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Big medal haul at Hampshire
No half term break for some of our elite players as they attend the mid-week U15 Hampshire bronze event. After a fantastic day with some awesome Badminton our players come away with 4 medals including an all Shuttlers and all Sussex mixed doubles final. Results...
Is there a perfect technique?
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 believe the...
No mistakes – the most over-used phrase by coaches? – part 2
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...
No mistakes – the most over-used phrase used by coaches? – Part 1
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...
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