Please see below for a fantastic coaching opportunity coming up in March:

Foundation Award (Level 1) for Assistant Coaches in Badminton

Course information:

• Dates: Sunday 15^th & Sunday 22^nd March 2020
• Times: 9am – 5pm on both days
• Venue:Broadway Badminton Centre, Grange Park, St Helens, Lancashire, WA10 3RY
• Cost: £175 for Badminton England members and £195 for non-members
• Booking link: https://badmintonengland.azolve.com/workbench/public/events?ref=DCFA2410CF39207C1900E7CF18184B8A907CDF67
• Deadline for applying: Thurs 13^th Feb 2020

* All learners must be aged 16 or over on the first day of the course.

 Foundation Award in Coaching Badminton

Our new Foundation Coach course is the starting point for people who would like to get into coaching badminton and become a coaching assistant. This course will teach you to:

• Lead fun games, activities, and tournaments
• Understand the badminton landscape and structure in England
• Support a ‘coach’ in the delivery of a session through:
  • Delivering appropriate warm ups/ cool downs
  • Appropriately feeding
  • Having a basic knowledge of hitting actions, tactics and the rules of the game
• Deliver Badminton England programmes such as:
  • No Strings Sessions
  • SmashUp!
  • Racket Pack Lite
• Understand the badminton landscape
• Effectively support the development of clubs/ sessions
• Maximise the participant experience