Does anyone have any advice when running a club?

[bighitter]

I have kind of managed to get myself into running my schools badminton. I hadn't a clue what I was in for. I am also finding it hard to find tournaments and schools for us to enter. I have searched on BAofE site couldn't find anything. And I searched on google and nothing. Also I need a coach to come in during or after school time, and I am unable to find one.

It all seems so damn hard! Anyone have any ideas on how to solve this? We are based In Middlesex by the way. Just out of London. And I am 16 in case your wondering :rolleyes: .

[pandee720]

I have kind of managed to get myself into running my schools badminton. I hadn't a clue what I was in for. I am also finding it hard to find tournaments and schools for us to enter. I have searched on BAofE site couldn't find anything. And I searched on google and nothing. Also I need a coach to come in during or after school time, and I am unable to find one.

It all seems so damn hard! Anyone have any ideas on how to solve this? We are based In Middlesex by the way. Just out of London. And I am 16 in case your wondering :rolleyes: .
I don't know about your tournaments but in my opinion, you don't really need a coach to become a good badminton player. Although it would help, as long as you know the basics on what you need to practice, you shouldn't need a coach. Look around this forum and there are many different exercises to tone your badminton skills and just try those things out. Also, getting a badminton training video or tournament dvds might be helpful too so that you can see how you are "supposed" to play. To quote a notorious celebrity, "I had absolutely no professional training" (or something like that) and I ended up OK in my opinion... not as bad as William Hung in singing... hahaha
Just have your club practice footwork and shots and you should be ok for now...

[Dill]

contact your local council racketsports development officer and ask for a list of accredited coaches and their qualifications so you might be able to get a coach on some kind of placement to do with promoting badminton and it will cost you nothing.

The other way is to contact Badminton England (BA of E) and ask for a list of coaches in your area and their qualifications.

Phone around the list given and see if anyone will spare the time if you offer just under their normal rate if you offer fixed times for coaching and explain the situation that they are getting into, ie. how many courts, how many kids, what are the levels (sometimes if the levels are too mixed it is difficult for one person to spend time with individuals and that is why classes are split up depending on level)

Other than that see if your school or local council will put you through your starting coaches award(s) if you agree to help out unfunded in the school, it will help you in the long run and grants are usually around for the taking. You could even encourage a teacher to go along so the two of you can learn about coaching and get the awards, you never know one of them mighgt already have it since badminton was part of sports studies highers and modules once.

Concoct a plan to help the school to help you ie. I would like you to put me through my coaching award level a (made up level) so I can form a badminton team and improve it over the term time, I will train it XXX days a week and after starting the school league I would like to enter into a local schools league and generating up to local tournaments etc.

Schools love to boast about what they offer and planned/structured sports groups are good for attracting placement requests if they are in a glossy brochure advertising the school.

[bighitter]

contact your local council racketsports development officer and ask for a list of accredited coaches and their qualifications so you might be able to get a coach on some kind of placement to do with promoting badminton and it will cost you nothing.

The other way is to contact Badminton England (BA of E) and ask for a list of coaches in your area and their qualifications.

Phone around the list given and see if anyone will spare the time if you offer just under their normal rate if you offer fixed times for coaching and explain the situation that they are getting into, ie. how many courts, how many kids, what are the levels (sometimes if the levels are too mixed it is difficult for one person to spend time with individuals and that is why classes are split up depending on level)

Other than that see if your school or local council will put you through your starting coaches award(s) if you agree to help out unfunded in the school, it will help you in the long run and grants are usually around for the taking. You could even encourage a teacher to go along so the two of you can learn about coaching and get the awards, you never know one of them mighgt already have it since badminton was part of sports studies highers and modules once.

Concoct a plan to help the school to help you ie. I would like you to put me through my coaching award level a (made up level) so I can form a badminton team and improve it over the term time, I will train it XXX days a week and after starting the school league I would like to enter into a local schools league and generating up to local tournaments etc.

Schools love to boast about what they offer and planned/structured sports groups are good for attracting placement requests if they are in a glossy brochure advertising the school.
Its funny you say that. I thought this too. i thought my school would be all supportive, especially since I have to pay for it. But the Headmaster, seems to see Badminton as a waste of time, and I have to fight to keep the club running. I will contact Sheila about the coaches. And get a few new routines going to make the training more regular. Thanx for your help.

[Neil Nicholls]

Something else to ask Badminton England or Sport England about is BISI
Badminton Into Schools Initiative

a quick google found
http://archive.sportenglandpublications.org.uk/active_schools/sections/ps/badminton.htm

[Papa Smurf]

I have kind of managed to get myself into running my schools badminton. I hadn't a clue what I was in for. I am also finding it hard to find tournaments and schools for us to enter. I have searched on BAofE site couldn't find anything. And I searched on google and nothing. Also I need a coach to come in during or after school time, and I am unable to find one.

It all seems so damn hard! Anyone have any ideas on how to solve this? We are based In Middlesex by the way. Just out of London. And I am 16 in case your wondering :rolleyes: .I feel ya homes, over in the states, we sometimes have that problem too. When i was in highschool, the badminton team was the largest team in the school. We had 60-70 players annually. Not only that but we had the 2nd highest GPA collectively. We only lost out to the tennis team, and they only have 10 players. I can only tell you that use your numbers to the advantage. If you have a big club, bring that up. Also it helps if your team wins.

[kwun]

I have kind of managed to get myself into running my schools badminton. I hadn't a clue what I was in for. I am also finding it hard to find tournaments and schools for us to enter. I have searched on BAofE site couldn't find anything. And I searched on google and nothing. Also I need a coach to come in during or after school time, and I am unable to find one.

It all seems so damn hard! Anyone have any ideas on how to solve this? We are based In Middlesex by the way. Just out of London. And I am 16 in case your wondering :rolleyes: .
not sure about Middlesex. back more than a decade ago when i was in secondary school in Worcestershire, our badminton team regularly play against other schools in the region. we have a league type of thing going on like all other sports in school. every school in the league will play against a different school every couple of weeks. sometimes it is home game, sometimes we hop on the school van to travel to other school for away games.

perhaps you can try contacting the schools in your region, especially the ones where other sports in your school have regular matches against. if they have a badminton team, then they must have a similar league going on. join them. :)

[Akatsuki]

I am also President of my club. let me know if you need help, PM me




I have kind of managed to get myself into running my schools badminton. I hadn't a clue what I was in for. I am also finding it hard to find tournaments and schools for us to enter. I have searched on BAofE site couldn't find anything. And I searched on google and nothing. Also I need a coach to come in during or after school time, and I am unable to find one.

It all seems so damn hard! Anyone have any ideas on how to solve this? We are based In Middlesex by the way. Just out of London. And I am 16 in case your wondering :rolleyes: .

[Cheung]

I have kind of managed to get myself into running my schools badminton. I hadn't a clue what I was in for. I am also finding it hard to find tournaments and schools for us to enter. I have searched on BAofE site couldn't find anything. And I searched on google and nothing. Also I need a coach to come in during or after school time, and I am unable to find one.

It all seems so damn hard! Anyone have any ideas on how to solve this? We are based In Middlesex by the way. Just out of London. And I am 16 in case your wondering :rolleyes: .

Many years ago, the county used to run something called "Middlesex Schools league" (or a name similar to that). In that league, a few schools would play in two divisions and then the winners and runners up in each school would play in s/finals and final. There used to be a boy's league and a mixed league. The finals were played at Hendon school.

IF the county still helps organise such things (even only in name), I would think your best bet is to talk to a couple of people who are in Middlesex county committee. e.g. the secretary, to find out how you can organise matches and perhpas find a local person to help organise your practice sessions.