It’s time for reflection. The last 3 tournaments in Germany, England and Switzerland shall be followed by a number of weeks of hard, very hard training!
Unfortunately these tournaments haven’t brought what they could and should have brought. During the first two we lost from better Korean pairs but at times we could keep up with them. In Switzerland these experiences should have paid out in our match against the French, but they didn’t. What a pity! Fortunately there was all of a sudden a great boost on Thursday evening when Koen and Ruud defeated the number one men’s pair of the world the Danes Boe and Mogensen. It was a splendid match and I cheered like hell. It felt like I was at that court myself. I was really happy! I recognised the feeling I had when we had won a match against a top 10 Chinese pair at the Bitburger Open last September. It’s super to have such an experience and you should cherish the feeling.
Monday the usual training at Papendal will start again. It is the last week with one coach. On April 4th our new female coach and trainer Xu Huaiwen will make her appearance. And it is about time, because I am ready for a new challenge.
Tags: badminton, Boe, jorrit de ruiter, Mogensen, Papendal, Xu Huaiwen