Carol Bilton Badminton Development Officer

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Carol BiltonBadminton Development Officer

• Know the Game Badminton

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Web site

• www.badmintonengland.co.uk
• New look site, in line with re-branding
• News stories all levels
• Affiliated clubs can self-publish information
  about themselves
• Affiliated leagues can use the league management
  package
• Venues database
• On line registration for members by Club
  secretary
• On line shop
• Constant updating and development

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Development Department

• 5 Regional staff soon to be 6
• National Schools and Junior Clubs Manager
• Volunteer and Long Term Athlete Development
  Co-ordinator
• 1 full time co-ordinator and 2 part-time
  administrators
• 15 20 full time / part time county development
  officers..coming soon

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The Whole Sport Plan

• Submission made in October 2004
• Award agreed early 2005
• Badminton award sits in the top 6 of all sports
• Ambitious plans for commercial and PR activity
  whilst maintaining strong elite spend
• New focus for heavy investment in resources at
  grass roots level
• Monitoring and evaluation

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Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Participation
• Accredited clubs
• Membership of clubs
• Coaches
• Volunteers
• International success
• English Athletes representing GB

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Support network

• Badminton Silver and Sport England resource pack
  and portfolio
• Badminton Silver disc
• BADMINTON England
• Dedicated Contact Officer
• Appointed Club Mentor
• Regional Development Manager
• Development Department
• County Sports Partnerships and Local Authorities
• Sport England

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Junior Clubs

• There are three Silver Clubs in Surrey
  Wimbledon Racquets Fitness Club, Swifts Junior
  Badminton Club and Racqueteers Junior Badminton
  Club
• Three further clubs Dorking Junior Badminton
  Club, Ebbiham Badminton Club and Albury Junior
  Badminton club have joined the Active Surrey Club
  Accreditation Scheme and are well on their way to
  achieviing Silver Club status
• There are a further nine affiliated junior clubs
  and eight unaffilated clubs
• I am working towards setting up three new junior
  clubs in Woking, Guildford and Kingston

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Competion Framework

• Surrey Schools Badminton Association run a series
  of tournaments at both County and non-County
  standard.
• Badminton England run three levels of
  competition Bronze, Silver and Gold throughout
  the country
• There is a Surrey Schools league and a Surrey
  Junior Clubs league. Results for these matches
  can be found on the SCBA website
  www.surreybadminton.co.uk

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New Products

• BIG Programme aimed to support teachers and
  coaches in developing all young badminton players
  from FUNdamentals activity for 4 year olds
  upwards. There are five phases.
• To support this activity in schools there are
  BISI activity cards grouped into four packs for 6
  16 year olds
• The new Badminton Junior Helper Award is designed
  for 13 and can be delivered by teachers, ideally
  following a familiarisation course
• The new Badminton Young Helper award for 16 will
  be available soon

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Coach Education Awards

• AIM
• To develop the best badminton coach education
  system in the world that, in turn, produces a
  continuous stream of high quality coaches to
  service all levels of badminton in England.

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Coach Education Awards

• BADMINTON England Level 1 and Level 2 courses
  implemented, Level 3 to follow 2005/2006
• Awards based on best knowledge from a range of
  coaches and specialists from development and
  elite play backgrounds
• The philosophy behind the awards is that they are
  focussed on HOW and WHAT to coach, and on giving
  coaches the competences to deliver the correct
  skills to players

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United Kingdom Coaching Certificate

• Government-backed initiative to raise the stand
  of coaching and coach education across sports
• A range of standards that coach education awards
  and systems must meet in order to be approved
• UK-wide
• 31 sports have signed up
• 21 sports (including badminton) tasked with
  delivering UKCC by January 2007
• The BADMINTON England Level 1 and Level 2 Awards
  have been designed to be suitable for conversion
  into UKCC Awards

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Technique DVD

• AIM
• To produce a high quality DVD to help coaches and
  players understand how top players produce basic
  strokes and movement
• Key Principles were devised
• Make the DVD informative and entertaining
• Produce the best quality footage possible
• Work with the best players available
• Both a commercial product and a valuable tool in
  increasing coaching knowledge in England

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Coaching register and Updating

• AIM to provide insurance for badminton coaches
  in England

• AIM To provide updating opportunities for coaches
  of all levels
• 2005 Assimilation workshops for current Coaches
  (Part 1) and Instructors to gain a Level 2
• Annual English Coaches Conference. Next one is
  20/21 January 2006 in Birmingham
• The Power Precision magazine provides
  opportunities for coaches to continuously update
  knowledge
• Surrey Coaches Register offers annual Coaches
  Conference on hot topics

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Contact Details

• Badminton Development Officer Carol Bilton
• Tel [phone]
• Email carolbilton_at_badmintonengland.co.uk