. Obviously, Saina and Indus are large shoes to fill, but the youth are not much, which are not near the standards of the magnificent duet set because they made quick progress in their career. Malavika Bansod, Nirashi Kashyap, Udayati Hooda, Anmol Kharb, Tanvi Patri and others are trying to fill the gap, but to no avail. Dive When Pullela Gopichand took over as the head coach of the Indian team in 2006, he promised to make it a malignant force. This was a time when no Indian was in the top 10 and only a handful of one hand was estimated in the top 100. After setting himself a high target, Gopichand achieved his first success in the Commonwealth Games in 2010. The major achievement by an Indian was when Saina won the first badminton medal at the 2012 London Olympics. With Indus joining Bandwagan, Indian badminton was well and really upwards, until it collides on a road. One reason contributing to the decline may be that Indian badminton was flowing fruit under a golden generation. And as with most of the most highly received generations, their replacement once struggles with a fist of origin. Unlike the Chinese or Malaysian feeder system in India, there was no proper plan to have a system that would regularly produce players. A talented team was never a place to identify potential players. Although Saina and Sindhu inspired millions of youth to take badminton, they are very few trained coaches to nourish them. Importantly, as the number increased, even the coaches present were not ready to address the increasing demand. Core If a main group of emerging players was identified, and was prepared, then dividing it into two groups, elite and developing, facilitating competition, things are never poor. Players like Malavika, Nirashi, Tanvi and others could be brought under one roof and could be better trained. But in the small vision of typical Indian sports, there was never any step in this direction. This Lacuna widened the gap between the elite and emerging players. While playing at the international top level, the second-string had to suffer for the competition. Even now, there is little effort to bridge the difference. There is a lack of guidance among promising players While the National Association will disagree, the fact is that there is no one to take care of junior and sub-junior players across the country. Sanjay Mishra, Secretary, Badminton Association of India (BAI), admitted that progress has not been on the expected lines. “Our performances were undoubtedly a blow to major players due to injuries. However, the next generation infection also requires time to strengthen and maintain our competitive edge,” Mishra explained TOI. “BAI has been focused on ensuring long excellence to increase coaching, injury management and talent development. While we are committed to creating a strong ecosystem for global success, we must accept that it takes time to progress,” he said, “He said,” In the National Center of Excellence, in the National Center of Excellence, Olympic coach Ivan Sojonov and Coach Park, the Naretten of Jennov Bangalore is focused in champions and coaches., Former junior national coach seemed optimistic about the future. “A remarkable number of junior players have already been ranked in the top 10, the intensity of competition in domestic phenomena reflects the growing caliber of the emerging talent. The players are challenging and even crossing the established champions. The growing talent with the pool and focus on the structured coaching, we are confident for a strong future in Indian badminton. Coaches should be trained and classified In its recent annual general meeting (AGM), Bai unveiled an annual plan of Rs 9.75 crore to run badminton development. While there are many interesting provisions, more emphasis should have been given on grooming coaches.
“Coaches must have three categories. The first category to identify and prepare newborn talent. The second one should look at them through their early years and send them to national camps when they reach 12-14 years. In the third stage, well -trained coaches should nurture them and convert them into international talent. Nothing is happening, ”a source said. Bai allocated Rs 73 lakh to Olympian and former international people to offer monthly retaines, who now train players in national camps. But would his experience be enough to get the next song and Sindhu? Very few champions turned into successful coaches. There is long -term demand for trained coaches. Talent is a top priority with recognition and grooming. More trained coaches should be selected and the programs should be charted. Overhala hours require There is nothing with the result, but if they want to improve Indian badminton standing, a proper system requires hours, with three to five years of plan and ready. The association and coaches should decide the tournament schedule of top shuttlers especially during the years of the Olympic and Asian Games. Many legendary players and administrators are of the opinion that a scheme implemented by Pullela Gopichand should be implemented across the country. If so many champions can come from an academy, then why can’t anything else come from other parts of the country? There is no shortage of talent, but a proper system should be kept as soon as possible, otherwise this shuttle service will be chopped for mediation along the road.
