Hi,
After being crowned league champions on thursday night, the last few days have been spent mostly on celebrating. The final match on thursday ended around 23.30 and after being presented with the gold medals and the trophy I (and 5 other players) had to do a dopingtest, so we didn't get back to the club until 1.15 in the night. Noone seemed to care though and we all celebrated the win the rest of the night. The party ended at 6 in the morning, I finished a bit earlier, but still didn't go for my training friday morning :) I'm pretty sure noone did! I didn't do anything friday actually, I felt so tired in my body so thought it would be wise to take it easy for a day. Not hard to figure out why I was so tired... My singles match lasted for an hour, the team match took 3½ hours and I was up till late in the night. Pretty hard both physically and mentally!
Speaking of my singles, it was a good game, very intense and with a lot of good rallies. I started off committing some easy mistakes, don't know why actually as I didn't really feel nervous, but nonetheless the mistakes were there... I lost the first set 21-17 after being 2-3-4 points behind all the time. The 2nd set started off in the same way as the 1st, but when I was 7-3 down my attacking game began to get going and I was up 11-8 at the break. I maintained this advantage all the way up to 18-15, then lost 3 points in a row and I qucikly felt the pressure as he was about to give his team the start they dreamed of. But I managed to control my mind and played the next 3 points to perfection which handed me the set 21-18. The crowd was ecstatic, it was really a great to feel the huge support the fans from Greve gave me. They definetly helped me to get back into the game. The 3rd set saw me have a slight edge, but I never managed to create a gap greater than 2 points even though I had a few good chances. This was the picture all the way up to 17-15, then he played 6 really good rallies where he was very agressive and unfortunately I didn't have any response! 21-17 for him and the game was over. Overall it was a good game and it was another step forward for me. I'm getting closer to a high consisten level of play again. It's nice to see it's going in the right direction. Still I was very dissapointed just after the match and felt like I had let my team down, but luckily they all responded by playing some excellent badminton to make up for my loss and secured us the win. Needless to say, the feeling I had when we won the last point was fantastic. I felt joy, satisfaction and relief at the same time. This combined with 500-600 crazy Greve supporters shouting and all of my teammates running onto the court to celebrate with our mens doubles (who won the decisive match) send a feeling through my body that's hard to describe. But this is exactly that kind of feeling that makes all the hard work worth it! Being a part of this and also playing in an atmosphere like that is something I'll remember for a very long time. Hopefully I'll get to experience this again next year!
Saturday and sunday were tough days as we I had to train again and still needed to go to Greve a few times to do some more celebrations and saturday night there was a huge party where everyone in the world of badminton here in Denmark was invited. Again I stayed out till early in the morning, so when I got to sleep last night I think it was well deserved!
Today life returned to "normal". Training in the morning, a bit of work in the afternoon and relaxing in the evening. I have to start focussing on the upcomming events here in April. First thing comming up is the Finnish International Challenge which I'll leave for on wednesday. I really hope to keep up the good play there, but we will see how big the effect of the last few days will be. I'll try to find some time to tell you all a bit on my draw and expectation for this tournament, but right now I'm off to bed!
Keep well,
HK
Monday, 31 March 2008
Friday, 28 March 2008
We are the champions!!
Hi all,
Just a quick note to let you all know that we beat BS København 4-2 in the 2nd final last night, which of course means we are now danish league champions!! Unfortunately I lost my singles 21-17 18-21 21-17, but that doesn't bother me too much now that we won the gold. That's the good thing about team events!
I'm very tired right now after some heavy celebration last night :), so wont go into details about the match right now. My weekend seems to be pretty busy with training and more celebrations, so I will try to update my blog on monday evening and tell you more about how I experienced last night...
A great round-up on the match can be found here: http://www.badzine.info/content/view/938/
And pictures here: http://www.fjerbolden.dk/begivenheder/bskgreve.htm
All the best,
HK
Just a quick note to let you all know that we beat BS København 4-2 in the 2nd final last night, which of course means we are now danish league champions!! Unfortunately I lost my singles 21-17 18-21 21-17, but that doesn't bother me too much now that we won the gold. That's the good thing about team events!
I'm very tired right now after some heavy celebration last night :), so wont go into details about the match right now. My weekend seems to be pretty busy with training and more celebrations, so I will try to update my blog on monday evening and tell you more about how I experienced last night...
A great round-up on the match can be found here: http://www.badzine.info/content/view/938/
And pictures here: http://www.fjerbolden.dk/begivenheder/bskgreve.htm
All the best,
HK
Tuesday, 25 March 2008
Another final to come
Hi,
Less than 48 hours to go before the "kickoff" of the 2nd danish league final. The team sheets were given today and it turned out that both teams have decide to use the exact same lineup as they did in the first final. It's a bit surprising that our opponents didn't change anything, but that's their decision and I wont complain about it :)
Of course this means I will have to play Joachim Fischer once more. Only difference is it will be in the first round (we play 2 matches at the time) now, where it was in the 3rd round last time. Even though I don't mind playing first, I would have loved to play in the 3rd round again and thereby have a chance of winning the match that would clinch the gold for us. Now I'll just have to focus on giving my team the best possible start and I'm definetly ready for that! To be honest I simply can't wait to do this!
The final will be played in an arena called KB Hallen, which is a place with a lot of history surrounding it. The league final has always been played there (this is the first year we have a 2-legged final) and the atmosphere is very special. With somewhere around 1500 people watching and the fact that my match will be broadcastet on live television, I'm sure it will be a very cool experience that I'll remember for a long time!
Tomorrow and thursday is of course days that will go by with all of my focus being on this final match. My preparation for this match has started as early as tonight! After a light training session at the club I spoke to the coach, Kenneth Jonassen, about the tactics and my how my mental approach on thursday night should be. Tomorrow I'll continue my preparation by taking it a bit easy in the morning training session, giving my body a chance to recover some as it feels very tried right now. The rest of the day I will spend on eating and realxing. Hopefully I'll feel fully recovered come thursday morning where I will attend a very light training session just to get my body moving and get a "feeling" of the court and shuttle... After this I will go to see a reflexologist, who will give me a 1-hour treatment to ensure that my body and mind is at 100% in the evening. The last few hours before I meet up with my teammates will be used on drinking a lot of water and realxing a bit. I will meet with the rest of the team 3 hours before the match starts, where we will have some food and a chat without thinking too much about the match. Then we head off to the arena at 18.00 (match starts at 20.00) and everyone will begin to focus in on the things thats important for them to perform at their best! For me that includes having a hit at the court I have to play at, talking about the tactics again and of course do some warm-up :) At 19.55 we will be introduced to the audience and at 20.00 I will be on court feeling all fired up and ready to take the first important step for Greve towards the danish league championship!
Thank you all for reading and your comments are much appreciated,
All the best,
HK
Less than 48 hours to go before the "kickoff" of the 2nd danish league final. The team sheets were given today and it turned out that both teams have decide to use the exact same lineup as they did in the first final. It's a bit surprising that our opponents didn't change anything, but that's their decision and I wont complain about it :)
Of course this means I will have to play Joachim Fischer once more. Only difference is it will be in the first round (we play 2 matches at the time) now, where it was in the 3rd round last time. Even though I don't mind playing first, I would have loved to play in the 3rd round again and thereby have a chance of winning the match that would clinch the gold for us. Now I'll just have to focus on giving my team the best possible start and I'm definetly ready for that! To be honest I simply can't wait to do this!
The final will be played in an arena called KB Hallen, which is a place with a lot of history surrounding it. The league final has always been played there (this is the first year we have a 2-legged final) and the atmosphere is very special. With somewhere around 1500 people watching and the fact that my match will be broadcastet on live television, I'm sure it will be a very cool experience that I'll remember for a long time!
Tomorrow and thursday is of course days that will go by with all of my focus being on this final match. My preparation for this match has started as early as tonight! After a light training session at the club I spoke to the coach, Kenneth Jonassen, about the tactics and my how my mental approach on thursday night should be. Tomorrow I'll continue my preparation by taking it a bit easy in the morning training session, giving my body a chance to recover some as it feels very tried right now. The rest of the day I will spend on eating and realxing. Hopefully I'll feel fully recovered come thursday morning where I will attend a very light training session just to get my body moving and get a "feeling" of the court and shuttle... After this I will go to see a reflexologist, who will give me a 1-hour treatment to ensure that my body and mind is at 100% in the evening. The last few hours before I meet up with my teammates will be used on drinking a lot of water and realxing a bit. I will meet with the rest of the team 3 hours before the match starts, where we will have some food and a chat without thinking too much about the match. Then we head off to the arena at 18.00 (match starts at 20.00) and everyone will begin to focus in on the things thats important for them to perform at their best! For me that includes having a hit at the court I have to play at, talking about the tactics again and of course do some warm-up :) At 19.55 we will be introduced to the audience and at 20.00 I will be on court feeling all fired up and ready to take the first important step for Greve towards the danish league championship!
Thank you all for reading and your comments are much appreciated,
All the best,
HK
Thursday, 20 March 2008
Victory!
Hi all,
Finally I have a victory to report about! :) Last night my club Greve won 4-2 in the first of the 2-legged league final here in Denmark. It was a splendid match and very exciting all the way. The last match was won by a scoreline of 21-17 in the 3rd set! This was a good 20 minutes after I finished off my game to make the score 3-2 for Greve.
I had to play Joachim Fischer, who is playing mixed doubles at international level, but has been playing singles for many years. So far he has been playing very well in the league, so I knew I was up for a tough match considering my recent poor form! Nonetheless I played absolutely outstanding badminton and beat him very easily, 21-10 21-16. For the first time since I got back from my injury I felt like everything was working out for me. Obviously a fantastic feeling! Still a few things to improve on, but I was very close to the level of play I showed back in august where I played so well. This match definetly gives me a lot of belief in myself again, which is maybe one thing I've been missing in my latest matches! It also gives me a lot of motivation to keep working hard in training as I now see it does pay off!! Oh it feels so good to finally be back! :)
My easter will be spent at home where I will be busy training. I'll also try to find some time for visiting some of my friends that I haven't seen in a while, as well as I'll use a few hours along with my family.
Happy easter to you all,
HK
Finally I have a victory to report about! :) Last night my club Greve won 4-2 in the first of the 2-legged league final here in Denmark. It was a splendid match and very exciting all the way. The last match was won by a scoreline of 21-17 in the 3rd set! This was a good 20 minutes after I finished off my game to make the score 3-2 for Greve.
I had to play Joachim Fischer, who is playing mixed doubles at international level, but has been playing singles for many years. So far he has been playing very well in the league, so I knew I was up for a tough match considering my recent poor form! Nonetheless I played absolutely outstanding badminton and beat him very easily, 21-10 21-16. For the first time since I got back from my injury I felt like everything was working out for me. Obviously a fantastic feeling! Still a few things to improve on, but I was very close to the level of play I showed back in august where I played so well. This match definetly gives me a lot of belief in myself again, which is maybe one thing I've been missing in my latest matches! It also gives me a lot of motivation to keep working hard in training as I now see it does pay off!! Oh it feels so good to finally be back! :)
My easter will be spent at home where I will be busy training. I'll also try to find some time for visiting some of my friends that I haven't seen in a while, as well as I'll use a few hours along with my family.
Happy easter to you all,
HK
Monday, 17 March 2008
Looking forward...
Hi all,
I lost my first round match in Portugal to Yuhan Tan of Belgium. I played very well in the first set and beginning of the second, but unfortunately I couldn't hold on. As of today I'm still not quite sure what went wrong for me which made me feel extremely dissapointed and frustrated just after the match. Now that I've got things on a bit of a distance, I choose to focus on the positive things, like my game in the first set and some parts of both the second and third. In these parts I managed to put everything together and make it work like it did back in august/september where I played so well. Just need to be able to do this throughout a whole match, or at least 2 sets so I have a chance of winning some matches. It's pretty difficult when you only play 1 good set per match :)
Next up for me on the international circuit will be the Finnish Internationl in Helsinki. That's in 3 weeks and I'll have to play in the qualifiers round. Haven't played qualifiers for quite some time in these EBU tournaments, but maybe it's not too bad as it gives me a better chance of getting some matches.
This tournament is not getting much attention in my mind right now though. On wednesday evening I have to play in the first of two league finals here in Denmark. My team, Greve, have been in the final 3 times in the last 4 years, but lost every time. So everyone involved in the club is very eager for us to win it this time and I think we have a good chance of doing so. The league system is a special. A teammatch contains 2 mens singles, 1 ladies singles, 1 mixed, 1 mes doubles and 1 ladies doubles. If the score is tied at 3-3 at the end of the matches one decisive "golden" set is to be played. As the lineups have just been released it could look like my match could be the dicisive factor. I think we are favourites to win the first mens singles (i play second after Kenneth Jonassen), ladies singles and have a slight edge in the mixed. Our opponents look very strong in mens and ladies doubles. My match looks like a 50/50 encounter, so it should be a splendid final as my match is to be played as the last match of the night. There will be a sell-out crowd of 750 people, most of them supporting Greve as we play at home this time. I'm sure it will be very fun and I'm really looking forward to playing. Hopefully the crowd will give me a lot of support and thereby help me to play better again!
Even if we lose on wednesday we still have a chance of winning the league title, but that will require a victory away from home thursday next week. Not impossible, but a very tough task.
We'll see how things get on, I'm positive about it! Sure it will be a night to remember for a long time...
Thanks for reading and your support,
Hans-Kristian
I lost my first round match in Portugal to Yuhan Tan of Belgium. I played very well in the first set and beginning of the second, but unfortunately I couldn't hold on. As of today I'm still not quite sure what went wrong for me which made me feel extremely dissapointed and frustrated just after the match. Now that I've got things on a bit of a distance, I choose to focus on the positive things, like my game in the first set and some parts of both the second and third. In these parts I managed to put everything together and make it work like it did back in august/september where I played so well. Just need to be able to do this throughout a whole match, or at least 2 sets so I have a chance of winning some matches. It's pretty difficult when you only play 1 good set per match :)
Next up for me on the international circuit will be the Finnish Internationl in Helsinki. That's in 3 weeks and I'll have to play in the qualifiers round. Haven't played qualifiers for quite some time in these EBU tournaments, but maybe it's not too bad as it gives me a better chance of getting some matches.
This tournament is not getting much attention in my mind right now though. On wednesday evening I have to play in the first of two league finals here in Denmark. My team, Greve, have been in the final 3 times in the last 4 years, but lost every time. So everyone involved in the club is very eager for us to win it this time and I think we have a good chance of doing so. The league system is a special. A teammatch contains 2 mens singles, 1 ladies singles, 1 mixed, 1 mes doubles and 1 ladies doubles. If the score is tied at 3-3 at the end of the matches one decisive "golden" set is to be played. As the lineups have just been released it could look like my match could be the dicisive factor. I think we are favourites to win the first mens singles (i play second after Kenneth Jonassen), ladies singles and have a slight edge in the mixed. Our opponents look very strong in mens and ladies doubles. My match looks like a 50/50 encounter, so it should be a splendid final as my match is to be played as the last match of the night. There will be a sell-out crowd of 750 people, most of them supporting Greve as we play at home this time. I'm sure it will be very fun and I'm really looking forward to playing. Hopefully the crowd will give me a lot of support and thereby help me to play better again!
Even if we lose on wednesday we still have a chance of winning the league title, but that will require a victory away from home thursday next week. Not impossible, but a very tough task.
We'll see how things get on, I'm positive about it! Sure it will be a night to remember for a long time...
Thanks for reading and your support,
Hans-Kristian
Tuesday, 11 March 2008
I'm going to Portugal :)
As you might have guessed after reading the headline of this post, I decided today that I will be going to Portugal on thursday. The physiotherapist said no problem so the choice was easy for me and my coach!
The draw is out and I play Yuhan Tan of Belgium in the first round. He's a tough opponent, but if I play well I should have a good chance of beating him. Anyway the result is still not what's more important for me. I just need to go out there enjoy myself and try to get back to my "old" game of attacking badminton. Will be good to get another chance of doing this, I'm really looking forward to it.
I've had a really tough night. Went to my good friend Jan Ø. Jørgensens apartment to watch Champions League football as my favourite team Inter was playing his team Liverpool. Unfortunately Liverpool won the match 1-0, so now my team is out of the competition! Always fun to spend time with Jan, but not when his team beats up mine! :) Tomorrow morning training at the national centre will be terrible. Peter Gade is also a huge Liverpool fan, so I think I'm going to hear a lot more about this match. Gade and Jan at the same time, oh no! haha
Anyway I'm off to bed. Take care,
HK
The draw is out and I play Yuhan Tan of Belgium in the first round. He's a tough opponent, but if I play well I should have a good chance of beating him. Anyway the result is still not what's more important for me. I just need to go out there enjoy myself and try to get back to my "old" game of attacking badminton. Will be good to get another chance of doing this, I'm really looking forward to it.
I've had a really tough night. Went to my good friend Jan Ø. Jørgensens apartment to watch Champions League football as my favourite team Inter was playing his team Liverpool. Unfortunately Liverpool won the match 1-0, so now my team is out of the competition! Always fun to spend time with Jan, but not when his team beats up mine! :) Tomorrow morning training at the national centre will be terrible. Peter Gade is also a huge Liverpool fan, so I think I'm going to hear a lot more about this match. Gade and Jan at the same time, oh no! haha
Anyway I'm off to bed. Take care,
HK
Monday, 10 March 2008
Back at it!
Yes!! I'm back in training now after my knee problems last week. It really made me sad not being able to train, so I'm very happy it's now over. I was afraid these problems would force me to withdraw from the tournament in Portugal this week, but after some training yesterday and today my knee feels fine, so I'm very positive about my chances of playing. The final descision wheter I'll play or not will be made tomorrow, where I'll discuss it with my physiotherapist and the national coach. Stay tuned here on my blog for info of what my decision will be! :)
As all of you probably know, the All England finals were being played yesterday. It was a huge succes for danish badminton with the ladies singles victory for Tine Rasmussen! I'm very happy for Tine, she truly deserves all the praise she can get for 3 wonderful Super Series victories in 6 months. This is a huge perfromance and means a lot to badminton here in Denmark. A big congratulations to Tine and I certainly hope to see more of this in the future!
The mens singles final was quite a dissapointment for me. Lin Dan wasn't at all trying to defend his title. He was happy to let Chen Jin get the victory and important ranking points for the Olympic qualification. This is not good for badminton, but unfortunately it's hard to do anything about it. Anyway, Chen Jin still deserves a lot of recognition for his win. He did beat some amazing players on his way to the final and in an impressive manner.
I'll be going to the cinema in an hour or so, to watch the american movie "Jumper". I don't know much about this movie, I just hope it's a good one! :) We'll see about that...
Hope you are all keeping well,
HK
As all of you probably know, the All England finals were being played yesterday. It was a huge succes for danish badminton with the ladies singles victory for Tine Rasmussen! I'm very happy for Tine, she truly deserves all the praise she can get for 3 wonderful Super Series victories in 6 months. This is a huge perfromance and means a lot to badminton here in Denmark. A big congratulations to Tine and I certainly hope to see more of this in the future!
The mens singles final was quite a dissapointment for me. Lin Dan wasn't at all trying to defend his title. He was happy to let Chen Jin get the victory and important ranking points for the Olympic qualification. This is not good for badminton, but unfortunately it's hard to do anything about it. Anyway, Chen Jin still deserves a lot of recognition for his win. He did beat some amazing players on his way to the final and in an impressive manner.
I'll be going to the cinema in an hour or so, to watch the american movie "Jumper". I don't know much about this movie, I just hope it's a good one! :) We'll see about that...
Hope you are all keeping well,
HK
Friday, 7 March 2008
A wasted 3 days...
Hi,
The headline of my latest blogpost ended with the words "time to do some training" and I would love to tell you all about how this weeks training has been. Unfortunately though, I got some serious pain in my right knee (not the one I had surgery in) after training on tuesday night. It was so painful that I had to skip training the next day and now I'm on my 3rd day with no badmintontraining. I've been able to do some physical training, but still this is a sad set back in my training for the upcomming events. Next week I'm supposed to play an international series tournament in Portugal, but we will have to wait and see how me knee feels next week before we (me and the national coach) decide wheter or not it's a good idea to play. In the weeks after going to Portugal I have 2 very important matches that I really hope to do well in. It's the finals of the playoffs in the danish top division. The entire season everyone in my club has been working very hard on finally winning the gold and thereby being crowned danish champions. We've had a few obstacles on our road to the final with my injury and more lately top mixed doubles player Britta Andersens serious knee injury (she is undergoing surgery on monday, so all the best to her, I really hope everything goes well for her!). Now we've made it to the final and everyone is very eager for us to clinch the gold, which would be a first time for the club (and me). So obviously I'm very excited about getting fit for these matches and therefor these kneeproblems doesn't come in very handy... But to be honest I don't think injuries ever come in handy :)
The pain is as good as gone today, so I'm hoping to do some training over the weekend without the pain comming back. Then hopefully on monday I'm 100% ready to train hard for a few days before going to Portugal where I hope to get more than 1 match. Would be nice not to lose in the 1st round, just for a change haha :)
As most of you probably know the very prestigious All England Championships are being played in Birmingham this week. I've been participating in this tournament for the past 3 years, not with any succes though, but this year I decided to stay home and prepare for the important events that are to come for me in the near future. Even though it's very sad not to be playing All England, as the atmosphere there is really something special, I'm happy with my decision. I don't think I'm in any condition to play 3 matches in just 1 day as I would have had to if I wanted to qualify for the main draw. I'm sure I will get plenty of chances in the future to win All England :)
Speaking of All England I would like to take the time to congratulate the danish team with a great performance so far. Especially my very good friend Joachim Persson who is now through to the quarter-finals deserves some praise. He hasn't had the best of seasons so far by his usual standards, but reaching the quarters of such a big event is really something special. He had a good draw, but at this level a good draw isn't enough to take you through. You still need to beat top class players, which he has done in a convincing matter. Good for Joachim and I really hope to see him keep it up against Bao Chunlai tonight. Good luck to him and the other danes competing in tonight's matches (Kenneth Jonassen, Tine Rasmussen, Lars Paaske and Jonas Rasmussen).
Wishing you all a very nice weekend,
Hans-Kristian
The headline of my latest blogpost ended with the words "time to do some training" and I would love to tell you all about how this weeks training has been. Unfortunately though, I got some serious pain in my right knee (not the one I had surgery in) after training on tuesday night. It was so painful that I had to skip training the next day and now I'm on my 3rd day with no badmintontraining. I've been able to do some physical training, but still this is a sad set back in my training for the upcomming events. Next week I'm supposed to play an international series tournament in Portugal, but we will have to wait and see how me knee feels next week before we (me and the national coach) decide wheter or not it's a good idea to play. In the weeks after going to Portugal I have 2 very important matches that I really hope to do well in. It's the finals of the playoffs in the danish top division. The entire season everyone in my club has been working very hard on finally winning the gold and thereby being crowned danish champions. We've had a few obstacles on our road to the final with my injury and more lately top mixed doubles player Britta Andersens serious knee injury (she is undergoing surgery on monday, so all the best to her, I really hope everything goes well for her!). Now we've made it to the final and everyone is very eager for us to clinch the gold, which would be a first time for the club (and me). So obviously I'm very excited about getting fit for these matches and therefor these kneeproblems doesn't come in very handy... But to be honest I don't think injuries ever come in handy :)
The pain is as good as gone today, so I'm hoping to do some training over the weekend without the pain comming back. Then hopefully on monday I'm 100% ready to train hard for a few days before going to Portugal where I hope to get more than 1 match. Would be nice not to lose in the 1st round, just for a change haha :)
As most of you probably know the very prestigious All England Championships are being played in Birmingham this week. I've been participating in this tournament for the past 3 years, not with any succes though, but this year I decided to stay home and prepare for the important events that are to come for me in the near future. Even though it's very sad not to be playing All England, as the atmosphere there is really something special, I'm happy with my decision. I don't think I'm in any condition to play 3 matches in just 1 day as I would have had to if I wanted to qualify for the main draw. I'm sure I will get plenty of chances in the future to win All England :)
Speaking of All England I would like to take the time to congratulate the danish team with a great performance so far. Especially my very good friend Joachim Persson who is now through to the quarter-finals deserves some praise. He hasn't had the best of seasons so far by his usual standards, but reaching the quarters of such a big event is really something special. He had a good draw, but at this level a good draw isn't enough to take you through. You still need to beat top class players, which he has done in a convincing matter. Good for Joachim and I really hope to see him keep it up against Bao Chunlai tonight. Good luck to him and the other danes competing in tonight's matches (Kenneth Jonassen, Tine Rasmussen, Lars Paaske and Jonas Rasmussen).
Wishing you all a very nice weekend,
Hans-Kristian
Sunday, 2 March 2008
Back home and time to do some training!
Hi all,
I got back home from Germany early morning yesterday. Had to wake up at 4am to catch our flight, so obviously I was pretty tired when I finally got back to my house. When I saw my bed it didn't take me long to decide I could do with a nap! 3 hours later I woke up feeling much better. Still I decided to take it easy for the afternoon and then do some training in the evening. After dinner I went to a fitness room to do some running and a bit of strenght training. It was a nice workout that lasted a little more than an hour. Running is really not something I enjoy doing, but I do love the feeling of satisfaction I get after I finish the running :)
Today I had a 2-hour training with Kenneth Jonassen and Michael Lamp from my club. It didn't start off very well as I felt a bit tired in my legs (probably due to all that running last night) ;), but eventually I began to feel better and it ended up being a really good training where I got a good feeling about my game. After this I went to coach some young players for 3 hours. I'm assistant coach in a project called Badminton4U, started by danish top mixeddoubles player Thomas Laybourn. His partner Kamilla Juhl is also part of the coaching-team. We only do these training sessions on sundays and only when it can fit into Thomas and Kamilla's busy calendar. It's a great succes and a lot of young players are interested in being part of this project. This is my first season with badminton4u and I still haven't decided if I want to continue next season. Sometimes I would like to have more sundays off and do stuff that doesn't have got anything to do with badminton. Anyway, I'm not going to make that decision right now as I'm heading off to bed. Have training at 9 tomorrow morning to prepare for.
Take care and thanks for reading,
HK
I got back home from Germany early morning yesterday. Had to wake up at 4am to catch our flight, so obviously I was pretty tired when I finally got back to my house. When I saw my bed it didn't take me long to decide I could do with a nap! 3 hours later I woke up feeling much better. Still I decided to take it easy for the afternoon and then do some training in the evening. After dinner I went to a fitness room to do some running and a bit of strenght training. It was a nice workout that lasted a little more than an hour. Running is really not something I enjoy doing, but I do love the feeling of satisfaction I get after I finish the running :)
Today I had a 2-hour training with Kenneth Jonassen and Michael Lamp from my club. It didn't start off very well as I felt a bit tired in my legs (probably due to all that running last night) ;), but eventually I began to feel better and it ended up being a really good training where I got a good feeling about my game. After this I went to coach some young players for 3 hours. I'm assistant coach in a project called Badminton4U, started by danish top mixeddoubles player Thomas Laybourn. His partner Kamilla Juhl is also part of the coaching-team. We only do these training sessions on sundays and only when it can fit into Thomas and Kamilla's busy calendar. It's a great succes and a lot of young players are interested in being part of this project. This is my first season with badminton4u and I still haven't decided if I want to continue next season. Sometimes I would like to have more sundays off and do stuff that doesn't have got anything to do with badminton. Anyway, I'm not going to make that decision right now as I'm heading off to bed. Have training at 9 tomorrow morning to prepare for.
Take care and thanks for reading,
HK
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