Is there a simple answer to this question?
What are the benifts or otherwise of this practice
You need a view, especially if it’s your ‘go-to’ practice type
I’ve created a series of short surveys to collect your thoughts
Does everyone use multi-shuttle
I see many coaches and players using multi-shuttle practice, and it does seem like the practice of choice. Maybe their favoured practice type, apart from training matches.
Hopefully, they play more training matches than multi-shuttle work.
I’m one of those coaches who sometimes use multi-shuttle practices when I’m coaching. It varies depending on the player, their standard, the goal of the practice, and, to be honest, my physical condition.
However, it’s certainly not my go-to practice type, and I’m aware of the limitations (I think)
Do you know why other coaches use this practice?
Would you like to find out?
Yes, I can explain my thoughts here, but I’m only a survey of 1. Maybe that isn’t sufficient to be trusted.
You can contribute with your own thoughts.
The Big Multi Shuttle Survey
At this time it’s in 3 parts
Part 1 : The various uses of multi
Part 2 : Multi for Technique
Part3 : Multi for Endurance/Power/Speed
Click on each to take the survey
The Results .. so far
Click to read each
Questions still to be asked
Click to read each one
What’s the goal
To collect your thoughts, start a debate, and ask you to explore your current thinking
Enable you to compare your responses to others.
Find out why people use multi shuttle and how often
Why is the survey needed
I’ve always been interested in what motivates coaches to practice in the way they do. This includes all types of practice methodologies, not just multi-shuttle.
My motivation for the survey came from the lack of this information.
There is a sparse amount from organisations such as BWF (Badminton World Federation), Badminton Europe, and Badminton England.
When I looked at the information available to inform coaches about mult-shuttle, I found very little.
Take a quick look at your favourite Instagram or Facebook Badminton sites and I’m sure you will see someone doing a multi-shuttle practice.
People are holding 15-20 shuttles up their arm, some standing on benches, some sitting on benches, and others standing on the same side as their player and throwing shuttles.
Where did they get the understanding, knowledge, belief, beliet and expertise from?
After looking through the BWFL1, BWFL2 and Shuttletime manuals, only the Level 1 has any information to help coaches regarding multi-feeding. Just 2 pages (nos. 35 & 38) out of 240 pages makes reference.
That is less than 1% about a topic that dominates your badminton newsfeeds.
A question to end with
Do you agree that the ease of delivery of a multi-shuttle practice
hides the required practice design demands?
Send me a question
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If there is anything that you have read that has helped or that you disagree with, then please send me an email.
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