VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Badminton Federation will hire a Danish coach for the national young team, said the federation’s Secretary General, Le Thanh Sang.

 
Sang said that the estimated wages for the Danish coach – Mr. Ron Daniels – is $2,000 per month. This is the great effort of the badminton federation because its budget is very limited, Sang added.

 

Daniels worked for a short time for a badminton team of the Vietnam Army and for the badminton team of the central city of Da Nang.

 

According to Sang, Daniels is a reputed coach from Europe. “It is all good with Daniels’ achievements and professional diplomas. However we need some time to evaluate and make comparison between him and other foreign coaches in Vietnam,” Sang said.

 

At present, the three largest cities in Vietnam – Da Nang, Hanoi and HCM City – hire foreign coaches for their badminton teams.

 

HCM City pays $5,000 a month for Indonesian coach Aseap Suharno, which is very famous in the world badminton circles.

 

Sang said that coach Asep Suharno is the best choice for the national badminton team but the badminton federation cannot afford his wages.

 

He said he may ask help from HCM City to “borrow” the coach to train the national team in three months before the Southeast Asian Games.

 

Sang said that the Vietnam Badminton Federation and some provinces have to hire foreign coaches, because Vietnam does not have many coaches that meet international standards.

 

“Vietnam has only two badminton coaches who had the Asian second-level certificate and both of them are in HCM City – Nguyen The Huy and Nguyen Anh Hoang. We have many badminton training centers but they can only train young players,” Sang explained.

 

According to Sang, Vietnamese badminton coaches are weak at foreign languages, so they cannot update their knowledge.

 

Vietnam aims to win a bronze medal for men’s single category at the upcoming SEA Games. The biggest hope is certainly Nguyen Tien Minh.

 

TP