Taufik Hidayat explicitly stated that he did not want to become a badminton coach even though many offered him. He even refused proposals from abroad.
Taufik is an Indonesian men’s singles badminton legend. He was the gold medalist of the 2004 Tokyo Olympics in Athens and the 2005 world champion of Anaheim.
In the team championship, with the Thomas Cup team, Taufik won the championship in 2000 Kuala Lumpur and 2002 Guangzhou. In addition, he won the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, 2002 in Busan and 2006 in Doha.
This series of achievements has also made Taufik widely offered as a badminton coach. Unmitigated invitations to coach a badminton team often even come from abroad.
However, it turned out that Taufik Hidayat, who decided to retire as an athlete, did not want to continue his career as a coach. As with former national badminton players in general. The husband of Ami Gumelar apparently has his own considerations.
“There is no desire (to become a badminton coach) because it is not easy,” said Taufik to detikSport.
“Following your nephew is annoying yourself, let alone training a lot of people. That’s why being a coach is great, it’s not easy, especially training children requires a lot of patience. Later, suddenly run or this,” he said.
“Then if we train, we must also have a basis. Now, for example, we don’t know the size of a badminton court, while the coach must know. Length, width, all kinds of things. But if I say I can do it, I can’t practice it at all.”
“That’s why some people say, why don’t you train? You can’t do that, you can’t and you don’t want to. Maybe you can learn, but that’s okay, that’s enough. It’s just a function of being a player, not a coach,” Taufik said. .
The gold medalist at the 2000 Jakarta, 2004 Kuala Lumpur, and 2007 Johor Bahru Asian Championships admitted that he had offered him a lot to become a coach, but he later refused.
“There are many who offer. From Pelatnas? Never. Because they already know that I’m not interested either. Outside, there are many. But (I) don’t want to,” he emphasized.
(mcy/aff)
