When India won Bronze Medal at Uber Cup 2014, the headline in Maharashtra Times dated 29/05/2014 said it all." One Saina Versus Ten China " .
This is what Saina had to say in her interview "In Badminton , countries like China ,Malaysia ,Thailand , Japan etc have 10 top class badminton players while India has only one or at the most two ! Consequently, only one player is forced to participate in all the competitions through out the year . The player gets burnt out and fatigued."
Is this story not same as we used to hear in cricket few years ago ? Then the whole responsibility to win was thrust upon Sachin Tendulkar .
Athletics coach, Abhay Malekar, has number of young students training under him. He guides them for competitive athletics . From Inter school up to Junior Olympics his students participate and compete across the whole spectrum . He often discourages students from participating at inter house school competitions when they are training under him for an upcoming district meet .According to him it is like appearing for 8th grade exams when you have already passed the 10th Board Exams . Here the coach has distinction to recognize the athlete's ability and know which competition is suitable for the individual . He can also predict when the athlete is going to peak in performance . So every athlete under him performs at various meets and the over all result of the students is consistent and improving .
In light of Saina Nehwal's comments this approach becomes all the more relevant . Let us create more Sainas and let each one compete with focus only on one competition say for example " The Uber Cup " or "All England Badminton Championship " . This might bring more consistency in over all wins for India in General across the calendar for that particular sport .
The scenario repeats itself in offices as well . A Star Employee is burdened by tasks of various departments . From Manufacturing to Sales he is supposed to be Equally Efficient In All Departments All the Times . To avoid this one needs to be more like Athletics Coach in Business .
Instead of catching hold of only one " Man Friday " and expecting him to perform on all fronts it would be better to create more specialists for various tasks ensuring that the " Man Friday " does not get burnt out and becomes "The Fall Guy" . Resultant the Company is a " Star Company "
This is what Saina had to say in her interview "In Badminton , countries like China ,Malaysia ,Thailand , Japan etc have 10 top class badminton players while India has only one or at the most two ! Consequently, only one player is forced to participate in all the competitions through out the year . The player gets burnt out and fatigued."
Is this story not same as we used to hear in cricket few years ago ? Then the whole responsibility to win was thrust upon Sachin Tendulkar .
Athletics coach, Abhay Malekar, has number of young students training under him. He guides them for competitive athletics . From Inter school up to Junior Olympics his students participate and compete across the whole spectrum . He often discourages students from participating at inter house school competitions when they are training under him for an upcoming district meet .According to him it is like appearing for 8th grade exams when you have already passed the 10th Board Exams . Here the coach has distinction to recognize the athlete's ability and know which competition is suitable for the individual . He can also predict when the athlete is going to peak in performance . So every athlete under him performs at various meets and the over all result of the students is consistent and improving .
In light of Saina Nehwal's comments this approach becomes all the more relevant . Let us create more Sainas and let each one compete with focus only on one competition say for example " The Uber Cup " or "All England Badminton Championship " . This might bring more consistency in over all wins for India in General across the calendar for that particular sport .
The scenario repeats itself in offices as well . A Star Employee is burdened by tasks of various departments . From Manufacturing to Sales he is supposed to be Equally Efficient In All Departments All the Times . To avoid this one needs to be more like Athletics Coach in Business .
Instead of catching hold of only one " Man Friday " and expecting him to perform on all fronts it would be better to create more specialists for various tasks ensuring that the " Man Friday " does not get burnt out and becomes "The Fall Guy" . Resultant the Company is a " Star Company "
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