Yoo Yong Sung to assist Pang Cheh Chang in training Men’s Doubles category shuttlers: Badminton news
The Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) have a new addition in the national coaching set up as they have hired Korea’s two-time Olympic silver medallist, Yoo Yong Sung as the Men’s Doubles coach. He will be assisting coach, Pang Cheh Chang to impart
his knowledge and skills for the nourishment of shuttlers.
The purpose of hiring a Korean coach is to give Malaysian shuttlers a touch of the Korean style of play. Malaysia’s top pair and World Number Five ranked duo, Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong have been losing to Korean opponents on many occasions.
A Korean coach will definitely help the Malaysian pair to identify and eliminate their weaknesses and become well prepared for the 2012 London Olympics. The coach will observe their game and will guide the shuttlers to work on certain areas of their play.
Yong Sung will introduce techniques and training style of Korean pairs, which will help the Malaysian shuttlers to learn more productive skills to become world beaters.
Chief coach of Doubles squad, Tan Kim Her is happy with the new addition of a Korean coach into the national coaching structure. He has described the job of Yong Sung, which is to assist Cheh Chang for improving skills of Men’s Doubles shuttlers.
Kim Her said, “Yong Sung's inclusion is not going to bring about another reshuffle. Cheh Chang will be in charge of Kien Keat-Boon Heong's programme while Yong Sung will assist him.”
Kim Her has been working in South Korea as a coach for three years and has employed many Korean techniques of training in the Malaysian squad. Now, the Korean coach will further look into the matter of how to improve the shuttlers to become top athletes
in the world.
However, Kim Her also added, “We cannot completely go the Korean way but there are some good things that we can tap into and this is where Yong Sung can be useful. We will have open discussions once he starts work and will exchange views and ideas to keep improving
our programme.”
Yong Sung is expected to start working with the Malaysian squad in the opening week of November, 2011.
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