It offers far more than just hitting shuttles
It's a must do when working with young beginner players
Have you considered the benifits
Bouncing shuttles help to develop traits for the future
all within mini challenges and progressive tasks
Don't just keep beginners occupied and busy
Include tasks that develop and prevent future issues
I was talking to a coach who asked what early practices/tasks/challenges they could do with very young players.
Something that would not only keep them busy but also start developing traits that would help future development and coaching.
I recommended that they try ‘Bouncing Shuttles’, especially as it was much more than just bouncing shuttles. I asked them to consider all that we were about to dicuss and look for the obvious and ‘hidden’ benifits.
During our conversation, we agreed that …
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It is an opportunity to develop some early technical skills – which ones do you think they are?
- Importantly it introduces players to tasks, and challenges and allows them to appreciate the success and failures of development.
- It also challenges the coach to set simple, yet progressive practices without the need for complex instructions.
- Its not appreciated nearly enough by the coaches of young players
We both liked that…
- Demonstration by the players (or maybe the coach) was the primary way of setting practice tasks
- Coaches can use questioning to encourage players to define what to do in the task. Plus, draw' out from players what makes the task easier and more successful.
- Motivation is a priority in this session, oh and also enjoyment mixed with the challenge (success & struggle)
- Coaches should both use errors/successes (errorful/errorless) practices equally in their coaching
- Using player recollection is preferable to coach direct instruction- ask players what they did last time and what worked or didn’t
If you want more click to download the FREE bouncing practices
and watch the video below
Would you use this practice, especially in the first few lessons with a beginner
Consider all that this practice delivers
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.
