Sorry if i double posted but i search a little bit and i didn't find anything to what i am going to ask. I was just wondering to hear from all of you what does it mean to be considered a beginner/intermediate/advance player? Of course there is also pro, but that's blindly obvious. I was just wondering about this because i've been playing for over 6 years and i still consider myself between beginner and intermediate. I was wondering is there like some sort of scale like the tennis 7.0 scale. thanks for the opinions.
I am not aware of any well-defined scale like the NTRP system used in tennis. What I've seen in California tournaments is a system that uses the letters A thru E. A players, while not necessarily world-class, possess a very advanced skill set & are generally some of the best players in the country. Perhaps this level would be equivalent to a 6.0 player in tennis. A badminton B player might be on par with a 4.5 or 5.0 tennis player. World class players would be 7.0 NTRP I would classify a tournament C player as a high intermediate player. This might be akin to a 4.0 tennis player. The D level was originally intended for novice players, however it has been dominated by low-C players. I would characterize the average D player as a low intermediate. Another lower level was created for novices... sometimes call Novice or E level. Note that these levels are not absolute. They are my own guestimations on what I've observed. The levels in southern Calif have more deepth & perhaps are a half-class higher than the same level in the SF Bay area. I've not seen any detailed definitions of these tournament levels... does NE1 wanna take a stab at it?
Topic link... Check this for more on the topic... http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7876&highlight=rating+system
