The second phase of support for Vietnam’s National Archery program committed to in an MOU last November between Doosan, Doosan Vina and Vietnam’s General Department of Sport began earlier this week when Doosan took eleven Vietnamese members of Vietnam’s National Archery team to Korea for ten days of training.
The MOU is a commitment that covers a six year period of cooperation that will provide training, alternating travel to each other’s country by the Korean and Vietnamese archers and coaches as well as donations of equipment.
Last November as part of the MOU proceedings Doosan brought a medal holding archery team from Korea to Hanoi to work with their Vietnamese counterparts on archery skills and demonstrate the high tech bows that were supplied by the company and presented by the Korean team to their Vietnamese counterparts.
In this, the second phase, Doosan took eight Vietnam archers and three coaches to its headquarters in Chang Won, South Korea to conduct a high tech training course for the Vietnamese that will last ten days between May 12th and 22nd.
This is the first overseas training session sponsored by Doosan as a part of the six year long program that will last through 2019. The goal of the training exercises is to improve the archery skills of the Vietnamese team and give them additional exposure to global archery talent and the level of competitors they will face in matches worldwide.
Vietnamese archers Nguyen Thi Kim Anh said, “This kind of experience is invaluable because it helps us understand the competition and prepares us for the intensity that is present at the top levels of the sport. It also helps us know what to expect and overcome match day nervousness, overseas’ training like this gives us experience that just can’t be had any other way, it makes it easier to relax and focus on our performance rather than thinking about the talent that we are going to be up against when we compete in an international match.”
One of the Korean trainers from Doosan said, "The Vietnamese are very good and anxious to learn, so I am sure we can raise their skill sets quite a bit during this training. Over the ten days we’ll be focusing on improving technical skills and techniques to help the archers with the basics of the sport as well as offering some advanced training that will give them the confidence to compete with archers from all over the world.”
Another feature of the Vietnamese archers’ time in Korea will be to witness the 48th Korean national men and women archery congress that will take place in the Kim Soo-Nyung Archery Center in Cheong Ju, South Korea. "I know that our players are excited to have this opportunity and they are looking forward to learning from and practicing with the Korean trainers and benefitting from their experience and knowledge," said Dinh Chi Dung, Chief Coach of the Vietnam Archery Team.
