I thought I'd jus add onto this thread
Moving onto Highschool, my sister(14 goin onto 15 in september 2003... i think) is interested in picking up badminton, and appointed me (yes appointed... frankly I have no choice but to teach her) as coach (yippie -.-") to teach her how to play badminton during her summer break. I'm planning to take the theory course at Douglas during the week of April 28th, and maybe the technical course offerered at Hollyburn (if they offer a cession during the time I have my inter-semester break... ai... so many things I gotta do jus so my sister learns the game properly from me)
Since my sister is absolutely new to this sport, I will have to teach her from scratch. I'm thinking of lesson plans in the following order:
Intro to the game/rules
Grip
Serve
Clear
Footwork
But then after footwork I have no idea what to teach. Personally, I've learned smash first (cuz when I started it was only games at the local community center with a whole bunch of friends) but I dont think that's a good idea because IMO right now, clear is very important (its form carrys over to all the other shots dropshots/smashes) and also, with smashes there's no footwork involved yet, because I dont know if she can absorb all this within a summer, and she's planning to join the team at her soon-to-be highschool in September.
I'm not exactly that good a player (for those of you who know me personally can confirm this ^^"), and definately not good enough to be coaching on an extended circumstance, however, my sister insists that she learns from me, and whatever she does she has high expectations, so I'm kinda scared that I'll screw her up ><
so... I have a
"few" questions
1. Should I get someone who's more experienced to teach her? or is it ok for me to personally teach her the baiscs?
2. She's never played badminton (except in school during PE, but then middle school PE classes dont teach anything useful) and I dont know if I should offer her with a lighter racket (MP100 3U), or a racket that's on the heavier side, to use (Ti-10SP 2U) or do I have to get another racket jus so she wont hurt her arm/hand/wrist when she first starts playing? because the MP100 is strung at about 20 lbs, so I'm also afraid that, because the MP100 is an extremely stiff racket, that it will produce shock to her arms, which is not good for her at a young age
Also, she's amphi-(something) and she can use both hands in the sports she does, (she used to be able to use both hands to hold chopsticks too!) and I'm wondering how I would be able to determine which hand would be her optimal racket hand? or work overtime and teach her how to use both hands
3. If I do end up teaching her, how is the sequence of things that I plan to teach her in? (assuming that I dont get a chance to take the technical course at hollyburn... actually, for those that know, do they even teach you how to plan out lesson plans? or is it pure technical?)
4. Should I get her to improve her cardio first? or later when I'm teaching footwork? Or at the same time I'm teahing her the basics of the game?
5. How to get courts!? cuz once past the stages of basic theories of the game, I'll eventually have to take her onto a court and teach her some technical stuff (clears, etc) Have anyone who live in GVA have any experiences with this? All I know is Cameron Rec Center in bby have Open Gym Times Fridays 1 something to 4:50 sometimes, and I might be able to work something out with Cameron. Otherwise, I'll have to teach her during drop-in times, but then the courts will be overcrowded and people complain too much!!!!!
Some/any responce/answers to the question would be VERY MUCH APPRECIATED!
btw... I'm not sure if I should've started a new thread on this or not... for the admins, if you think this is better as an independent thread, by all means, please make adjustments!