Additional to the restructure of the England Junior Efficiency Programme (EJPP) this Summer season, we’re happy to announce the primary six gamers to have been supplied and have accepted the chance to be a part of the newly launched Transition Group on the EJPP.
They’re Aahna Bhatia, Lucy Brierley, Sofie Chong, Kalyan Manoj, Yashica Racharla and Sajan Senthuran.
The Transition Group is to be a small group (as much as a most of 10-12 recognized gamers), who will obtain extra targeted assist from the EJPP.
The Transition Group has been launched to assist supply inside BE’s just lately printed 10-year technique. The important thing function of the Group is to assist and enhance the aptitude for dedicated and proficient Junior gamers to transition efficiently to a full-time coaching setting and to assist bridge the hole between Junior & Senior worldwide badminton, utilizing extra focused intervention & publicity.
We hope as a part of this Group that it’ll assist within the acceleration of a gamers growth, create elevated collaborative relationships, present constructive developmental experiences, assist the event of required expertise, capabilities and efficiency behaviours, present a clearer junior to senior badminton, and in the end assist England compete with the most effective in Europe and the World at Junior and Senior stage in future.
Gamers are recognized for an invitation onto the Transition Group by a Panel of Coaches based mostly on related eligibility standards, which incorporates having UK passport or having been resident within the UK for at least two years, with a dedication to need to signify England in future Championships Occasions, and to work in the direction of full time coaching on the finish of their Junior profession.
The Panel additional determine gamers for invite to the Group which have proven proof of being aggressive domestically in personal age group and above age, together with displaying competitiveness in Europe, that already exhibit key efficiency behaviours and have a progress/studying mindset.
The Panel are additionally on the lookout for these which might be totally dedicated to growing their bodily capabilities and which have a ardour for the sport and a willingness to compete.
The assist on provide for a participant invited to be a part of the Transition Group relies round way more targeted assist, which features a devoted Lead Transition Group Coach, an Particular person Athlete Plan (IAP) labored up in collaboration with participant, private coach and oldsters, an individualised S&C Programme, invitations to coach alongside / with senior squad coaching on the Nationwide Badminton Centre all year long and a newly launched Buddy Scheme to assist with transition into the NBC Senior setting.
Along with this assist from the EJP Programme, a participant additionally receives a spot on the Proficient Athlete Scholarship Scheme, with all of the assist companies on provide via this Award via their nominated Supply Website.
Invites to be a part of the Transition Group usually are not set to particular time durations through the yr and due to this fact additional gamers might be invited to be a part of the Group at any time by the Panel. The Group will probably be saved small with a most of 10-12 gamers included and a spot offered till such time because the participant strikes into senior badminton, transitions to Senior squad or exits via different causes as agreed.
All six Transition Group gamers had been just lately invited to and attended the NBC with their mother and father, the place the EJPP hosted a Transition Group Induction Workshop session to supply additional data on the aim of the Group, BE’s dedication to them as people and the expectations of being a part of this Group.
Kat Hurrell, Lead Transition Group Coach commented: “Our job will probably be to assist assist these gamers along with what they get via EJP Programme exercise, by exposing them as a lot as we really feel is correct for that particular person to the Nationwide Senior Programme, it’s all about attempting to speed up the event of those gamers and their efficiency behaviours, so technically, tactically, bodily, mentally – and put together them for the life-style of being a full time athlete.”
Morten Frost added: “We try to focus as a lot as we will on constructing a programme across the particular participant, comparable to growing efficiency behaviours, bodily robustness and growth, how a participant understands and reads the sport. We’re actually excited to see how gamers recognized can progress with this further targeted assist.”
Nikki Tarrant, EJP Programme Supervisor commented: “Loads of work has gone on behind the scenes regards the brand new construction as an entire and we’re actually trying ahead to working with gamers invited into this Group in a way more targeted and impactful method, with the added assist of TASS which will probably be invaluable. We’re excited to see what the longer term holds additional to the introduction of the brand new EJPP construction in the summertime.”
Extra data on the EJP Programme’s new construction and Transition Group might be discovered on the next web site web page right here.
