Preparing for Paris: What it's like to train with Singapore's Olympic-bound badminton star Loh Kean Yew

New: You can now listen to articles.A day before our scheduled joint training session in early May, I was told the 2021 world champion was nursing a slight injury which could disrupt plans.

Given this"minor injury", national men’s singles head coach Kelvin Ho told me that he's adjusted Loh’s training to dial down the intensity yet ensure he stays sharp. " so I am able to help them but at the same time keep my training going at a lower intensity," Loh told me after."It's a win-win situation."Acquainted with adversity, Singapore's Loh Kean Yew gears up for second Olympics

Apart from a number of stinging smashes, what struck me within the first five minutes was the pace of proceedings. Even though my opponents were clearly keeping some of themselves in reserve, it was frenetic. That said, I did succeed in taking a couple of points off some of the players. But I didn't come close to nicking a single one from Loh.In the second part of the session, known as a"multiple" or multi-shuttle drill, Ho fed shuttlecocks across the court for Loh to return.

For our training, the multiple was a"free" session, which meant that the shuttlecocks would come from anywhere and everywhere.Loh made it look easy as he got started, flicking returns across the net adroitly and using his quick cross-court footwork to hammer long drives back across the net.While returning the first few shuttlecocks was not a problem, I soon understood how this drill was meant build endurance.

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