Saturday, 01/07/2017 11:25 (GMT+7)
(CPV) - From July 2nd - August 20th, Ho Chi Minh city will send 12 badminton players and two coaches to Thailand for a training course at Bangkok-based SCG Badminton Academy in an attempt to find new talent.
It was one of the SCG’s visions to improve the life standards and lift the sports movement at the destinations where the group was located.
Coming from SCG’s Enterprise Brand Manager’s Office, Ms Venus Asavasitthithavorn, said that the training course should help Vietnamese players to sharpen their skills and develop potential at the highest level and be ready for regional and international competitions.
“Since 2002, the nation could not find any player who could reach the world level such as Vietnam's ace player Nguyen Tien Minh. He is now 34. It is a headache for us because we have talented athletes but we do not have enough support and sponsorship to push them up,” said Ms Huynh Ngoc Lien, Deputy President of the HCM city Badminton Federation.
Photos: Dung Anh
Bangkok-based SCG Badminton Academy is a professional environment where they are updated and science is applied in sports training and practice. Operated since 2007 with a total investment of around VND150 billion, it offers free-of-charge training course for 12-17 years old players as well as provides finance assistance for them to compete at high-quality international tournaments. It is now home of 37 players (including 22 men) under the instruction of 10 professional coaches, five experts in the fields of nutrition, health care and sport sciences.
During their stay, the Thai side is committed to provide two experts supporting Vietnamese athletes, especially the two outstanding female players, Nguyen Hai Dang (was born in 2000)-gold medals in U16,U19 national tours, and Vu Thi Anh Thu (was born in 2001)-gold medal in singles event at U16 national tour.
The Academy has produced high ranking players such as world women’s No.8 Ratchanok Intanon and world men’s No.10 Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk./.
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