Badminton England had been delighted to host our Membership and Coach Convention for the second 12 months on the Nationwide Badminton Centre (NBC) final weekend.
With over 100 delegates and workers from round England making the journey to Milton Keynes, we had been delighted with what number of members of the badminton group had been in a position to study and have interaction because the occasion grew from its inception in 2023.
A full itinerary of on-court and off-court workshops had been interspersed with breakout periods for the chance to community with different delegates.
Nottinghamshire’s Arboretum Badminton Membership ran a workshop utilising the No Strings programme to boost your membership supply while Emma Smethurst’s session checked out how she had grown her work as a full-time coach and particularly how she has grown the junior membership membership.
The neurodiversity workshop was significantly effectively acquired and lined circumstances reminiscent of: autism, ADHD and studying disabilities together with dyslexia.
The suggestions on Ben Humphrey’s and Tanya Chethan’s neurodiversity session was extraordinarily optimistic.
Phil Preston, a badminton coach in Herefordshire praised the session saying that “it was actually deep and actually fascinating”.
Lots of our delegates additionally loved a Q&A session with up-and-coming Badminton England abilities Harry Wakefield and Robin Harper who presently sit at quantity #226 on this planet rankings and need to proceed their rise within the BWF standings.
The pair focussed on their journeys up to now and the transition from junior to senior badminton. Their invaluable insights impressed all delegates in attendance to suppose deeper about methods to have interaction extra younger folks in our sport and assist them of their growth.
On courtroom workshops had been held by Badminton England coach builders: Steve Bish James Elkin and Stephen Pritchard.
Steve and the remainder of the group acquired loads of optimistic suggestions on their assist over the 2 days and we really feel optimistic that each one delegates walked away from the periods having learnt one thing new.
Chief Govt of Badminton England, Sue Storey, mentioned:
“The Golf equipment and Coach Convention is about collaboration; the game is for everybody so bringing golf equipment and coaches collectively is essential,”
“The essential issues are younger folks and inclusion and being right here meant we may deal with rising these and getting one of the best out of coaches and younger folks throughout England.”
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