The Badminton Experience: Recent Episodes
Anders Antonsen & Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus
The number 1 badminton podcast, where Anders Antonsen & Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus discuss various topics both on and off the badminton courts.
Hey TBE-Fam!
The BWF World Championships 2023 are in the books! - And what an amazing event it has been.
We of course have to talk about the double world champion Seo Jung Jae, the always amazing An Se-Young, the new MS-King Kunlavut Vitidsarn and of course the event in general!
We hope you've watched the event, or else, we'll get you updated through this episode of The Badminton Experience!
Hey TBE-FAM! We're back with another great podcast! - This time, we're discussing the BWF World Championships in Copenhagen that's coming up next week! Who will be crowned as World Champions? How is it to play big events on home soil, Fan questions - and many more interesting topics in this episode of The Badminton Experience!
Hi everyone,
We're extremely happy to be back with another amazing guest on The Badminton Experience, Hong Kong's men's singles star Ng Ka Long Angus!
Tune in to hear about how Ka Long looks at a VERY hectic 2023 with loads of tournaments, up and down performances and also a sudden change of coach in the midst of the Olympic qualifying period!
We also get to know a lot about the training set up in Hong Kong and how he looks at the different training setups he's experienced through his career.
All this and much more like talk about Ka Long being a World Junior Champion in men's doubles, his idol growing up, his take on men's singles at world class level and of course a good chat about his favourite football club Manchester United signing Danish striker Rasmus Højlund! :-)
Hope you guys enjoy it!
Timestamps:
00:00 Welcome & pronounciation lesson
00:34 Ka Long & Vittinghus head-to-head stories
02:37 Anders' first experience with Ka Long
03:18 First cat crash :-)
03:47 Update on World Championships preparation
07:58 Rasmus Højlund joining Manchester United & being a fan of United
10:08 Choosing a career in men's singles despite winning World Junior Championships in doubles
14:18 Why Ka Long's playing style is quite different from his predecessor's in Hong Kong national team & player's he idolised as a younger player
18:17 Set-up at Hong Kong national team training centre
20:23 Training under new coach Wong Choong Hann & facing former coach Tat Meng on court
25:03 Importance of outside sparring at the national centre & meeting Ka Long's second cat :-)
28:24 Living in Denmark & experiencing the difference in training style
31:42 Thoughts on 2023 performance so far & the pressure of olympic qualifying
38:12 Differences and experiences from qualifying race towards 2016 & 2021 Olympics
41:13 Level in men's singles on the World Tour & Ka Long's development
48:24 First ever Hong Kong men's singles to medal at a World Championships?
50:15 Planning the rest of a crazy 2023
51:41 Wrap-up & fun small talk :-)
We're back with our 50th anniversary episode and once again with an amazing guest in world no. 2 men's doubles player Chirag Shetty!
Chirag shares so much great insight into the growth of his pairing with Satwik Rankireddy, working with Mathias Boe as a coach, their aspirations for the future and so much more.
Obviously we also had to chat about the overall development of Indian doubles, so tune in if you want to get to know Chirag a lot better and get inside the mind of a true pioneer in Indian badminton.
We apologize for the sound from HK being a bit below standard at times. We will try to improve - thanks for all the suggestion and comments on this! :-)
Timestamps:
00:00 Welcome
01:25 Why no Australia Open?
03:23 Is chasing world no. 1 ranking a priority?
04:30 Tournament planning - how, who, why.
07:10 Rating World Championship & Asian Games
10:56 Reason for amazing developement and results past 12 months
13:14 Times are changing for Indian doubles
19:19 What Mathias Boe has brought to Chirag/Satwik's partnership as a coach
25:00 How Mathias even became part of the team
29:09 Is Chirag India's only sushi lover?
33:18 Swithing base between Hydrabad & Mumbai
36:30 Experiences from Syed Modi International
38:36 Playing with the guy with the hardest smash in the world - 500 km/h!
41:20 Validity of the world record smash though...
45:17 Comparing Satwik & Mads Kolding's smashes
47:15 Next big goal
47:58 Missing recognition for achievements as a doubles player?
49:55 Wrap up & more food talk :-)
Your TBE host Anders Antonsen is the Korea Open 2023 men's singles champion!
Even though Anders is busy as he needs to recover and re-focus straight away for Japan Open, we simply had to do an 'emergency' pod talking about his huge win in Korea!
So here's a shorter version than usual of the podcast, focusing solely on Anders' week in Yeosu, Korea.
Hope you guys enjoy it and don't forget to leave a comment below.
Tell us what you would like to see for our 50th episode and also please congratulate your TBE host Anders on this magnificent win!
Timestamps: 00:00 Welcome & Congrats 01:35 Thanks to all the TBE fans 02:43 How was Anders confident to perform like this after the European Games disappointment 05:15 The comback against Nishimoto, What has worked well & Challenges throughout the week 07:55 What made the difference in the final 09:35 Low quality final? 11:50 That rally at 13-12 in the final game... 13:35 Is Anders the most unlucky player ever? Not anymore! 16:01 How to reset and get ready for Japan Open. 18:45 Korea Open happy hunting ground for Danish MS & Seoul vs Yeosu 20:11 50th episode anniversary! 20:44 Thanks for the support & Bye
We're finally back with another guest episode and it's none other than Aaron Chia, the first ever Malaysian World Champion (along with partner Soh Wooi Yik)!
Tune in to hear all about winning that gold medal by beating his idol Hendra Setiawan, but also to get the story behind Aaron and Soh's partnership.
Furthermore we dig deep into Aaron's everyday life training at BAM and how he juggles family life and the crazy hectic schedule on the BWF World Tour!
Lots of other topics we touch on as well such as being coached by Rexy Mainaky, handling the pressure of expectations, not being able to win a title at World Tour level and lots of other stuff too.
We really enjoyed chatting to Aaron, so we hope you guys enjoy this episode too!
Hey TBE-Family! We're finally back with another great episode!
There's a lot going on in the badminton-world, but have no fear, we're here to get you up to date!
Lee Zii Jia's announcement, Viktor Axelsen's comeback from injury, The Olympic Qualification, and much more in this episode!
We're back in the studio with a great episode! Lots of interesting topics in this episode, from Sudirman cup to the spin serve being banned, Fan questions - and a lot more!
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Hey Everyone!
After a month break we are back with another episode of the badminton experience🔥
We are wrapping up the All England 2023 which was full of exciting results and amazing moments. As well as some sad injuries…
Li Shi Feng and An Se Young claimed the singles titles. The young guns have arrived 👊
From Bangkok and Copenhagen we wrap up finals day action at Indonesia Masters 2023.
Today we start off by discussing the women's singles final between An Se Young and the resurgent Carolina Marin. What a great match that was!
We also talk a lot about Jonathan Christie and Chico Wardoyo who secured the first all Indonesian final at Istora Senayan in Jakarta in 15 years.
Plus a bit of talk about the crazy depth in the Indonesian men's doubles department which was evident again this week with the win of Leo Rolly/Daniel Marthin.
Don't miss out as we also share some thoughts on other topics like training facilities on tour and the salary of the BWF Commercial Director...
Please leave a comment, subscribe to the channel on YouTube and consider supporting us by buying some of the cool merch we've released at thebadmintonexperience.com.
Thansk so much for watching everyone!
Timestamps:
0:00 - Welcome and update from Bangkok & Copenhagen
5:02 - Talk about training facilities on tour
12:50 - Indonesia Masters women's singles final, An Se Young - Carolina Marin
21:05 - Men's singles final, Christie vs Wardoyo
35:05 - Men's doubles final, Leo Rolly/Daniel Marthin & Indonesian men's doubles dominance
43:30 - BWF Commercial Director salary & social media meme
Link to Troll Badminton Players post about BWF Commercial Director: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cn_wW7...
Link to Anders' post on training facilities on tour: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cn_ZpV...
Hello TBE family!
Welcome to the first ‘badminton experience’ of 2023. We hope you have had a good start to 2023! 🥳
In this episode we talk about Anders’ return to the court and Hans-Kristian's tricky situation when it comes to his world ranking.
We obviously talk about the Malaysia Open 2023 and the very strong men’s singles lineup - but with one man dominating at the moment.
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AND also we just launched our first merch drop. Check out www.thebadmintonexperience.com and support the podcast by ordering your first items!
Thanks guys and stay tuned for more🙌
Hey guys! The last tournament of the year is over, and we're of course talking it through! The World Tour Finals results, Kodai the new kid on the block, Ahsan and Setiawan keeping an impressive level and much more in this episode!
Hey Guys! We're back with another great episode - This time, we're of course talking about the news regarding Anders leaving the national training in Denmark, the recent Australia Open and looking into the always eventfull World Tour Finals that are coming up!
A lot has happened since the last podcast episode and we're trying to cover it all! Viktor Axelsen has lost a match, a mistake from the announcer at the all Indonesian Denmark Open prize ceremony, French Open, Chou Tien Chen's fault at the Hylo Open final - and more in this episode.
Hey TBE-Family!
We're very happy to bring another amazing guest on the podcast - this time, it's the rising Indian badminton star Lakshya Sen! It was very interesting to hear how Lakshya has been training in many different places throughout his youth, and what he thinks is the key to his break through performances the past year!
Hey TBE-Family! We're extremely proud to have Lee Zii Jia on the podcast for the 2nd time! Now, as an independent badminton player. It's amazing to hear Lee talk about how this transition is going, after leaving the federation of Badminton Malaysia - amongst many other topics! We hope you enjoy it!
Hey Guys! We're very proud to welcome the Indian Men's singles star H.S. Prannoy to the show in this episode of The Badminton Experience!
Prannoy has beaten all the big stars, Lin Dan, Lee Chong Wei, Chen Long, Viktor Axelsen and the list goes on - and we of course had to ask him what the secret behind these results is!
We hope you enjoy this one half as much as we did!
Hey Guys! In this episode we discuss the news that Kevin Sukamuljo may be leaving the Indonesian National training, BWF cancelling another 2 tournaments in China, but not the World Tour Finals that are still being played.. - in China!? - and we're answering some of your great questions!
The Legend Jan Ø Jørgensen is our next guest on the podcast! Former world number 2, Thomas Cup winner, Indonesia Open winner, French Open winner, Denmark Open winner - and an amazing person!
Jan went from being a hyper professional athlete to full time dad, and he tells us all about his journey! Many interesting stories with Jonatan Christie, Peter Gade and much more in this episode of The Badminton Experience!
Hey guys! We're back with another great episode! - The World Championships and Japan Open are done, and we're talking it all through!
We are finally through the tough training camp and ready for The World Championships 2022 in Tokyo!
The World Championships 2022 is going to be extremely exciting. The draws are packed with amazing players on the highest level.
Will Viktor Axelsen be able to win his second world championship title or will someone be able to stop him. Lee Zii Jia, Loh Kean Yew, Lakshya Sen or perhaps HK-Vittinghus. In this episode we give our perspectives on some of the categories and potential gold medalists.
Enjoy the episode guys!
A lot of you guys have asked for one of the BWF commentators as our guest, and we are delighted to present Steen Pedersen on the show!
Steen has an incredible amount of badminton-knowledge, and he shares lots of it in this episode. We talk about what challenges Steen face in his job as a commentator for BWF, what his favorite moment he ever commented was - and a lot more!
Hey guys! We're back with another podcast - and a good one! We're talking about Ginting's recent victory at the Singapore Open, our World Championhips preparations - and of course, lots of good questions from you guys that we love answering! So, keep them coming!
Hey Guys, we're back from our trip to Asia and doing a little recap of the tournaments (Indonesia Open, Indonesia Masters, Malaysia Open), the most notable results in Hans' opinion, Anders' injury situation, and much more in this episode!
Thank you so much for the support on the last episodes! It's amazing to see the interest for those podcasts! - let's keep it going!!
We're very happy to bring on another badminton legend on the podcast.. this time, the 2004 olympic champion in men's singles, Taufik Hidayat from Indonesia. An amazing player, with lots of good stories to tell!
We hope you enjoy the episode!
We are very happy to finally share this episode with you. Marcus Fernaldi Gideon is the guest in this episode. We had a great conversation and we know you are going to love it🙌
Congratulations to Marcus who placed 3rd at the Indonesia Masters together with Kevin Sukamuljo. Great comeback tournament. We from The Badminton Experience will cheer for you next week again at the Indonesia Open 2022.
Hey Guys!
The Bali Boys are back in the badminton loving country of Indonesia! So we thought it's the perfect time to do a reunion podcast together. We're going through lots of interesting topics, such as: Badminton in Indonesia and the fans here, life after badminton, Kim and Anders' impressive run through this year as the most consistent pair in the top 8 - and much more!
We’re back with another podcast for you guys 🎙🙌🏻!
Thomas & Uber cup has ended - historical wins for both India and Korea! Also, the Thailand Open 2022 was played right after. We'll get into all the action in this episode of The Badminton Experience!
Hey friends!🏸
The European Championships, Asian Championships, Pan-Am Championships etc. are done! We do a recap of the most notable results - and we look forward to the upcoming Thomas & Uber Cup in Thailand.
Hey Guys!
New episode and new guest! This time we are joined by Toma Junior Popov🇫🇷
We're happy to bring the first european (non-danish) guest on the podcast. We talked about why Toma isn't training at the national training center in France. His crazy work ethic together with his dad and brother! The 2-time Orleans international Men's Singles winner has many interesting stories to tell.
Enjoy the episode 🙌
How is the All England 2022 going to run out? We discuss this, and much more in this episode of The Badminton Experience
Hans-Kristian is in France for the Orleans tournament while I just came back from the All England and Swiss Open. However, we of course had to recap the BWF news and the past 2 tournaments!
We're very proud to present the danish badminton legend Peter Gade as the next guest on the podcast! Amazing to hear some of Peter's stories both on court as a top Men's singles player, in the same era as Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei, and also stories from his life and career after retirement.
It's been a while since we've answered some of your questions!
So, here's a whole Q&A episode to make up for that!
Thanks for all the questions! Some really good and interesting ones in there too! Definitely not the last of these Q&A's.
Lee Zii Jia and Goh Jin Wei have decided to break out from the Malaysian badminton federation.
That’s Big news in the badminton world! Of course, We had to discuss it on the pod!
We are proud to present an Olympic Champion, and also the first female guest, to the podcast! Polii has a lot of interesting topics to her career and person - we got to talk about many of them.
From one big star in Anthony Ginting, to another. We are extremely delighted to have Lee Zii Jia as our next guest on The Badminton Experience!
We know there are a lot of Malaysian fans out there, and we appreciate you all. We hope you enjoy this one.. We for sure did.
It's finally here! The interview we've all been waiting for..
We are delighted to welcome Anthony Ginting on this episode. Enjoy
Kim Astrup Sørensen is guesting the podcast this time! Lots of interesting topics on the menu - Enjoy!
Hey guys!
The Thomas/Uber cup is over and out.
We share our views on the event and different interesting matches in this episode.
***As always we struggle with the sound... Hans-Kristian's sound is scratching a bit. We will try to do it better next time!
Sudirman Cup is over - and a packed calendar is coming up. Next up is Thomas & Uber cup in Denmark! That, and much more in this 8th episode of the badminton experience!
We are very excited to welcome Mathias Christiansen as the first ever guest on the podcast!
Mathias has experienced a lot in his, still, very young career - and he is sharing it on this episode of The Badminton Experience!
Your favorite badminton podcast is back!
How is Anders and Viktor Axelsen's relationship? What are Hans-Kristian's goals, and much more in this Episode.
In this episode we talk about Anders’ quarterfinal loss at the Olympics to Anthony Ginting.
Hans-Kristian lets us know his favorite Olympic moments. Including Viktor Axelsen’s gold medal and Kevin Cordon’s crazy run. He also reveals why he cried during Greysia Polii and Apriani Rahayu’s gold medal ceremony.
Current status of the badminton world. Tournament cancellations and Thomas/Uber cup draws.
Hope you enjoy it. As always we would appreciate your feedback and questions for the upcoming episodes. And please subscribe to the channel. Thanks guys
The main event of 2021 is coming really close! We are of course talking about the Olympics! Who are the favourites? How is the event going to be like? - and much more in this episode of the Podcast!
We found a name for our mascot! Lots of fan questions, and much more - in this episode of The Badminton Experience Badminton Podcast.
Who is the best Men's singles player of all time?
How difficult is the transition from junior to senior level at the very top?
These are some of the topics we discuss on this episode of the podcast!
Welcome to the PODCAST guys!
Very excited to present this platform to my youtube family!
Hans Kristian Solberg Vittinghus and I are discussing various topics on this first episode of the podcast.
Subscribe to the channel, like the videos and most importantly - let us know in the comments section what you guys would like us to discuss in the upcoming episodes of the podcast!