by Jonty Russ | Feb 11, 2020 | Badminton, Coaching Methods
Sweaty palms, feeling sick, jelly legs. All common feelings before a big match. Do we like these feelings? No, they are uncomfortable, unwanted and even painful. How often do you come off court after a loss and just say ‘I was just nervous’? I used to; I often blamed...
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...
