Lakshya Sen has a better yo-yo test score than Virat Kohli’s, but that is just half his comeback story
Lakshya Sen was returning from the US Open last April, but was so beat up and knackered from two weeks of tournament play, that he struggled to lug his own kitbag through the airport on his slouching, hurting shoulders. His close team of coaches, trainers and family knew he was a terribly broken piece.
Almost a year on, Sen has made semifinals in back-to-back weeks at Paris and the All England and almost secured the Olympics quota. He hardly had any taping around his knee or shoulders, just some protective tape on the back. He’s flying like before in defense, but more importantly landing stably and has a jump and hit that’s fairly effective late in the third set.
In May of 2023, a month after the slumping trudge from the airport, he started on ‘shock training.’
The ‘shock’ is just 6 jum...