The policy of “Aaram Se” by PV Sindhu coach Park Tae Sang

On a particularly memorable Sunday for India, just at the moment when ace Shuttler P. V. Sindhu stole hearts again, winning a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics and becoming the first Indian woman to become a two-time medalist of the Games, a very lively coach Park Tae Sang was cheering from the side, jumping with joy, a smile broke out from under the mask when his student created history and won our hearts too.

Throughout the course of the Tokyo Olympics, if there was one person who grabbed the eyeballs other than PV Sindhu whenever the World No. 7 was on court, it had to be the most enthusiastic coach, Park Tae-sang. Sitting restlessly court side, Park’s expressions reached out to all watching – as he seemed to be holding his heart in his mouth as Sindhu took on fierce opponents like Akane Yamaguchi, Tai Tzu-ying and eventually, played China’s He Bingjiao for the bronze at the Tokyo Olympics.

Staying with Sindhu through each and every point and behaving a lot like we were behaving in our drawing rooms watching the 2016 Rio Olympics silver medallist go for difficult shots, Park Tae-sang was like all of us, easy to be nervous, easy to wear the mask of worry at every tense moment and erupt with frantic joy after every point won! Never have we ever found a badminton coach this relatable and this inspiring, at the same time.