Badminton England have 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 employees from round England making the journey to Milton Keynes, we have been delighted with what number of members of the badminton neighborhood have been capable of be taught and interact because the occasion grew from its inception in 2023.
A full itinerary of on-court and off-court workshops have 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 reinforce 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 nicely obtained and lined situations equivalent to: autism, ADHD and studying disabilities together with dyslexia.
The suggestions on Ben Humphrey’s and Tanya Chethan’s neurodiversity session was extraordinarily constructive.
Phil Preston, a badminton coach in Herefordshire praised the session saying that “it was actually deep and actually attention-grabbing”.
Lots of our delegates additionally loved a Q&A session with up-and-coming Badminton England abilities Harry Wakefield and Robin Harper who at present sit at quantity #226 on the earth rankings and wish 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 worthwhile insights impressed all delegates in attendance to assume deeper about find out how to interact extra younger individuals in our sport and help them of their growth.
On court docket workshops have been held by Badminton England coach builders: Steve Bish James Elkin and Stephen Pritchard.
Steve and the remainder of the group obtained loads of constructive suggestions on their assist over the 2 days and we really feel constructive that each one delegates walked away from the periods having learnt one thing new.
Chief Govt of Badminton England, Sue Storey, stated:
“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 individuals and inclusion and being right here meant we might concentrate on rising these and getting the very best out of coaches and younger individuals throughout England.”
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