PE (Badminton) – PLT Day

Badminton – Teaching Higher Level Techniques and Coaching Game Play

Course Tutor: Alan Berry

Workshop (am): Higher level techniques:

• Grips
• The “Bevel Grips”
• Grip length
• Serving and receiving
• Backhand serves
• Forehand serves
• The hitting action
• The strike: push / tap / whip
• Overhead action
• Building up strokes from first principles:
• Stroke breakdown and reconstruction
• Executing the stroke
• Adding movement to and after the stroke
• Development routines
• The stroke in real situations

Workshop (pm): Coaching Game Play:

• Singles, doubles, mixed doubles
• Understanding possible outcomes following a stroke being played
• Game play tactics – attack
• Game play tactics – defense
• Game play in singles
• The importance of the serve
• Recovery positions after a stroke
• Gaining the attack
• Game play in doubles
• Being a partnership
• Attack rotation
• Defensive positioning
• Game play in mixed doubles
• Being a partnership
• Supportive play
• Protective play
• Game tactics
• Being able to adapt to the oppositions play
• Conditional games – to improve own play

Please note that lunch is not included.