It was a busy month for our junior gamers, who took half in some large competitions each at residence and overseas.
The U19 and U17 Danish Cups have been attended by a small group of gamers chosen by Badminton England as a part of the brand new England Junior Efficiency Programme construction launched in the summertime.
There have been additionally some notable outcomes for our juniors in Slovenia and Eire, whereas the All England Junior Championships occurred in Birmingham earlier within the month.
There was additionally loads of England Junior Efficiency Programme Camps and actions for the U11 to U15 age teams all through August in addition to a joint EJPP camp for the U17 and U19s.
Here’s a round-up of August’s motion…
U17/U19 Danish Junior Cup
James Track’s run to the ultimate of the lads’s U17 singles was the spotlight of the motion at Hvidovre because the sixth seed battled previous Axel Boesen within the quarter finals earlier than defeating EJPP team-mate Anish Nair within the semi-finals.
Track was then defeated by Denmark’s Elias Martin within the remaining, whereas he additionally suffered defeat within the combined doubles semi-finals alongside Sofie Chong as they have been overwhelmed by Jens Andersson and Julie Sogaard.
Chong additionally reached the semi-finals of the ladies’s doubles with Rajvi Parab, who herself reached the quarter finals of the ladies’s singles, the place Martha Ng and Aahna Bhatia fell on the spherical of 16.
Within the U19 competitors, among the many finest performers have been Benjamin Horseman and Jia Bin Lee, who reached the quarter finals of the lads’s doubles, and Jason Ou, who put up a courageous combat towards prime seed William Bogebjerg within the quarter finals of the lads’s singles.
Lucy Brierley and Matilda Franklin received so far as the spherical of 16 within the girls’s doubles, whereas Franklin and Lee reached the identical stage of the combined doubles.
All England Junior Championships
There was glory for Sofie Chong and Lucy Dodd as they gained the ladies’s doubles title in Birmingham by defeating prime seeds Mysha Omer Khan and Taabia Khan of the UAE 22-20 15-21 21-16 in an exciting match.
Chong and Dodd had overwhelmed Carly Stevenson and Wales’ Saffron Morris 21-14 15-21 21-19 within the semi-finals whereas Shraddha Gopalakrishnan and Martha Ng have been simply unable to make it an all-English remaining in that competitors.
Ng misplaced out to the USA’s Suneri Chinthalapati within the semi-finals of the ladies’s singles and Tranthini Kumaravel was overwhelmed 21-16 21-19 by Mysha Omer Khan in the identical event.
Dillon Chong was overwhelmed alongside Zhi Lun Ong of Switzerland within the semi-finals of the lads’s doubles whereas James Track was a overwhelmed finalist within the combined doubles alongside Poland’s Kaja Ziolkowska.
Benjamin Horseman and Jia Bin Lee reached the semi-finals of the lads’s doubles and Bhatia was narrowly overwhelmed within the quarter finals of the ladies’s singles 24-22 17-21 12-21 by Chinthalapati.
TEM Slovenia Mirna U17 Worldwide
It was success throughout the board for our juniors in Mirna with the winners of all 5 tournaments having a St George’s flag subsequent to their identify.
Jaxon Clarke got here out on prime within the males’s singles as he defeated Hungary’s Zeno Agai 21-14 21-19 within the remaining with team-mate Hubert Ceglinski reaching the third spherical.
Within the girls’s singles, Mili Patel noticed off prime seed Ana Pranic of Croatia 21-19 21-19 earlier than she then doubled up within the girls’s doubles alongside Anna Stewart as they beat Serbian prime seeds Andrea Bogojevic and Teodora Latas 21-14 21-8.
There was extra success for Clarke as he gained the lads’s doubles with Samuel Pulikkottil because of a good-looking 21-13 21-8 win over Polish pair Jakub Dulemba and Maciej Smarz.
Clarke and Patel then made it a hat-trick of titles in at some point as they gained the combined doubles by defeating Pulikkottil and Stewart 21-13 21-19 in what was an all-English remaining.
U19 Irish Open
Two English doubles pairings reached finals in Dublin, with Lucy Brierley and Matilda Franklin dropping out 21-16 21-18 to Scottish prime seeds Ishbel McCallister and Brooke Stalker.
Brierley then needed to settled for runner-up once more as she misplaced alongside Benjamin Horseman within the remaining of the combined doubles 21-15 24-22 towards Stalker and her companion, Lewis Coghill.
Horseman had earlier been overwhelmed in an epic of a males’s doubles semi-final alongside Dillon Chong as they have been edged out 29-30 21-15 21-19 by French pairing Martin Bellot and Ewen Peres.
Daniel Wykes within the males’s was the decide of the singles performers as he reached the quarter finals the place he was overwhelmed by Bellot 21-15 18-21 21-9.
England Junior Efficiency Programme Camps
Camps and actions have been delivered to U11, U13 and U15 age teams with an EJPP Energy & Conditioning Coach in attendance to conduct health testing and leap testing and to guide warm-ups for classes.
The U11 camp aimed to develop the juniors’ potential to neutralise a rally when below stress, consistency in rallies whereas utilising all 4 corners of the court docket and an introduction to forecourt deception.
The U13 camp aimed to develop the juniors’ potential to introduce a quicker tempo and flatter fashion of singles gameplay, assemble rallies and making an attempt to develop tempo modifications, enhance backhand containment from the rear court docket and doubles defence.
There was additionally a Working With Mother and father in Sport Workshop delivered to a big guardian group with discussions centered on life abilities, character improvement and the way that hyperlinks into the EJPP efficiency behaviours.
The U15 camp concerned senior nationwide squad teaching the usage of netplay in singles with a give attention to the spin internet and enhancing the power to spin off a spin internet in addition to the usage of rotation and defending as a pair in doubles.
The U11 and U13 camps each delivered a singles event whereas the U15s additionally had an EJPP Wednesday Coaching Camp that regarded to enhance particular work areas of gamers for the Junior group competing on the U15 European championships.
This concerned the usage of senior sparrers, senior nationwide group and U17 juniors to try to increase the depth and high quality of coaching and matchplay.
This served as a very good coaching block earlier than the U15 European Junior Championships to construct relationships and strategies of working.
EJPP U17 / U19 Joint Camp
Singles coaching evaluate
Following on from some optimistic performances on the All England Junior, and in preparation for Danish Cup, the singles gamers labored on a wide range of themes on the Nationwide Badminton Centre that from observations from the All England Junior, wanted some focus or weren’t being proven in matches.
These included some pace modifications in the course of the rallies and anticipation in rallies in relation to the most certainly reply from an opponent. Focus was additionally on turning the shuttle and making an attempt to play extra counterattack in defence.
The gamers have been additionally in a position to prepare alongside and combine at factors inside the Camp with the senior singles squad, which was an incredible publicity.
Doubles coaching evaluate
At this camp on the Nationwide Badminton Centre, gamers had alternatives to follow working extra to place shuttles again into court docket with excessive stress assault, additionally integrating with the senior squad.
There was additionally a big give attention to matchplay to assist gamers put together for upcoming tournaments, together with the Danish Cup.
Different focuses for the gamers included key practices across the internet and mid-court to encourage them to commerce and interact extra in these areas.
The target was to see longer rallies when enjoying right here with elevated court docket protection, ensuring to have dynamic motion shifting on to the shuttle and to play with margins applicable for the scenario.
Gamers have been additionally challenged to hyperlink pictures ensuring that when seeking to be early on the shuttle and inject tempo, or look to assault, that they’re then prepared for the possible responses and never overcommitting in these conditions.
