Badminton Legends Pass the Torch: World Champion Coaches Join Forces to Nurture China’s Next Generation of Stars
Original title: World champion senior coach enters reserve talent base (title)
The Chinese Badminton Association continues to promote the development of youth training (theme)
China Sports News reporter Zhou Yuan
Recently, the Chinese Badminton Association organized the “Run, Boys” event for badminton stars to enter the reserve talent base.
There are currently 60 badminton reserve talent bases across the country, including 28 sports schools and 32 clubs. In order to better promote the cultivation of China’s badminton reserves and continue to promote the development of national badminton youth training, the Chinese Badminton Association has selected a number of sports schools as event locations, invited well-known coaches who have been engaged in youth badminton training all year round to give lessons, and invited badminton world champions to the base for interaction , and held a symposium.
For seven consecutive days, the event held 8 stops in 8 badminton reserve talent bases in Zhejiang, Hunan, Jiangsu, Hubei and other places.
Vice Chairman of the Chinese Badminton Association and two-time Olympic champion Gao Ling, former deputy head coach of the Chinese Badminton Team Lin Shiquan, former head coach of the Bayi Women’s Badminton Team and winner of the National Sports Medal of Honor Chen Weihua, former head of the scientific research team of the Chinese Badminton Team Cheng Yongmin, World champions Ma Jin, Wang Lin, and Tang Jinhua participated in multiple events in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. In Yiyang, Shaoyang, and Jingzhou, there were national badminton coaches Zhang Shaochen and He Xiangyang, as well as world badminton champions such as Gong Ruina, Tian Houwei, Han Chengkai, and Li Yinhui. join in.
At the Wuxi event, Gao Ling shared with everyone the different preparations and difficulties and setbacks of the two Olympic Games. Among them are the courage of a newborn calf in the Sydney Olympics who is not afraid of tigers, and the insistence on turning the pressure of defending the title into the motivation to win gold in the Athens Olympics. It is very inspiring for young athletes at different stages.
World champion Wang Lin mentioned in both events that she had to leave the field due to injuries. Injuries are a difficulty that every athlete may face. It also proves that the biggest opponent on the field is herself. Only by overcoming timidity Only by doing this can you become a better athlete.
World champion Ma Jin shared her stories of growth and struggle in different periods at the event. There is one sentence she mentioned every time, “Sports has given me the positive energy to not be afraid of hardship, tiredness, loss, or admit defeat. “This is a huge motivation for growing young athletes and is a concrete embodiment of the Chinese sports spirit in badminton.
At the event site, the children partnered with badminton champions to conduct confrontation drills. Although there is a gap in level, the young players are very motivated and hardworking. Several senior badminton coaches and experts discussed various topics with athletes and coaches on badminton singles, doubles, techniques and tactics, youth training, etc., to make China’s badminton reserve force thicker and stronger.
This series of activities is planned to be held at 15 stations across the country. The Chinese Badminton Association will also carry out activities in reserve talent bases in Beijing, Shanghai, Sichuan, Guangdong and other places to continue to promote the development of Chinese badminton youth training.