Episode 23 with Christo Popov coming to you with a little delay but is still 100% worth diving into Christo's Olympic preparations. It's the last episode we will get the draws for Paris and Christo hands in his guesses for the gold medals & will tell you what factor will probably make the difference when it counts. Enjoy!

We're back from our little 2-week summer break with a very special one. Robin Tabeling, Selena'a mixed doubles partner, recently announced his retirement at the end of the year and Thommy and Selena discussed what that means for her career. More topics: The Dutch NOC will cut the badminton funding. What does that mean for the future of badminton in the Netherlands and should we bring Europe's best players into one place to train together to keep up with Asia? + Selena picks her Olympic gold medalists. Enjoy!

We caught Kirsty Gilmour during the Indonesia Open for the 21st episode of ShuttleSquad. After chatting about the recent results we put focus on the more important questions? What are Kirsty's plans after her third Olympic Games? Who will get the Olympic golds? And what is her favorite vegetable? Important questions to ask and also really interesting answers in this one. Enjoy!

20 episodes down already into our little podcast project and we're approaching the final period of Olympic preparations. Especially for Marvin Seidel, who didn't play individual tournaments since February due to his partner's injury, the training period is already getting intense. Thommy and Marvin talked about the recent weeks, results of the last tournaments, and also about some interesting Instagram posts from 2019. Enjoy!

A hectic little update straight from Malaysia (Christo) and Budapest (Thommy) with a training-, injury- and tournament wrap-up of our freshly crowned 4-time national champion Christo Popov. The shortest episode so far (even our Big4 turned into a Big1) and we really hope to find a more relaxed atmosphere again for our next episodes. Anyways: Enjoy!

Selena Piek is back from holiday, fully recharged and ready to prepare for her third Olympic Games. But how do you structure your training in the perfect way to peak when it counts? What were the biggest surprises at the Thomas & Uber Cup Finals? Which city would Selena love to live in and would she go back in time if she could? And why was she close to retire from professional badminton back in 2016? Many random questions for another fun episode of ShuttleSquad with Selena. Enjoy :)

After the European Championships 4 weeks ago, Kirsty Gilmour took a little break from badminton before starting into a training block which allowed her to stay at home in Scotland for a few weeks - quite special after 4 months of basically living out of a suitcase. But now the next tournaments are calling and we are getting ready for the upcoming Asian leg in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. Thommy is still still enthusiastic about his Thomas Cup experience and also has a lot to tell. Enjoy episode 17 of ShuttleSquad.

We are tired. After a fun but intense week in Chengdu for Thomas Cup, Marvin and Thommy are recording this episode at the airport in Beijing during a layover on their way home. Good matches, amazing Chinese food and some really nice insights into one of the biggest badminton tournaments of the year. As we were recording in public and had to reduce noise, the audio is a little off this episode. We hope you can still enjoy episode 16 of ShuttleSquad.

Christo Popov went through an emotional rollercoaster in the recent weeks. From being on track to qualify for the Olympic Games in two disciplines, to being not qualified in either of them, and now back to hoping to go in men's doubles together with his brother Toma Junior. It's been a crazy ride and Christo & Thommy break down the final days of the Olympic qualification and also the crazy plot twist that came up a few days later. Enjoy!

Selena and Thommy are in holiday mode. The European Championships are over and marked a crazy ending to the Olympic qualification period. Selena will be playing her third Olympic Games in summer, but first: IBIZA!

It's the shortest episode of ShuttleSquad so far but definitely worth listening. Enjoy!