What's important to you when coaching a beginner
5 conversation starters all about the overhead forehand
Who would you sit with to discuss these?
It all started with this post
Your essential OH FH technique components
I wanted to know what coaches consider to be their critical elements for overhead striking. The technical ‘must-haves’ for a badminton overhead.
What would be on your list?
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People replied
The discussion was lively. Most replies were very similar in technical content.
I started to wonder if the answers would be different if the question was slanted towards the coaching of beginner players. What would coaches say. Would their answers be different?
Then I realised that it wasn’t just the technical components that we could explore. The way they were coached, introduced, constrained, etc, all that may be more interesting.
Question for you and a coaching friend
What are the core technical elements in a badminton overhead technique?
– specifically for a novice player
Would you work to establish anything before starting overhead work?
–- creating experiences that will help with the follow-on overhead development
How do you ‘package’ the information you use?
– the considerations you give to what the player, sees, expereinces and hears
What do your ‘checks for understanding’ look like?
– how do you establish that something is sticking or changing
What advice would you share with other coaches?
– Advice that would also help that beginner player
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