MONTREAL – Quality badminton Indonesia has proven itself in foreign countries. No wonder a number of countries are also choosing coaches who are former Indonesian players, including Canada.
The countries of the Americas are not too big in terms of badminton. They are also trying to recover, by recruiting quality players and coaches.
Including Canada. This country is known to have several coaches from Indonesia. His coach was also a player who won many titles.
As quoted from various sources, here are the coaches from Indonesia who managed Kanda:
3. Mario Santoso
Mario Santoso was mentioned last year. Because the Indonesian coach’s cold hand allowed Canadian men’s singles Brian Yang to beat Jonatan Christie in the 2021 Sudirman Cup.
Mario Santoso has a career abroad as a coach at Mandarin Badminton, a badminton club in Canada. Before moving to Canada, Mario Santoso was a dropout for clubs PB Djarum and Mutiara Bandung.
When he was a player in Canada, Mario Santoso’s best achievement was getting into the semi-finals at Elite Yonex Canada Ontario in 2011 and 2012. However, his coaching career he successfully pitched players in Canada to compete internationally.
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