Asian Games 2010

The Taekwondo event for the Guangzhou Asian Games, came and gone. The Malaysian contingent ended empty-handed and the best performance was only one athlete who qualified for the quarter-final. They are supposed to be the best Taekwondo exponents in the country and yet they only rely on one athlete to contribute a medal.

The athletes took part in the India Open and Korea Open and came back with a couple of Gold medals. They went for intensive training in Korea prior to the Games. They have enough warm-up and training for the Games and yet there was no performance to show.

What went wrong?

Probably it's time to review the training program that they had gone through throughout the year. Why are the athletes couldn't perform on the big stage? Is it something to do with their physical, mental, technical or tactical? Had the coach done enough prior to the Games? How about they periodization plan? Anyhow, it's time to go back to the white board.