Spending too much time on court affects the intensity, says Kamilla on Indian doubles shuttlers
KAMILLA RYTTER JUHL, Denmark's women's doubles star feels that the doubles shuttlers in India spend too much time training on the court and that affects their intensity during matches at the international level.
"It is about having the right focus at practice. In Denmark, we are really good at having practised for two hours and then trying to do our best on court," Kamilla told PTI when asked why Indian shuttlers haven't yet clicked in the doubles circuit.
"I have the impression that in Asian countries, like India, they are on court for many, many hours and then the level may go down because it is not easy to keep the intensity high for so long.
"We train against two of the boys because we are the only women's pairs at this level. If there were another pair then we could have trained with them. So we train with the boys and it helps to feel the pressure," she added.
Kamilla clinched the 2009 World Championship title along with her mixed doubles partner Thomas Laybourn before bagging the Bronze and Silver in 2013 and 2015 editions respectively along with women's doubles partner Christinna Pedersen.
The three-time medallist at World Championship is now focusing on the All England Championship next month and the Rio Olympics.
"All England is one of the most important tournaments which we are looking forward to. It is a special event for us and also Olympics this summer. I am playing the ladies doubles so hope to win this title this year or may be the year after," said the tall shuttler who twice finished runners-up at the All England Championships in 2005 and 2012 with Laybourn.
Talking about preparation for Olympics, the 32-year-old from Skagen said,
"It is going on well. We are looking to have the same training like we did last summer before the World Championship. We did well there and we want to copy that for this Olympics."
However, Kamilla said that she is not confident about her chances at the Olympics.
"I am actually not confident at all. It is extremely difficult to win a medal at Olympics. Of course, I will try my best. It is about having the perfect week when the Olympics starts. Now we are just looking to train well and see how it goes during Olympics," said Kamilla, who is currently ranked fourth in the world along with Christina Pedersen.
"I think the competition is very strong. I think China, Korea and Japan will have two doubles pair coming to Olympics and we are just one pair from Denmark who would be trying to win a medal and overall I think our level is higher than the last time," she added.
