BBC commentator calls out badminton coach over gestures towards players during break in play

A BBC commentator called out a badminton coach for his behaviour towards his players at a match.

South Korea's Jeong Na-eun and Kim Won-ho were competing in the Badminton Mixed Doubles at Paris 2024 and made it all the way to the final, guaranteeing themselves a medal.

However, during a break in play as the coaches came over to talk to the players, the pair seemed to be getting some emphatic instructions on how they ought to be playing.

The discussion was no time to pause the commentary from Gill Clark and Olly Hogben, who said the Koreans were 'absolutely filling that coaching time with every single available word'.

Clark said: "For me it was a little frantic, I personally would like a coach to be calm and say 'now Gill you're doing that nicely but you need to play the shuttle there when they do this or that'."

The BBC commentators spoke about the coaching during the final. (BBC)

The BBC commentators had more to say on the coaching, as Clark added: "Again I have no idea what was said there by the Korean coaches but the gestures all seemed to be negative things about what they're not doing rather than what they should do.

"I may be totally wrong."

When it comes to what the coaches were saying I know about as much as Clark since I don't know Korean, but the commentator indicated that she thought they ought to appear less 'negative' than they did.

Despite the words and gesticulations of the South Korean coaches, it didn't seem to help them in their efforts to win the match as they were defeated and took home the silver medal instead.

Silver is nothing to be sniffed at considering this is the Olympic Games and the pinnacle of athletics, and hopefully both teams had fun.

Gill Clark called out the 'negative' gestures she thought she saw from the coaches. (BBC)

Meanwhile, if you want to get the best badminton commentary around, it's an area where the BBC has been surpassed.

That's because none other than Snoop Dogg has proved he's the greatest badminton commentator in the history of the sport.

Commentating on a match between China and the US, he started by saying: "Oh I love this badminton right here, this is a great rally right here between China and the US right here."

He then said the players 'don't stop 'till the casket drop', and said 'they rocking and rolling back and forth' before appearing to narrate what he thought would be their thoughts combined with the movements of the shuttlecock.

If he wasn't such a great musician, he could certainly cut it as a commentator - too few would ever use a phrase like 'don't stop 'till the casket drop'.