Elite Badminton Player vs Paralympic Medalists

Hello and welcome back to Badminton Insight  today's video is very exciting we're here   in Sheffield home of GB Para Badminton and we're  going to be playing with the four guys that   are going for gold in Tokyo just a few weeks  from now so let's go inside and get started so we're here at Sheffield training  with the para badminton guys we've got Dan Bethell here in the SL3 category Martin Rooke here in the WH2 category in the wheelchair And then down the end we've got Jack and Krysten in the sh6 category So I'm here with Dan Bethell world ranked number two in  the SL3 category so yeah we've just had a morning   session we'll show you some clips of what we've  done in the defence session for you wasn't it   wow I gave everything and I could not  get through! It's nice for me, a bit of defence, didn't have to move   too much! Basically this category is half court singles yes so how is it that different to full court singles? I think the biggest thing about it is the  endurance side of it like you   can have games that go on an hour and a half  we have one match in the past an hour and 53   minutes so it's just that's there's just no space  hitting as you found out this morning it's quite   hard to hit winners and attacks it's just a real  real slog, endurance, cv, fitness are really really important   yeah and I know you you do a lot of that in your  training don't you! And we're going to actually have   a match later yeah that's going to hurt me a  lot more than you I'll tell you that yeah well   hopefully hopefully good stuff I'm excited for exciting this afternoon! Okay, so what are you   doing this afternoon or later this morning?  so we're gonna play a game against Danny it's you tag team when you're  tired yeah so like it'll be one point on one point off! We're getting a head start because we're gonna have  to go all out so we just played on our own we   get fatigued but it's quite a high tempo thing for him! 8-0 head start in the first, 11-0 head start in the second set   14-0 in the third and what's your prediction? I think we'd lose without a head start! Jack what   are you predicting? Are me and Drabs gonna win? I'm predicting that there'll be some lungs gone! Danny what are you predicting? A three-set win! We're getting off to a good start I've just  gone on and done four points and it's tiring! Half court   singles is a different game in itself  we need it in in the Olympics in able bodied he's so good! So many clears, it's a good cv! anyone that asks us about endurance  stuff just play half-court singles! So we are here with Jack Shephard world number one, I feel very honest being world number one   what what does your training week entail? I know  you're trying hard yeah a lot of hard work we have   multiple on-court sessions that are designed  in different ways so single shuttle sessions   technical sessions, multi-sessions  we also have two gym sessions a week   and then we also each have individual prehab  programs just to make sure in areas where we   might be weaker they stay injury free which is set by our physio we also have regular sessions   with her just to make sure our bodies are tip top and in the best position we can to make sure we do   train to our maximum every day, every week, every year! Everyone has different strengths and weaknesses   among different disabilities which is where the  staff have to really like focus on who's who and   the programs are quite individually set so yeah  a lot of work to be done behind the scenes making   sure everyone's in the best position they  can be regarding their disability as well! That's tired me out that's for sure! Especially Dan and then Jack at the end! Thanks a lot for having us in, we've really enjoyed it and it's great to just see what you guys are doing every day it's such a fun environment to be in! All great lads so you can go follow them on their instagrams we'll put links in the description below and yeah I just want to wish you all the best for the games   for when you go, bring back some medals! Yeah, thank you! Just jumping in whilst editing to say we didn't manage   to get many clips of Martin Rooke as unfortunately he had to leave after the first session   but he's a great guy is Rookie, known as the  Granddad of the group and I can assure you that   playing in a wheelchair is extremely difficult  we have so much respect for the two coaches   James and Richard who've actually  learned to play in a wheelchair   Yeah mega difficult and hopefully  we'll get some clips of that someday   Now back to the lads in the hall who just  wanted to say make sure you SMASH the subscribe button! So we're on our way home on the motorway  coming back from Sheffield after we've just had   lunch with the team! We've really enjoyed our day there today and hopefully you guys have got   some para badminton insight! Sorry we had to mute a few of the clips they were playing music and we   can't play music because we'll get copyrighted  and we didn't really want to ask them to turn   it off because we didn't want to interrupt their training but yeah as the guys said make sure you   smash the subscribe button if you're new to the channel and we'll see you on another video, bye :-)