Badminton Annual Training Planning

Guest Author, Individual Coaching, Martijn Van Dooremalen, Online Seminars & videos, Tournaments

How to plan out your entire Badminton training year

Martijn van Dooremalen explains the theory

The plan is part of the BWFL2 Coach Education

Watch and then download the pdf

What are the factors that come together to form a great Badminton Tournament plan?

In this free online seminar, Martijn van Dooremalen will take you through the details and step required to create a year Badminton plan.

This is something that he did on a regular basis for all his players when he was a National Coach.

The information is aimed at Coaches but Players need to be aware as they must also contribute to the plan. There are questions at the end and links to the Pdf presentation documents.

I found that I had to listen to the presentation 3 times in order to fully appreciate the level of quality and detail that Martijn delivers.

Martijn will show you …

… how to prepare the plan

… what to include

… how to calculate the intensity of the training

… transfer into a weekly plan plus lots more ideas for consideration

This free online seminar has been organised by Fitminton.

The coordinator was Kristians Rozenvalds,
Secretary general of the Latvian Badminton federation.

Presented by Martijn van Dooremalen

Key points for you

Success depends on careful planning - If you are motivated to succeed and develop then you need a plan. Why would you not have a plan?
How to set up a year plan: the elements – Targets, Player involvement, Facilities, Expert Knowhow,
Targets – how to create realistic and achievable targets. The number of events to plan for.
Player Involvement – it’s a crucial part of the year plan. Martijn places importance on ‘knowing’ your players, not only their Technical-Tactical-Physical-Mental but also their Lifestyle.
Facilities – what do you have and how often can you use them. The number of courts, weights room, video equipment and most importantly the use of Heart Rate (HR) equipment.
Expert Knowhow: this applies to Coaches and all your Support Staff. Everyone needs to understand Badminton and the demands it places on the player.

Key points for you

Martijn will lead you through the creation of a year plan using an Excel document. He breaks everything down into a week by week programme.

The plan includes tournaments, tests, process targets, and physical conditioning cycles.

Product targets … easy to measure, 12-15 events every season, the reasons why
Process targets … Not so easy to measure, Badminton on court subjective assessments
Testing … Vo2 testing, training zones with HR monitor
Physical training periods … Aerobic, Power, Speed, Rest
Workload Intensity …. a calculation to quantify workloads and intensity in every single practice