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My badminton coach education journey

“What are you doing to improve your coaching knowledge?” “What do you need and how you will get it?” “Stop

Could you design your own Badminton Coach Education system? This is your opportunity to decide what to include The advice,

Has Coach Education given you the coaching skills you need? Those every day, in-session skills that help you make decisions

Why not ask coaches: “What would you like to learn?” Then get them to assess what learning they think has

Players have different requirements & demands, that keep changing! How can you ever be certain that what you do will

What do you pay attention to? A friend sent this video and challenged me to pay attention Why don’t you

I feel disappointed by many badminton YouTube videos The titles offer so much However, the content leaves me wanting more

Focusing attention can increase the effectiveness of your coaching It could also be ‘harmful’ 🙁 Do you deliberately try to

“Please can I have your opinion!” Many years ago a coach asked me for my opinion It was concerning a

How often do you assist another coach? Give it a try, there can be plenty to experience Working with another