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Latihan 'ala Korea'


PRESTASI Kien Keat (kiri) dan Boon Heong dilihat merudum kebelakangan ini sehingga mencetuskan persoalan mengenai persiapan mereka bagi menghadapi Sukan Olimpik 2012 di London.


SELEPAS sah dilantik sebagai jurula- tih baharu beregu lelaki badminton negara, bekas jaguh Korea Selatan, Yoo Yong-sung (gambar kecil) akan mela- porkan diri di Stadium Juara, Bukit Kiara hari ini.

Yong-sung, 37, diberi tanggungjawab membantu Pang Cheh Chang menggilap kembali sentuhan gandingan utama negara, Koo Kien Keat- Tan Boon Heong yang menjadi pertaruhan memburu pingat emas Sukan Olimpik 2012 di London.

Pada masa yang sama, dia juga akan membantu ketua jurulatih beregu lelaki, Tan Kim Her dan Rosman Razak dalam mengendalikan latihan beregu muda negara.

"Saya pernah bekerja bersamanya (Yong-sung) di Korea Selatan dan saya pasti dia adalah jurulatih yang berwi- bawa.
"Pemain-pemain kita akan mendapat manfaat dengan menjalani latihan 'ala Korea' yang mementingkan disiplin tinggi dan serius.

"Diharapkan, sentuhannya mampu mengubah trend tersebut pada kejoha- nan akan datang dan yang lebih penting, Koo dan Tan akan lebih bersedia menjelang Olimpik tahun depan," kata Kim Her semalam.
Sementara itu, Setiausaha Persatuan Badminton Malaysia (BAM), Ng Chin Chai memberitahu, Yong-sung akan diberi enam bulan tempoh percubaan untuk dinilai prestasinya.

"Selepas enam bulan, kami akan mendapatkan maklum balas untuk melihat sama ada dia sesuai atau tidak," jelasnya.

Yong-sung yang bergandingan bersama Lee Dong-soo pada 1990-an dan awal tahun 2000, menjadi jurulatih dari Korea Selatan kedua melatih skuad ke- bangsaan selepas Park Joo-bong (1999- 2002) berkhidmat sebagai ketua jurula- tih.

Kelmarin, beliau yang berjaya meraih pingat perak pada Sukan Olimpik 2000 di Sydney dan Olimpik 2004 di Athens, telah menandatangani kontrak dengan BAM.
Dalam pada itu, corak permainan Kien Keat dan Boon Heong akan dirombak secara menyeluruh supaya mereka dapat meningkatkan kembali mutu permainan ke tahap lebih tinggi.

Ini kerana corak permainan beregu emas negara itu yang pernah digeruni suatu ketika dahulu, dilihat tidak lagi mampu mencetuskan resah dalam kala- ngan lawan mereka.

"Dengan baki hanya sembilan bulan sebelum London 2012, sesuatu drastik harus dilakukan untuk mengembalikan rentak dan keyakinan Koo-Tan dan yang pasti, corak permainan sedia ada perlu dirombak.
"Kita dapat lihat jurang antara mereka dengan dua beregu terbaik dunia, Cai Yun-Fu Haifeng (China) dan Jung Jae-sung-Lee Young-dae (Korea Selatan) semakin ketara dengan permainan mereka kian meningkat sedangkan Koo-Tan terus bergelut.

"Cara Koo-Tan bermain sudah terlalu terdedah sehinggakan mudah terpedaya dan diperangkap lawan mereka," akui Cheh Chang.


Oleh HELMI TALKAH
helmi.talkah@kosmo.com.my

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