The North Wiltshire Badminton Project

Badminton England Premier Mark Junior Coaching with bespoke sessions for all ages & standards on our Foundation (5-11yrs), Junior Club (10yrs+) & Performance pathways. Formed in 2017 we are a group of local Badminton England Registered Coaches whose vision is to work and contribute towards the establishment of a comprehensive locally-based badminton system in which every child between the ages of 4 and 18 is offered the opportunity to engage with badminton, either through one-off events, after-school clubs or junior club sessions and in which every child wishing to improve at badminton will be able to access coaching sessions that will meaningfully develop their competence to match their aspirations. We run three bespoke pathways:

1. *Foundation* for primary aged children from ages 4-11
These are sessions designed to provide health and physical fitness opportunities for children from a young age, to offer them the opportunity of having experienced early fundamental movement skills and technique specific to badminton so as to stand them in good stead for electing earlier in life what sport will suit them most as they continue to grow and develop into sport but which will also serve to assist in raising the standard of badminton played in our County to a level commensurate with the rest of the Country.

2. *Junior Club* for children typically between the ages 10 and 18 who wish to attend only one or a supplemental club style 1 hour training session a week with the option of staying to play social games at the end.

3. *Performance* for children who have the enthusiasm, aptitude, determination and ability to attend more than one session of coaching and/or training a week and who are serious about improving at badminton above local league and Wiltshire County level and who aspire to play in sanctioned BE Bronze, Silver and Gold Tournaments to gain a national ranking, play internationally and seek to be accepted on the England Performance Pathway to go on to play for their country. We pledge to work hard towards developing further opportunities for the junior community in Wiltshire and beyond to discover and enjoy learning and improving playing the game of badminton. If you are a coach, parent or player interested in being involved, coaching, assisting or training at any of the sessions at NWBP, please do not hesitate to contact the Project at [email protected] or via our Facebook, Instagram or Twitter Social Media pages and please also take a peek at the training videos we produced over lockdown and the Badminton England promotional videos that we have been featured in that are posted on our YouTube channel. Melanie Vickery
Chair and Head Coach at
The North Wiltshire Badminton Project