jaipur in highly competitive sports like badminton and tennis it is crucial for an upcoming player to practice with a better or senior player however senior players usually dont have the motivation to practice with junior playersoften parents are seen in academies and clubs across the globe requesting coaches and senior players to make their kids play with better players this generally doesnt happen because the senior player may not have the reason to practice with a junior player however it is crucial to spar with a better player in order to improve the game in this cutthroat competitionformer indian shuttler saurabh sharma found this a common problem across the globe in all racquet sports and that is what led him to the idea of forming sparring player it was cofounded by 25yearold saurabh who had represented india in two world championships the former indian doubles specialist had the best bwf ranking of 44 a couple of years agowe believe that the sparring player platform has the potential to revolutionize the way that junior athletes train by providing them with access to top players from all over the world we can help them to improve their performance gain confidence and reach their full potential saurabh sharma told toi on mondaysparring player was launched in february 2022 with the intent to make available topranked players and coaches from around the globe to the parents and kids of upcoming professional badminton and tennis playerssparring player has already assisted renowned athletes like carolina marin the 2016 rio olympic gold medalist and world champion the company has already signed a longterm contract with the spanish badminton association for sparring with its national team especially former world no 1 marin it is in the process of signing similar agreements with other european badminton associations toothe company has done collaboration in bangalore and hyderabad to help their junior athletes to practice with topranked players on a weekly basis at a nominal fee many parents are already using the platform to book topranked players for their kids and are very happy about such a stagethe company has also collaborated with multiple academies in indonesia malaysia and spain promising athlete exchange programmesit also has a talk with champions section that allows players and their parents to get counselling match analysis and mentorship via a simple video call with top coaches and former indian players such as b sai praneeth anand pawar shubhanker dey shlok ramchandran anoushka parikh mohit kamat mr arjun mustaqim nur cahyo tony wahyudi and many others all these coaches and players are helping upcoming players in an unbiased mannerthe company is also helping academies with recruiting foreign coaches with the highest number of actively playing athletes across different age groups badminton and tennis have a huge scope in terms of market numbers online is growing in every industry but the growth in sports is slow sparring player is a 100 online platform that works in all countries said saurabh who is based in new delhisparring