Make area for lots of latest stars within the badminton universe – 5, 4, three, two, one…Shuttle Stars is go!
Shuttle Stars is Badminton England’s groundbreaking new junior participation programme for 7-11 year-olds.
Shuttle Stars is right here to introduce a brand new technology to our incredible sport inside a enjoyable, welcoming, inclusive atmosphere – providing major school-aged kids the chance to study and develop their abilities, preserve match, make buddies and take their first steps on a dynamic new pathway into the world of badminton.
Badminton England’s mission is to make badminton essentially the most inclusive and accessible sport in England. A sport for everybody. And that begins on the very starting, sparking, fostering and nurturing a lifelong ardour for badminton amongst younger girls and boys.
Shuttle Stars is damaged down into six structured phases, designed to be delivered throughout a minimal of two years in whole for individuals who wish to participate from its begin to its end.
Levels 1-2 will introduce elementary motion abilities, the footwork wanted to succeed on court docket, the hand-eye coordination strategies and the essential racket grips that may assist get your baby began.
Levels 3-4 will assist gamers develop the core badminton abilities with pace and agility. Then Levels 5-6 will introduce sport play and techniques, making ready kids for newbie competitors.
In addition to the staged programmes, there shall be Shuttle Stars Festivals to enroll in – 90-minute celebrations of badminton, that includes video games, abilities classes and enjoyable for all. And Shuttle Stars may also goal to introduce early competitors, bringing collectively the talents which members have developed within the programme and letting them flourish in a pleasant aggressive atmosphere.
And who is aware of? Shuttle Stars may very well be the place the place the following huge badminton skills are noticed! This programme is basically an entry level into the game we all know younger folks will love, however this initiative may also present a structured expertise pathway for these younger gamers who – on the finish of their Shuttle Stars journey – might wish to take their expertise to the following degree, representing a membership, a county or their nation.
Upon signing up as a Shuttle Star, each participant will mechanically obtain a participant pack consisting of a Shuttle Stars racket, a Shuttle Stars t-shirt and shuttlecocks! All the things it’s worthwhile to begin your badminton journey.
And on the finish of your first 4 weeks of the programme, each baby shall be properly on their method in the direction of efficiently finishing Stage Certainly one of Shuttle Stars at which level they are going to obtain a certificates to recognise their achievement and to point out off to their classmates, family and friends!
The programme is launching in January with a sequence of pilot classes run in additional than 20 completely different places. Within the Spring, roadshows will happen so extra folks begin to find out about Shuttle Stars and what it could actually supply to younger badminton gamers – and concurrently the shuttles will actually begin to fly when Stage One classes kick begin in golf equipment and training environments up and down the nation – for all those that signal as much as the programme. And later within the yr, Shuttle Stars will begin to be delivered in leisure centres after which colleges when badminton involves lecture rooms close to you!
There is no need to delay – players can start to sign up to sessions now! New places, dates and occasions are being added day by day so preserve your eyes peeled for a programme close to you!
Or, if there’s not but a Shuttle Stars session rising close to you, ask your native leisure centre or your college to enroll to our community of Shuttle Stars supply companions. Clubs and coaches can sign up to run Shuttle Stars sessions now!
The Shuttle Stars programme is offering a full library of digital assets to make the supply of each single session a easy and easy course of, from stage one to stage six!
Whether or not the classes are being delivered by high quality coaches in leisure centres or badminton membership services throughout the nation or PE lecturers within the classroom, these delivering the programme may have entry to on-line and downloadable exercise playing cards and a complete sequence of tutorial movies which is able to equip them to information every baby by way of each step of their badminton journey.
Shuttle Stars can also be designed to mirror the game’s inclusive nature – whereas the programme is tailor-made to major school-aged kids of all skills, there isn’t any age restriction to any of its phases – the identical session plan assets can be utilized to show newbie degree badminton to any participant new to our sport.
Come collectively and be a part of the constellation. Turn out to be a Shuttle Star at present and get a style of the nation’s favorite racket sport!
