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Petaling Badminton Club training academy is headed by experienced and qualified coaches with wide and varied exposures. They have played against the world's top players during their era and have excelled in both local and international tournaments, be it individual or team events. Having a successful playing career behind them they are well-tuned with the demands and requirements to excel in a very competitive environment.

They have the abilities to assess the strengths and weaknesses of their charges and uses a holistic approach to bring out the best in them. The demands of the modern era encompasses skills, techniques, power, mental strength and tenacity where only knowledgeable and all-rounded coaches of their caliber can conquer.

Our training programs are designed with variation and extras to unleash the players strengths and pep-up  their weaknesses. Petaling Badminton Club is proud to has gained international reputation as a full-fledged badminton training academy of excellence with a conducive training environment and state-of-the-art facilities. Over the years players from countries such as New Zealand, Scotland, Sweden, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Denmark, Hong Kong, England, Thailand, Japan and Indonesia have joined our academy and successfully moved up the ranks.

Besides our normal training programs we also tailor-make special programs to serve the interest and aspirations of budding players both locally and internationally. If you desire an effective all-rounded program with full facilities providence we would be glad to be of service to you. Our academy aspires to provide the opportunity to budding talents with a passion for the sport and a dream to be on top and we will be glad to discuss with you.

TRAINING INFO

COACHES

Yap Kim Hock

Senior Coach – Doubles  

Coach Yap has been a very successful and decorated doubles player and has represented the country in all the major tournaments such as World Championships, Olympics, Commonwealth Games, Asian Games, SEA Games and Thomas Cup. He has won many titles and capped-off his achievements by winning the Silver medal at the Atlanta Olympics partnering Cheah Soon Kit.  

He was Malaysia Head Coach from 2004 to 2008 and subsequently moved on to the juniors development program and successfully produced 1 Asian Junior doubles champion and 3 World Junior doubles champion for three consecutive years in 2009, 2010 & 2011 that remains a record that is hard to surpass.  

Ismail Saman

Senior Coach – Singles

 

Coach Ismail was a top singles player during his era and has represented the country in many major tournaments. He has won numerous local and international titles and has played against all the world's top players then. He achieved his highest world ranking at No. 6. After retiring from competitive badminton he went into active coaching. He has also been a sports analyst for Astro Arena as well as giving motivational talks on sports excellence to schools and corporate companies.

Rommy Arnold

Coach – Doubles

Coach Rommy is an accomplished doubles player and has won numerous local and international titles. Having represented his country in many major tournaments, he has traveled widely and been exposed to many different cultures. He has been into active coaching days after retiring and subsequently moved on to multi-discipline training.

He has successfully trained many international players from around the globe. He was formerly the chief coach of Negeri Sembilan prior to joining Petaling Badminton Club. Notable players under his tutelage before include Hafiz Hashim, Roslin Hashim, Nguyen Tien Minh, Anan Pawar, Parupalli Kashyap and Saina Nehwal.

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