Slightly differe Sameer. I would rather take a Sindhu than the archer or shooting chokers. But, I will lament not having it all. I believe Marin possibly is more consistent than Sindhu in the lower-level tournaments. Why can't we have it all?sameerph wrote: ↑Thu Jan 12, 2023 4:11 am I would any time take Sindhu's inconsistency as long as it gives medals in big events like olympics, world championships, Asiad which Sindhu has managed. We have forever lamented about our players doing well in lower level tournaments and faltering at bigger events. Here we have a player who is exactly the opposite and we cannot keep lamenting that too.
Of course, different lamentations/complaining is different. There is a difference between complaining about not having food and complaining about not having ice-cream. But, it is okay to complain that you do not have ice-cream when the neighbor does.
Replying to a comment by another poster above. Sindhu is a great. If you say top-5 all-time greats in the game, maybe not. But, she is a all-time great player. Two Olympic medals is not easy. Very few have it. In badminton.
So, why does Sindhu not turn it on day in and day out? Maybe it is too exhausting/stressful for her mind and body and she has accepted that this is the level she can play all year round and then peak to give that extra push in the big tournaments?
I think Jay and I had an email conversation in 2003 or a bit before when we did not have the forum but he had his page. Leander used to turn it on like crazy during Davis Cup. The question is why can he not play like that in regular tournaments. The answer was that perhaps his mind and body could not be coaxed to get that hyped up. And, we also saw that if LP played more than two weeks in a row, half the time he was injured and out. His schedule needed management. Maybe his mind too.
Otherwise, they will burnout. All this is of course pontification.