A Year On Tour With Vittinghus - A Badminton Podcast

Orléans Masters - Second Round vs. Joo Ven Soong

Short recap of my first match, a second round win against Joo Ven Soong, Malaysia.

Trying to let you in on how I had to work hard on the mental side of the game to stay in control of my thoughts and focus on the gameplan. 

A lot of the things discussed in an earlier episode with sports psychologist Jakob Hansen actually came in play today!

Next up is Chirag Sen, so this episode offers a few words on that challenge as well.

Enjoy!

 

Remember you can support this podcast and get a chance of winning prizes each month, have early access to all guest episode and join a monthly livechat with me, by signing up on patreon.com/vittinghus.

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Thanks everyone!

Orléans Masters - Why I'm Here

Quick 10-minute update from Orléans, France where I'm currently at to take part in the Super 100 event Orléans Masters.

The episode covers why I've signed up for this event, which includes a fight for an important 4th seeding spot at next month's European Championship.

You'll get updated on my experience being here so far as well, just as I'm also looking ahead to my first match, which will be against either Joo Ven Soong, Malaysia or Johnnie Torjussen, England.

I'll also reveal why it's a good idea to become a patron of the podcast on patreon.com/vittinghus before the end of this month - as the prizes next month are great. I'm also just 3 patrons shy of beginning to offer my monthly patrons-only livechat!

Hopefully you'll find it an interesting 10-minutes - so thanks a lot for listening. I appreciate it a lot!

Link to all matches at Orléans Masters on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKoyBuRfaPm9UTzjt5JRGng

All England 2021 - What a crazy week!

Update from a very crazy week in Birmingham at the All England!

By listening to this episode you'll get updated on how chaotic my preparations were with all the pre-tournament COVID-19 chaos.

I'll also dissect my performance and thoughts through my two matches here.

Finally in the end I'll dig a little into the even more chaotic scenes that has occured after the full Indonesian team and Yigit from Turkey were forced to withdraw due to COVID-19 related issues.

It's a little longer than usual for a "tournament edition" podcast, but I hope you'll enjoy the 30 minutes anyway.

Thanks for listening and remember you can support the podcast on patreon.com/vittinghus!

Special Guest Episode - Jakob Hansen, Sports Psychologist

This is an episode I've really looked forward to share with you guys!

Jakob Hansen was my personal sports psychologist for more than 5 years and he has worked with so many of the best Danish athletes and high performers from other areas of work.

It's my hope the episode will give you a much better insight into what mental training at this level is, how we work with it and how useful it can be in all aspects of life.

The episode is full of small anecdotes from my work with Jakob both at home in training, but also at big events like Thomas Cup and World Championships.

You'll also get some tips on how to best get started with mental training and what you need to do and be wary of if you want to be successful with the training.

At the end Jakob also willingly replies to some great listener questions - amongst others one about how to stay focused in the end of matches when you need to close out a match.

I really do hope you'll find this episode both interesting, but also helpful, so please let me know what you think!

 

If you want to get in touch with Jakob, check out his website: https://www.doubleyou-partners.com/konsulenter/jakob-hansen/ or send him an email at jakob@doubleyou-partners.com.

One of his great books is available on: https://www.underpres.dk/ - so far only in Danish, but it is being translated, so stay tuned for an English version. 

 

Q&A Special & News

Q&A episode where I also reveal some exciting news both in terms of a new benefit I'll soon include for all patrons of the podcast, but also a guest I'm very excited to bring on the show.

As a new feature I've also added timestamps below for each topic/question, so you can skip to the parts you want to hear - although I of course would love for your to hear it all! :)

Hope you enjoy the episode - and please consider supporting the work I do with this podcast on patreon.com/vittinghus.

Shownotes/timestamps

00:45 How does being a patron help the podcast?

02:40 Revealing the main prize of this month and news on a new benefit all patrons can look forward to

04:55 Replying to question on All England in terms of both preparations, what it means to me and my view on the many withdrawals compared to a "normal" All England

08:20 Answering questions on what my fitness regime looks like and what I do to stay as injury free as possible

10:54 How I react mentally to playing opponents that retrieve "everything" - including stories from World Champs 2014 and Japan Open 2019

13:52 Revealing one of my next guests on the show

14:30 Quickfire questions - Discipline I'd like to coach after my career (other than MS)

14:45 My hardest opponent

15:10 Most important advice for a junior wanting to become a professional

15:30 Goals for 2021

15:55 What languages do I speak

16:35 Why I'm wearing VICTOR shoes, but using FZ Forza racket+apparel

17:17 What other sports do I like to play

17:38 My favorite Indomie flavour... :-)

Please reach out to me on my social media or send an email to ayearontour@gmail.com for any feedback, ideas or other inquiries. 

Special Guest Episode - Ng Ka Long Angus

Another great guest episode - this time with an Asian guest in Hong Kong no. 1 men's singles player, Ng Ka Long Angus!

40 minutes of interesting chat where you'll get to know why he chose a career in singles despite winning gold at the World Junior Championships in men's doubles - and why it wasn't always an easy choice!

As we look back on his 2016 Hong Kong Open win, Angus also shares his thoughts on how he plans to become even better than he is now as he is aiming for some big achievements in the coming years.

Furthermore we look into the pros and cons of the Hong Kong badminton system and get to know a bit more about what Angus' everyday life looks like as a national team player.

An interesting chat and a rare chance for an English spoken long interview with one of the Asian stars of the sport!

I hope you enjoy it - I'll be happy to hear your feedback.

And please leave a short review if you're listening on iTunes or consider becoming a patron on patreon.com/vittinghus.

Special Guest Episode - Mathias Boe

Excited to bring you this episode with Danish men's doubles legend Mathias Boe!

The episode dissects all aspects of Boe's retirement at the start of last year. Does he regret not retiring with long time partner Carsten Mogensen? Did he get the farewell he wanted and deserved? And why did he feel it was the right time to quit with (at the time) the Tokyo Games were lurking just around the corner?

We're also talking in depth about that amazing run at the London Olympics, just as we go through the All England ups and downs with epic finals going both ways for him.

Obviously we also had to chat about his new job as coach of the Indian doubles - what is his perspective and what can we expect he'll bring to the job!

Finally there were time for a few listener questions including an update on Boe's legendary Gangnam style celebration and other brilliant stories throughout the podcast!

I sincerely hope you'll enjoy this episode as much as I enjoyed recording it - and if you did, please consider supporting the podcast on patreon.com/vittinghus, which will give you early access to all guest episodes and give you a chance of winning cool prizes each month!

Thanks so much for listening!

Up The Rankings & New Guest

A new world ranking list has been published - and it is all good news!

Tune in to hear how good and how this affects the next many months for me.

This episodes also gives you a bit of insight into what the final few regular season matches in the Danish League has to offer for me and my team Højbjerg.

I'll also find the winners of the January prizes - a brand new FZ Forza racket and also a signed FZ Forza Vittinghus shirt.

Finally I'll reveal who my next guest for the podcast is going to be - and how you can send me your questions for the guest!

All of this in just 12 minutes, so no excuses for skipping this episode, it's over quick :-)

And remember you can support and get your chances at winning the prizes if you go to patreon.com/vittinghus.

Viktor Axelsen Is Insane!

Final update for me from the Toyota Thailand Open is very fittingly a recap of a final! How cool is that?!

Tune in to hear my thoughts on the bashing Viktor Axelsen gave me in the final.

How do I rate my own performance and what does this week's result mean in terms of what I can look ahead to in 2021.

Thanks a million for all the support this past week - it's been nothing short of unbelievable!

However, if you do want to support a bit more and show your appreciation for the work that goes into making this podcast, please consider becoming a patron at patreon.com/vittinghus. 

Into The Final of TOYOYA Thailand Open!

This episode is a recap of my semifinal win against world no. 3 Anders Antonsen!

I'm also looking ahead to the challenge of playing Viktor Axelsen in the final of a Super 1000-event - how cool is that?!

So tune in if you're into hearing about my continued fairy tale run...

And please consinder supporting the work I do with the podcast by supporting on patreon.com/vittinghus.