On Saturday the 21^st August the first meeting of the Scottish PD squad successfully ran at Carronvale House, Larbert. The squad contains invited players who have competed successfully in 4 Nations and European events over the past few seasons and is another major step towards creating international team competition between the 4 nations and countries further afield. 

Players attended from a range of playing categories and were grouped for the squad into standing and wheelchair sections so that the coaching programme could cater for each individual whilst trying to provide focused work and advice that players could take back to local squads to work on in their training. The coaching team was led by Lyndon Williams who devised a programme containing four sections, the players initially focused on an area of technical development, followed by a speed/reaction session then physical work before concluding the day with games.

The coaches and players worked extremely well together and the entire squad was a huge success from the perspective of both the players and the coaches. This will hopefully prove to be another valuable and exciting opportunity for Scottish players which will further expand the growth of Scottish Badminton for disabled athletes.

Players

Morag Johnston

Deirdre Nagle

Kirsty Jones

Alan Oliver

Ryan McDonald

Conner McFarlane

David Purdie

Greg Farquhar-Smith

Niall Jarvie

David Quarrie

Conner McFarlane

Coaches

Lyndon Williams

Alex Bird

John Shearer

Duncan Leith

Kaity Hall

Steve Johnston

Ian Doolan

Interested in getting involved in badminton for the disabled?

On 18^th and 19^th September BADMINTONscotland in partnership with Glasgow Sport, Scottish Disability Sport and the 4 Nations Disability Badminton Group will host a workshop for coaches which will focus on “Technically coaching badminton to players with physical impairments” The course will be held at Glasgow School of Sport.   

The course is aimed at experienced Level 1 coaches and Level 2 coaches who would like to gain some knowledge and practical experience of working with badminton players with physical impairments.

Over the 2 day course coaches will have an opportunity to develop their knowledge of disability badminton, classification, technical coaching of serves, overhead and underarm strokes and movements for both wheelchair and standing classes. Coaches will also be able to practically deliver to players on the afternoon of the second day of the course.

The course will be delivered by Lyndon Williams, who is one of Europe’s most experienced coaches in working with players with physical disabilities. The course will be co-tutored by BADMINTONscotland staff with specialist input from some of Scotland’s top disabled athletes.

If you are interested in attending the course please download the application form and post it to BADMINTONscotland no later than 10^th September. If you have any questions relating to the course please contact John Shearer, Coaching and Development Officer, BADMINTONscotland 0141 445 1218.