Two Main Focuses Of The 2024 Thomas & Uber Cup Team In First Practice

JAKARTA The Indonesian badminton team for the 2024 Thomas & Uber Cup underwent their first three and a half hours of training with two main focuses.

The Indonesian group held their first exercise at the Chengdu Hi Tech Zone Sports Center Gymnasium, Chengdu, China, on Thursday, April 25, 2024, afternoon local time.

The Head of Development and Achievement as well as team manager, Ricky Subagja, directly led the exercise. The two main focuses in the training are field adaptation and conditions return.

"Today adaptation is related to all factors, shuttlecock and wind direction as usual. Returning conditions are also being carried out today," said women's doubles coach Eng Hian in a statement.

After arriving in China, all athletes are given freedom by team managers. They can choose to rest or undergo training according to their respective wishes.

Ricky explained that the condition of the athletes was quite good. With great enthusiasm they devoured all the training menus offered by the coach.

"The condition of the children is quite good and hopefully it will continue like that. Be healthy and nothing so that they can concentrate on the rest of the training before the inaugural match," he said.

The 2024 Thomas & Uber Cup starts on Saturday, April 27 to May 5, 2024. The Thomas team is targeted to bring home the title, while the Uber team reaches the semifinals.

The Thomas Cup trophy was last brought home in Indonesia in 2021. In the 2022 edition, Indonesia also entered the final, but lost against India.

Meanwhile, for the Uber Cup, Indonesia has fasted for 28 years. The last time Indonesia won the Uber Cup was 1996.