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Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Badminton grassroots in Indonesia

Ever wonder why Indonesia is so good in badminton? 

Well, it starts at the grassroots, kids motivated to play competitively.

At this clip by KompasTV, kids from various cities from all over Java & other islands of Indonesia taking part for the audition in the city of Kudus... 

The selected kids from the audition gets the scholarship to train in badminton sponsored by the cigarette company, Djarum.

The large pool of young players and interest to better their lives ensures Indonesia remains a badminton powerhouse.

In part, Indonesia has a great badminton tradition and interest from all layers of Indonesian society in badminton.

Having visited Indonesia many times and played with the locals, Indonesia is a great badminton country to watch competitive badminton and play badminton.

There are many private clubs in Indonesia and the support and participation is very high.