Hi All,
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Welcome to the blog of Scott Evans
Monday, January 14, 2008
Friday, January 11, 2008
The countdown begins
Hi all,
I had a brilliant training session last night at the club. We just played some games as we have a match on tomorrow. The games we play in the club are very important...the coaches are always looking and taking note of the results so its important that i am playing well and giving it 100% all the time. First up was a doubles :) I always like the odd game of doubles!! I had a good game with 3 of the lads from the club.
Next up was a game of singles against the number 5 in the club. I have played him alot of times so i know how he is playing so it was a handy game for me to win, but saying that i stil had to go out and play well.
My last game was against the legend himself Mr Anders Boesen :) and it was on court 5 in Gentofte which is a famous court for many people who know the history of the club!!! We have had some very good games on court 5 in the last year...I am still yet to beat him but have been very very close quite a few times!! So every time I go out to play I always try to get the first game under my belt. I think once I win the 1st time i will start to win more and more!!! Last night was no different to any other game...I went out from the start 110% getting a decent lead of 11 5. As usual Boesen crawls his way back into the game and bring its to 14 14. We had some unbelievable rallies...both of us being on the floor many times and up again and back down again!!! I will have to take a picture of my leg just to prove that diving really isn't a good idea!! Anyway we were neck and neck to 18 18 and I had a chance to lead 20 18 but hit 2 mid-court smashes in the net and Boesen led 20 18. We had a huge ralley at 20 18 and i won to make it 20 19. I could see Boesen was pretty tired...i just needed 1 point!! my heart rate was in the 170's so i new i had more left in me... but what did i do? FLICK SERVE OUT :( i could see he was moving forward before i served so i flicked and it went inches out... NOT HAPPY AT ALL!!!!! anyway that was that and went home after that and straight to bed.
Lauge and I decided that we would train at 12 today just for 1hr so we could both sleep a bit more and not do too much as I have a match for the club tomorrow!! I am playing the number 1 guy from Norway Steiner Clause. I have played him many times as we use to train together at the IBA(International Badminton Academy) now i have changed coach and he has moved back to Norway!!! So thats my plan for Saturday. Sunday Lauge and I will leave for Malaysia. Our first flight is at 1730 to Frankfurt and then we fly from there to KL. We arrive 1530 in KL on Monday and I will play my first match on Tuesday mid-day as i have a bye in the first round!!! Most likely we will go directly from the airport to the hotel and get our rooms and maybe rest for 1 hour. Then we will go to the hall to have a hit for 1 hour just to get some exercise and also get use to the hall. Its not good prep for this tournament but this team match is important so we had to stay!!! I dont think I will have a problem with playing on Tuesday though. Flying doesn't really bother me at all so a good nights sleep on Monday night and i will be ready for my games on Tuesday :)
I am really looking forward to getting out there and playing. It feels likes a long time since i had a tournament!!! Its also really good that Lauge is coming with me... I think we will have a good trip away and hopefully the results will go my way!!!
Keep checking the site as i will update with all my news as much as I possibly can
Scott
I had a brilliant training session last night at the club. We just played some games as we have a match on tomorrow. The games we play in the club are very important...the coaches are always looking and taking note of the results so its important that i am playing well and giving it 100% all the time. First up was a doubles :) I always like the odd game of doubles!! I had a good game with 3 of the lads from the club.
Next up was a game of singles against the number 5 in the club. I have played him alot of times so i know how he is playing so it was a handy game for me to win, but saying that i stil had to go out and play well.
My last game was against the legend himself Mr Anders Boesen :) and it was on court 5 in Gentofte which is a famous court for many people who know the history of the club!!! We have had some very good games on court 5 in the last year...I am still yet to beat him but have been very very close quite a few times!! So every time I go out to play I always try to get the first game under my belt. I think once I win the 1st time i will start to win more and more!!! Last night was no different to any other game...I went out from the start 110% getting a decent lead of 11 5. As usual Boesen crawls his way back into the game and bring its to 14 14. We had some unbelievable rallies...both of us being on the floor many times and up again and back down again!!! I will have to take a picture of my leg just to prove that diving really isn't a good idea!! Anyway we were neck and neck to 18 18 and I had a chance to lead 20 18 but hit 2 mid-court smashes in the net and Boesen led 20 18. We had a huge ralley at 20 18 and i won to make it 20 19. I could see Boesen was pretty tired...i just needed 1 point!! my heart rate was in the 170's so i new i had more left in me... but what did i do? FLICK SERVE OUT :( i could see he was moving forward before i served so i flicked and it went inches out... NOT HAPPY AT ALL!!!!! anyway that was that and went home after that and straight to bed.
Lauge and I decided that we would train at 12 today just for 1hr so we could both sleep a bit more and not do too much as I have a match for the club tomorrow!! I am playing the number 1 guy from Norway Steiner Clause. I have played him many times as we use to train together at the IBA(International Badminton Academy) now i have changed coach and he has moved back to Norway!!! So thats my plan for Saturday. Sunday Lauge and I will leave for Malaysia. Our first flight is at 1730 to Frankfurt and then we fly from there to KL. We arrive 1530 in KL on Monday and I will play my first match on Tuesday mid-day as i have a bye in the first round!!! Most likely we will go directly from the airport to the hotel and get our rooms and maybe rest for 1 hour. Then we will go to the hall to have a hit for 1 hour just to get some exercise and also get use to the hall. Its not good prep for this tournament but this team match is important so we had to stay!!! I dont think I will have a problem with playing on Tuesday though. Flying doesn't really bother me at all so a good nights sleep on Monday night and i will be ready for my games on Tuesday :)
I am really looking forward to getting out there and playing. It feels likes a long time since i had a tournament!!! Its also really good that Lauge is coming with me... I think we will have a good trip away and hopefully the results will go my way!!!
Keep checking the site as i will update with all my news as much as I possibly can
Scott
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Todays Training
Howdy All
Well today was another day and another hard training session. This morning was just 1 hour and we did a multi shuttle program. It was very tough this morning but i gave it 100%!! I felt I did quite well today so that's good!! I am using my heart monitor alot now and trying to get my heart rate as high as i can and keep it high all through the training session!!
After training I have to fill out some forms for my Danish residency number. I really need to get that sorted. After that i will rest a bit before training tonight when I have Gentofte practise from 6.45pm until 9pm. After training later i will be going straight home to get some sleep for defensive training tomorrow morning at 10am. I always need to be ready for that as two of the other lads from Gentofte join our training and we give each other a hard and drive each other on. Its always fun and a bit of friendly competitive banter is inevitable!!!
Scott
Well today was another day and another hard training session. This morning was just 1 hour and we did a multi shuttle program. It was very tough this morning but i gave it 100%!! I felt I did quite well today so that's good!! I am using my heart monitor alot now and trying to get my heart rate as high as i can and keep it high all through the training session!!
After training I have to fill out some forms for my Danish residency number. I really need to get that sorted. After that i will rest a bit before training tonight when I have Gentofte practise from 6.45pm until 9pm. After training later i will be going straight home to get some sleep for defensive training tomorrow morning at 10am. I always need to be ready for that as two of the other lads from Gentofte join our training and we give each other a hard and drive each other on. Its always fun and a bit of friendly competitive banter is inevitable!!!
Scott
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Now I Know Why Im Not a Professional Cyclist
Hi Guys,
Well after a good nights sleep I was up at 8.45am this morning for training at 10am. I got a phone call from my coach Lauge to say he could not find his car keys. He had been looking for 20 minutes and could not find them. He told me to start warming up. 15 minutes later he walked in and he didn't look to happy at all.
We started off with 1 hour of technique... working at the net and from mid court forward. After that hour we went to the gym for a bike session. It has been a while since we did a bike session together so I was looking forward to that. Lauge hopped on the bike beside me and typical of him he started shouting at me to motivate me and keep me going. I had to keep my heart rate between 150 and 160 beats per minute for the long intervals and for the flat out periods I had to get it up to over 180bpm!!!! The flat out periods were 1 min each and i basically had to go 100% flat out. I had Lauge beside me the whole time shouting stuff at me that I cannot repeat here but suffice it to say it got me pumped!! For the last minute Lauge hopped off his bike and stood right in front of me shouting all sorts at me. There was one old guy in the gym with us and he must have thought we were freaks. The last minute was horrible and my heart rate got up 10 191bpm. At last it ended and all I could do was lie down for min before I even commenced my cool down. I didn't get very far on my cool down and ended up rushing outside to part with my breakfast in the most undignified manner........ The less said the better eh!!
I back home now resting and thank god I have rest of the day off before another very tough session tomorrow.
Bring it on............
All the best
Scott
Well after a good nights sleep I was up at 8.45am this morning for training at 10am. I got a phone call from my coach Lauge to say he could not find his car keys. He had been looking for 20 minutes and could not find them. He told me to start warming up. 15 minutes later he walked in and he didn't look to happy at all.
We started off with 1 hour of technique... working at the net and from mid court forward. After that hour we went to the gym for a bike session. It has been a while since we did a bike session together so I was looking forward to that. Lauge hopped on the bike beside me and typical of him he started shouting at me to motivate me and keep me going. I had to keep my heart rate between 150 and 160 beats per minute for the long intervals and for the flat out periods I had to get it up to over 180bpm!!!! The flat out periods were 1 min each and i basically had to go 100% flat out. I had Lauge beside me the whole time shouting stuff at me that I cannot repeat here but suffice it to say it got me pumped!! For the last minute Lauge hopped off his bike and stood right in front of me shouting all sorts at me. There was one old guy in the gym with us and he must have thought we were freaks. The last minute was horrible and my heart rate got up 10 191bpm. At last it ended and all I could do was lie down for min before I even commenced my cool down. I didn't get very far on my cool down and ended up rushing outside to part with my breakfast in the most undignified manner........ The less said the better eh!!
I back home now resting and thank god I have rest of the day off before another very tough session tomorrow.
Bring it on............
All the best
Scott
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
My Game Against Rassmussen
Hello everyone,
Well last night I had a good training game against Peter Rassmussen. We played a total of three sets and they turned out to be three long sets to. I was leading in the first 14-6 but slowly he clawed his way back into the game and I ended up loosing it 21-19. The second set was poor from my perspective. I made several and many mistakes and ended up loosing it 21-14. The third set was much better and it was neck and neck up to 16-16. Peter then got a run of 4 points to lead 20-16 but i got those 4 points back to tie the game 20 each. But Peter then got two quick points to take the game 22-20. It was really nice playing against him. I have been training with him a good bit lately and it has always been tough but enjoyable.
Today is another busy day for me. I trained this morning with Lauge from 10am until midday. We didn't do anything major as my foot is still hurting me so we just have to be a bit careful. As I'm typing this I'm eating my lunch and after this I have to go and sort out my residency permit to stay in Denmark. I have been a bit lazy with that and put it on the long finger as I should have done this months ago:(
Tonight I have club training from 6.45pm until 9pm and afterwards we all go upstairs for dinner and that's always an added bonus. It will be straight home to bed after that as I have training again in the morning at 10am.
Talk soon
Scott
Well last night I had a good training game against Peter Rassmussen. We played a total of three sets and they turned out to be three long sets to. I was leading in the first 14-6 but slowly he clawed his way back into the game and I ended up loosing it 21-19. The second set was poor from my perspective. I made several and many mistakes and ended up loosing it 21-14. The third set was much better and it was neck and neck up to 16-16. Peter then got a run of 4 points to lead 20-16 but i got those 4 points back to tie the game 20 each. But Peter then got two quick points to take the game 22-20. It was really nice playing against him. I have been training with him a good bit lately and it has always been tough but enjoyable.
Today is another busy day for me. I trained this morning with Lauge from 10am until midday. We didn't do anything major as my foot is still hurting me so we just have to be a bit careful. As I'm typing this I'm eating my lunch and after this I have to go and sort out my residency permit to stay in Denmark. I have been a bit lazy with that and put it on the long finger as I should have done this months ago:(
Tonight I have club training from 6.45pm until 9pm and afterwards we all go upstairs for dinner and that's always an added bonus. It will be straight home to bed after that as I have training again in the morning at 10am.
Talk soon
Scott
Monday, January 7, 2008
Its Monday and what a way to get back at it
Hi Guys,
Well its Monday and I was supposed to go and pick Lauge up from the Airport this morning as he was in Ireland coaching U15's and U17's for the weekend. He was to arrive on the 6.40am Aer Lingus flight from Dublin but with delays and the fact that he is just not feeling well today we have postponed training for today.
There I was thinking I would have a nice easy day but thats not the way it works im afraid. In place of training I have a match against the legend that is Peter Rassmussen at 5pm. I always like playing Peter. He still plays in the elite league in Denmark even though he is now a full time doctor. I beat him the last time so I would think he is out for revenge.
Im going to go down to the hall beforehand and do some footwork drills. I hurt my foot on Friday so Im hoping it will be ok. Im going to hook up with my friend Christian to and get some food and just relax for an hour or two. Later on tonight I will meet up with Lauge to discuss arrangements for Asia next week.
That's all for now and I will let you know tomorrow if I managed to keep my winning streak against Rass going.
Scott
Well its Monday and I was supposed to go and pick Lauge up from the Airport this morning as he was in Ireland coaching U15's and U17's for the weekend. He was to arrive on the 6.40am Aer Lingus flight from Dublin but with delays and the fact that he is just not feeling well today we have postponed training for today.
There I was thinking I would have a nice easy day but thats not the way it works im afraid. In place of training I have a match against the legend that is Peter Rassmussen at 5pm. I always like playing Peter. He still plays in the elite league in Denmark even though he is now a full time doctor. I beat him the last time so I would think he is out for revenge.
Im going to go down to the hall beforehand and do some footwork drills. I hurt my foot on Friday so Im hoping it will be ok. Im going to hook up with my friend Christian to and get some food and just relax for an hour or two. Later on tonight I will meet up with Lauge to discuss arrangements for Asia next week.
That's all for now and I will let you know tomorrow if I managed to keep my winning streak against Rass going.
Scott
Friday, January 4, 2008
Its A New Year
Hi All,
Well Im back in Denmark now after taking a well earned rest over the Christmas period. While I was home I continued training and working on my fitness in order to keep in shape for the upcoming Malaysian and Korean super series events.
While I was home I took part in the Xmas Xhibition at Whitehall Road and had great fun and even got to play Santa. Thanks so much to all the 300 spectators who attended and made it a great fun for us who were playing.
I got back to Denmark last night but only just after sitting on the tarmac in Dublin for 2 hours before taking off due to some air traffic problems around Copenhagen. I was longer on the tarmac than I was in the air.
I now have 11 days to prepare for my Super Series exploits and a game for my club Gentofte on the 12th Jan will set me up nicely for those events. I fly out with Lauge my coach on the 13th and play in the qualifiers of the Malaysian SS on 15th. I have a bye in the opening qualifying round and then play the winner of the Abian (WR 48) ,who I beat in our last meeting, and Hsien (WR 53) in the second round of qualifying. The draw has been kind to me and I am confident of making it through but I will have to perform to the best of my ability as these players are class players in their own right. Should i get to the final of qualifying I will most probably meet Richard Vaughan from Wales as he is the highest seed in my half. The reward for making it to the 1st round proper on the 16th is a game against world number 5 Peter Gade........ Wouldn't that be just perfect.
I cant wait now and I completely focused on going out there and playing to the best of my ability. Having my coach with me is a massive boost so I look forward to some good tournaments. I look forward to keeping in touch with you all while I'm on tour so check the forum and chat pages on my main website www.scottevansirl.com when you have a minute.
All the best for 2008
Scott
Well Im back in Denmark now after taking a well earned rest over the Christmas period. While I was home I continued training and working on my fitness in order to keep in shape for the upcoming Malaysian and Korean super series events.
While I was home I took part in the Xmas Xhibition at Whitehall Road and had great fun and even got to play Santa. Thanks so much to all the 300 spectators who attended and made it a great fun for us who were playing.
I got back to Denmark last night but only just after sitting on the tarmac in Dublin for 2 hours before taking off due to some air traffic problems around Copenhagen. I was longer on the tarmac than I was in the air.
I now have 11 days to prepare for my Super Series exploits and a game for my club Gentofte on the 12th Jan will set me up nicely for those events. I fly out with Lauge my coach on the 13th and play in the qualifiers of the Malaysian SS on 15th. I have a bye in the opening qualifying round and then play the winner of the Abian (WR 48) ,who I beat in our last meeting, and Hsien (WR 53) in the second round of qualifying. The draw has been kind to me and I am confident of making it through but I will have to perform to the best of my ability as these players are class players in their own right. Should i get to the final of qualifying I will most probably meet Richard Vaughan from Wales as he is the highest seed in my half. The reward for making it to the 1st round proper on the 16th is a game against world number 5 Peter Gade........ Wouldn't that be just perfect.
I cant wait now and I completely focused on going out there and playing to the best of my ability. Having my coach with me is a massive boost so I look forward to some good tournaments. I look forward to keeping in touch with you all while I'm on tour so check the forum and chat pages on my main website www.scottevansirl.com when you have a minute.
All the best for 2008
Scott
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