On February 7, the Malaysian Badminton Association issued a document that after regularly evaluating the performance of the players under the "24 Plan" with the coach and the training committee, they decided to let wu Shunfa (mixed doubles), Lai Jiemin (mixed doubles), Lai Peijun (mixed doubles), Xie Shuya (women's singles) and Xu Jiawen (women's doubles) five main players leave the national team, all of whom are veterans over the age of 27.
Lai Peijun
"Over the years, Mr. Yu has expressed his sincere gratitude to the players for their commitment, dedication and great contribution to the country. ”
Chen Jianming and Yip Zhengwen got the opportunity to prove their performance with their achievements. The other 8 young players Wu Yeye, Li Xunyang, Sha Xin (men's singles), Lesana (women's singles), Ye Ruiqing, Fidos, Lu Bingkun and Lei Shenghao (men's doubles) were promoted to the national reserve team, while men's singles Dai Junlong, Liu Yaocong and men's doubles Qin Qifeng and Huang Zida were released from the team.
Wu Shunfa / Lai Jiemin
At the same time, the Malaysian Badminton Association also signaled a drastic reform of the men's singles team, saying that it would conduct another review after the European race in March 2021.
In fact, this is the second large-scale cleanup of the main players of the national team after the Malaysian Badminton Association formulated the "24 Plan".
"After the recent three races in Thailand, detailed key performance indicators (KPIs) have been tabled and made available to the coaching staff and players. Tan Kian Meng (mixed doubles) and Yap Cheng Wen (women's doubles) have been given new opportunities to prove themselves with rapid progress. The Malaysian Badminton Association has also issued strict orders, especially for coaches in men's singles and women's singles, to focus on improving the performance of each player under their guidance. Our immediate target is the upcoming European Tour (March), after which there will be another review. The Malaysian Feather Association said in the statement.
Chen Jianming /Lai Peijun
Huang Zonghan, head coach of Da Ma Yu, told reporters that the decision was announced at this time with a feeling of "not being the right time", but it did not have much impact on the long-term plan.
Xie Shuya has already qualified for the Olympic Games, and her goal is only to achieve participation in the Olympics, while Wu Xiwei and Lai Jiemin are currently having more and more difficulty in fighting for the right to participate, and the chances of Chen Jianming and Lai Peijun are even lower. If they do get a ticket to the Olympics, they can also continue to train in the national team until they participate in the Olympic Games. ”
He said that despite the announcement that they would not remain in the national team again, The Malaysian General Manager would still do his best to assist them, including allowing them to continue training until they played in the Swiss and German Opens.
He also said that people like Wu Shunfa and Lai Jiemin, who rank in the top ten or so in the world, believe that there will not be much difficulty in finding sponsors, and they can continue their playing careers, and the issue of new partners for Chen Jianming and Yip Zhengwen was only rearranged for them when they were later restructured.
Speaking of the key performance indicators of the coaching staff, Huang Zonghan confirmed that some coaches are indeed not up to standard, such as the men's singles group must lead the players to hand over the results in the next game, the mixed doubles group is "half and half", the young group has made a breakthrough, but the high-level players have stagnated.
"The progress of the men's doubles is in the right direction, there are not too many obvious loopholes, everything is proceeding step by step; the women's doubles group has improved, in the Thailand game to see that they have the ability to beat the world's top ten opponents, the women's singles team has to do more work, in addition to helping Wu Yanwei recover the level, but also to push Gisuna forward, but the women's singles seedlings are not many."