The silent "hero" of Soc Trang Sepak Takraw team

STO - When it comes to the journey to win medals for the province's sports at national and international tournaments, we must mention coach Tran Van Bau - he is the "silent hero" in leading the Soc Trang Sepak Takraw team. In particular, in 2022, coach Tran Van Bau was awarded a certificate of merit by the Chairman of the Soc Trang Provincial People's Committee for his outstanding achievements at the 9th National Sports Festival, with the results of 1 gold medal and 4 bronze medals.

In 2022, coach Tran Van Bau led the Soc Trang Sepak Takraw team to participate in 3 tournaments in the national competition system and achieved remarkable results, with 12 medals. Of which, at the National Beach Sepak Takraw Championship, he won 1 gold medal, 2 silver medals, and 1 bronze medal. At the National Sepak Takraw Club Championship, he won 1 gold medal, 1 silver medal. At the National Youth Sepak Takraw Championship, he won 2 gold medals, 2 silver medals, and 1 bronze medal. At the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31), he was recognized as an athlete coach who won 1 bronze medal.

The joy of coach Tran Van Bau when receiving a certificate of merit from the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee. Photo: PON LU

Coach Tran Van Bau shared: “At the 9th National Sports Festival Sepak Takraw Tournament in 2022, the provincial Sepak Takraw team contributed 1 gold medal and 4 bronze medals to the provincial sports delegation. The students who won gold medals in the men's doubles team event were athletes such as: Nguyen Hoang Khang, Thach Ngoc, Huynh Nhut Hao, Tang Minh Khoa, Vo Quang Thong, Tran Minh Huyen... I feel very happy, happy and thank everyone for caring, supporting and cheering on the team spirit."

Mr. Tran Van Bau, from Dinh Du commune, Van Lam district ( Hung Yen ), currently lives in Ward 10, Soc Trang city. He has been involved in the career of "coaching" the Soc Trang Sepak Takraw team for more than 20 years and has always promoted the excellent role and responsibility of a coach according to the Law on Physical Education and Sports. During the training process, he always creates conditions for each athlete to fully develop their abilities and strengths in training and competition, aiming to achieve the highest results in each competition.

Talking to us, coach Tran Van Bau confided: “For this sport, blocking skills and techniques are one of the most difficult and complicated techniques. It is the main decision for athletes in winning or losing a match to be able to compete for medals, but currently the stability and effectiveness of this technique is still limited. Therefore, in training, I always focus on blocking techniques as a foundation to improve athletes' performance; at the same time, apply exercises to perfect the steps in the athletes' limited blocking techniques".

Once a player of Soc Trang Sepak Takraw, now a coach of Soc Trang Sepak Takraw youth team, Mr. Duong Hoai Tam said: “I have competed successfully in domestic and international tournaments. I achieved that result thanks to the enthusiastic guidance and training of Mr. Tran Van Bau, from basic techniques to advanced skills. He always encourages the players to try their best to compete well to bring glory to the locality.”

Currently, Soc Trang Sepak Takraw is training 40 - 45 athletes ; of which, there are 20 athletes at the master level, and 10 athletes at level I. To achieve that goal, coach Tran Van Bau shared more: "In the training method for high-performance sports in general and Sepak Takraw in particular, if you want to achieve good results in training and competition, the coach must pay attention to technical exercises on speed, exercises on judgment and reflexes when performing movements to improve stability and efficiency for athletes in training as well as competition".

According to comrade Huynh Huu Tin - Deputy Director of the Provincial Culture - Sports Center, with outstanding and outstanding achievements in recent years, coach Tran Van Bau has been evaluated and recognized by the Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism for excellently completing his tasks in 2021 and 2022.

With the experience accumulated from training and participating in domestic and international tournaments, coach Tran Van Bau will continue to lead the Soc Trang Sepak Takraw team to create more achievements for the province's sports in upcoming tournaments.

PON LU

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