Coach Choi Jong-ryul (fifth from the left in the front row) dispatched by the Korea Soft Tennis Association poses after coaching the Laos national team. provided by the association
[스포츠서울 | 김경무전문기자] Soft tennis (soft tennis) and badminton are sports in which Korea is strong. Domestic sports organizations in these events dispatch veteran leaders to Southeast Asian countries to transfer their skills to the project every year, which is receiving great response from the locals.
The Korea Soft Tennis Association (Chairman Jeong In-seon) said on the 5th, “We are conducting a leadership project every year for the development of soft tennis in underdeveloped foreign countries.” . These national athletes came to the Jincheon National Training Center and conducted joint training with Korean national athletes for two weeks.
The Korea Soft Tennis Association explains that through this leader dispatch project, players from Southeast Asian countries are doing well in the Southeast Asian Games (SEAGAME) held every two years.
The association said, “Coach Choi Jong-ryul is Park Hang-seo of the soft tennis world,” and he was dispatched to Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand for two months last year to take the lead in spreading soft tennis.
Coach Choi Seong-guk, dispatched by the Korea Badminton Association, is instructing the Cambodian national team players. provided by the association
The Korea Badminton Association (Chairman Kim Taek-kyu) also announced on the 5th, “We dispatched excellent domestic leaders and carried out a badminton equipment support project to promote friendship with Cambodia and support the development of underdeveloped countries in sports.”
The Cambodian badminton team is undergoing special training from coach Choi Seong-guk, who was dispatched from Korea, to achieve good results in the 2023 Southeast Asian Games. Nine members of the national team are training in China.
According to the association, coach Choi Seong-guk trained Cambodian players last year with an emphasis on strengthening mental strength and basic physical strength. This year, in preparation for the Korean national team, training is planned with the goal of improving physical strength to 70% and technical skills to 60%.
Over the past several years, the Badminton Association has been steadily interacting with Cambodian junior players by inviting them to the Korea Junior Open, supporting their participation in the tournament, and giving lessons. Badminton equipment worth 11.55 million won, such as rackets, was also supported.
Such projects in sports such as soft tennis and badminton have been carried out as part of the ‘Sports Companion Program’, an international exchange and cooperation project of the Korea Olympic Committee. Sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the National Sports Promotion Corporation. [email protected]
