: ‘Not about ego’: Table tennis player Manika Batra on coaching controversy at Tokyo Olympics #IndiaNEWS Indian table tennis player Manika Batra said that having a personal coach is a basic requirement

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‘Not about ego’: Table tennis player Manika Batra on coaching controversy at Tokyo Olympics #IndiaNEWS
Indian table tennis player Manika Batra said that having a personal coach is a basic requirement for an athlete playing individual sport and if she had court-side access to hers, she would have done better at Tokyo Olympics.Speaking to PTI, Batra said the authorities, including the Table Tennis Federation of India, should not mind personal coaches travelling with the players even in multi-sport events like the Olympics.“Chief coach is fine for team events but we also have singles event where certainly one needs his/her coach as that person knows more about the training and game of his player,� said the world No 56.She said the India chief coach can focus on the team competitions, while personal coaches steer individual campaigns.Her comments come after she was show-caused by TTFI for refusing national coach Somyadeep Roy’s help during her singles matches in Tokyo after her personal coach Sanmay Paranjape was denied field of play access due to a limit on accredited personnel by the Games organisers.She also cited the example of individual sports like badminton and tennis where it is common practice for players to take their personal coaches in all tournaments.In her response to the show cause notice, Batra has raised questions on Roy who has not...Read more

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