A friend challenged me to create a list
“What to coach a badminton beginner“
What would you include?
Everything you say and do will make a difference!
So how you select information is critical
The list started to grow and grow
I thought that it would be a quick task, but I was soon proved wrong
It grew because we kept thinking about new topics to include.
We decided to work together to gather ideas about what to include. The way a badminton beginner interacts with our sport in the first 6 – 12 months is critical
The list of ideas included
… specific technical themes (not strokes)
… important tactical foundational themes,
… some ideas about development,
… general points that we knew were important, but didn’t know where to include them
There are so many choices for a coach to make,
but what to choose, only you can decide 🙂
What is important
This isn’t just for the establishment of technical skills
In fact, technical competency may not even be one of the highest priorities! It’s not at the top of my list, that’s for sure.
How a player views and experiences their development, the challenges, and the emotional feelings, may be the priorities.
The challenge for the coach is to create experiences that link (now or in the future) to more specific, discrete badminton skills.
Do you agree?
What early experiences do you think could help with future badminton experiences?
We created 5 topic headings that included most of our ideas
Headings to act as a guide to ensure that we didn’t focus solely on Technical aspects
Tactical basics
Technical basics
Courtcraft ideas
How do we learn to improve
Important to know
What do you imagine would be included under each heading?
Could you create your own list?
What topic headings would you identify?
Talk with a friend and see what ideas emerge
Do you want a conversation?
I’d like to hear from you if you have a viewpoint on anything that you’ve read
We don’t need to agree, but explore viewpoints.
It would be great to hear from you, send me an email : contact@badmintonandy.com
This is part of a series of conversation starters.
Although not in detail, the posts are written to get you thinking and talking with others.
