Indonesian Badminton Team Speeds Up Training To Maintain Conditions At The Odense Ahead Of The Denmark Open 2023

Head of PBSI Development and Achievement Division, Rionny Mainaky. (Photo: Twitter/@INABadminton)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian badminton team has arrived at Odense to face the Denmark Open 2023 which will start tomorrow, October 17. Not wasting time, the Red and White Squad immediately scheduled exercises for the players upon arrival at Odense.

Jonathan Christie et al are known to arrive in Odense on Sunday, October 15 at noon local time. After a short break, in the afternoon the players were immediately presented with a training agenda

"We arrived at around 13.00 in Odense and got a training schedule at 16.00-17.00. I immediately instructed the children to just practice it immediately," said Rionny in an official statement from PBSI quoted on Monday, October 16.

This is deliberately done so that Anthony Ginting et al can make adjustments more easily in order to get a better body condition when competing later.

"I think if we practice immediately today, tomorrow in the last exercise it can be better, not than zero," he said.

"This (training) is also good for adjusting their sleep hours here because if you go straight to sleep, tonight it will be fresh. And it turned out to be in good condition earlier, although it was light but there were still goals to be achieved," said the Head of Binpres.

Athletes conduct light exercises by holding games 3 vs 3. Although light and often carried out, they are believed to be successful in helping the athletes prepare.

"Actually, three against three have been carried out in training quite often. The goal is not only to restore conditions to warm up so that they can focus on their respective parts because everyone exchanges positions, plays in front and back," said one mixed double, Pitha Haningtyas Mentari.

Meanwhile, Jonatan Christie admitted, this light exercise is a moment to be able to restore the condition of the players after a long journey.

Earlier in training, the focus was conditioning after a long journey, reversing conditions. Playing three against three is enough to make you enjoy your children double. Because the training is only light today, you can't be forced to practice hard. It's fun but tense as well as the game," said Jonathan.