by Jonty Russ | Sep 23, 2019 | Tournament News
This weekend the Sussex junior restricted was held at Portslade leisure centre. There was some great matches throughout the tournament and all the players should be really proud of themselves. In total academy players won 20 medals, including 6 golds, in the u16 and...
by Jonty Russ | Sep 15, 2019 | Tournament News
Loved being able to go and watch all 5 players (Charlie Handel, Dewi Rice, Jerome Brackley, Leon Crayford and Mina Myall) put in some top performances and top class attitude throughout the day. Great to see them play to their potential and implementing new aspects to...
by Jonty Russ | Sep 11, 2019 | Coaching Methods
Within my last posts regarding our over emphasis on mistakes, I mentioned how we try to teach the players our “perfect technique”, one which we believe is the most effective way to play a shot or move to the shuttle. We create a technical model that we...
by Jonty Russ | Sep 2, 2019 | Coaching Methods
This week I add more points to my argument from last week about how we as coaches over-emphasize “no mistakes”. Leading on from this, in my opinion we are starting to create a lot of robotic, consistent badminton players in this country. Which is the product of the no...
by Jonty Russ | Sep 2, 2019 | Coaching Methods
From my experiences as a badminton player in both the junior national and European circuit, as well as from coaching in Spain and England, the phrase I have heard more than any is “no mistakes”. This phrase and phrases like this seem to be used a lot by coaches, as...
