Survey related to

International U19

Badminton KAZAN 2019

PATRIK BJÖRKLER

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CONTENT

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES 3

PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES 4

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 5

OVERVIEW OF SURVEY 6

SURVEY RESULTS 7- 22

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE

As part of our ongoing development work the section for Elite and National teams

within the Swedish Badminton Association decided to make analyses how other

countries are managing and running their U19 National activities. Some of the key

questions of special interest were

Objectives

Organization and selection criteria

Centralized Vs Decentralized training environment

Mandatory Vs Voluntary

Specialization in category, who decide pairings etc

How training is organization in a typical week

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PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES

COUNTRY POSITION AT WORLD JUNIOR

TEAM EVENT

CONTACT PERSON

CANADA 25 Michael Butler

ENGLAND 11 Kat Hurrel

FRANCE 8 Christophe Jeanjean

GERMANY 15 Matthias Huetten

INDIA 12 Vimal Kumar

INDONESIA 1 Allan Budi Kusuma

SCOTLAND 20 Robert Blair

SWEDEN 27 Jonas Herrgårdh

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

There is a clear pattern that ”the larger associations” have more structure,policies and

centralization.

The smaller countries are more flexible and take a more individualized approach.

For a clear majority U19 is about preparing the players for senior level, some have very

clear results objectives some don't.

It is a big difference in weekly training hours between the primarily the Asian countries

and the rest.

Quite some mix between countries related to badminton vs other (physical etc) training

hour per week.

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OVERVIEW OF SURVEY

A - Overall questions – structure

A.1What are your objectives for the national U19 activities?

A.2How many persons are employed linked to the national U19 activities?

A.3How many players do you have in the official U19 National team?

A.4 What are your key selection criteria?

A.5Do you have a fixed set of number of players (for example 5 boys and 5 girls) you nominate or is it more criteria based?

A.6How many of these are training daily in a centre managed by your association?

A.7 Is it mandatory to be in the centre?

A.8How do you cooperate with players and their clubs/trainers for players in the center and NOT in the national center?

B - Training

B.1How much are the players practicing? are there clear guidelines and requirements from the association?

B.2How does a normal training week look like? Mix of badminton, physical, prehab

B.3 Do your players work with a sports psychologist?

C – Competition

C.1Are there players that play both singles and or double/mixed?

C.2If not at what age do you make the players choose between single or d/m?

C.3 Does the association decide pairings?

C.4Who is managing the players calendars (U19 vs Senior, league matches etc?

C.5 Who is funding the players tournaments?

D - Other comments

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A1 – WHAT ARE YOUR MAIN OBJECTIVES

WITH THE U19 NATIONAL TEAM?

The most common main objective is to prepare

the players for senior level.

Secondly is Result objectives at World Junior

Championships and European Championships

(or equivalent)

Other objectives are more linked to gaining

international experience, individual skills and

personal development, all part of “preparing

for senior level”

RECOMMENDATION: Be more specific around

what we mean with prepare for senior level like

physical test results, self independence,

technical and tactical.

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U19 Objectives

A2 – HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE EMPLOYEED

LINKED TO THE U19 NATIONAL TEAM?

Here we can see a very big difference

between the countries varying from 0 to

11 FTE (Full Time Employee).

It is also a bit complex as some countries

has more people employed at regional

centers and as part of special school

programmes.

RECOMMENDATION: We har far behind

when it comes to people working with

U19, increase to min 25% and closer link to

RIG ansvariga

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Number of FTE working with U19 National team

A3 – HOW MANY PLAYERS DO YOU HAVE

IN THE U19 NATIONAL TEAM?

Here we can see large difference

between the countries varying from 6

to 40 players.

The Asian countries have much larger

teams, based on more players at high

standard.

RECOMMENDATION: In line with most European countries, can not

compare with Asian countries. No

specific action.

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A4 – WHAT ARE YOUR KEY SELECTION

CRITERIA FOR THE U19 NATIONAL TEAM?

All countries have Results as main criteria for U19.

Large majority has physical ability as a key criteria , likely linked to the objective of foster players that cope well at senior level.

50% has future potential as criteria.

Only 1 country has Mental strength as a key selection criteria, which is interesting.

RECOMMENDATION: Increase weight of physical ability, learning ability and add mental strength.

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results physical ability potential learning ability mental

strenght

training

environment

Key selection criteria

A5 – DO YOU HAVE A FIXED SET OF NUMBER OF

PLAYERS (FOR EXAMPLE 5 BOYS AND 5 GIRLS) YOU

NOMINATE OR IS IT MORE CRITERIA BASED??

All countries but one have a criteria

based model rather than a fixed set

of team members.

The only exception is world no 1

Indonesia, likely due to the fact that

they have a very large pool of strong

players.

RECOMMENDATION: A criteria based

model, if we do not have enough

that meets the criteria we should not

include.

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Fixed number of players or criteria based

No criteria based Yes

A6– HOW MANY OF THESE ARE TRAINING DAILY

IN A CENTER MANAGED BY YOUR

ASSOCIATION?

Half of the countries has around 75%

of all players in a center.

2 countries does not have any players in a national center

RECOMMENDATION: We are in line

with peers, continue to work hard for

that our best players are at RIG.

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% of U19 team in a national centre

A7 – IS IT MANDATORY TO BE IN THE CENTER?

For 4 countries it is mandatory to be in

the center and for 3 not.

RECOMMENDATION: We should not make it mandatory but continue

develop RIG so that all the best want

to be there.

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NO YES Have no centre

Is it mandatory to be in a national centre?

A8 – HOW DO YOU COOPERATE WITH PLAYERS

AND THEIR CLUBS/TRAINERS FOR PLAYERS IN THE

CENTRE AND NOT IN THE NATIONAL CENTRE?

1 country has all players in the national center so question not applicable

For the other countries regular contacts and training camps is the common approach.

Only one country has a contractual agreement with players not in the national center.

RECOMMENDATION: This is a clear area of improvement (project identified), also invite the players trainers/coaches to training camps etc.

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Regular contacts Traning camps Contract

agreement

Yearly plan N/A as all in centre

Co-operation with players not in the national

centre

B1 – HOW MUCH ARE THE PLAYERS

PRACTICING? ARE THERE CLEAR GUIDELINES

AND REQUIREMENTS FROM THE ASSOCIATION?

Clear majority has clear guidelines

around training structure

There is a big difference in training hours between the Asian and other

countries.

RECOMMENDATION: We are in the

lower third in terms of hours, on the other hand we have frequent injuries,

we need to be more clear in terms of

guidelines for U15/U17 so that they

are fit enough for U19/RIG

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Guideline exist 10-15 hours per

week

15-20 hours per

week

20-25 hours per

week

25-30 hours per

week

30-35 hours per

week

Practise hours per week

B2 –HOW DOES A NORMAL TRAINING

WEEK LOOK LIKE?

Monday Tuesday Weds Thursday Friday Satur

day

Sunday

Badminton

Physical

+Badminton

Phsyical

+Badminton

Competition

or free

Physiotherapie (Physiotherapie

If needed)

Badminton

Badminton

Badminton Badminton Badminton

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Monday Tuesday Weds Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

6:00 AM

Physical

followed

by Yoga

7:30 AM

Yoga

6:00 AM

Track Work

7:30 AM

Yoga

Off 6:00 AM

Physical

(Track)

10:00 AM

Skill

Practice

10 – 12:30

Skill

Skill

10-1 PM

(Games)

10–1 PM

Skill

Games

4:00 PM

Skill

5:30–7 PM

Gym

Off 3 PM – On

Court

Session Skill

5 – 7 PM

Gym

Off

Monday Tuesday Weds Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

8-8.45

Prehab

8-8.45

Prehab

8-8.45

Prehab8-8.45

Prehab

8-8.45

Prehab

9-11 On

court

9-11 On

court

9-11 On

court

9-11 On

court9-11 On

court

Own

training

2-2.30 On

court

2-2.30 On

court

Weights 2-2.30 On

court

Weights

B3 – DO YOUR PLAYERS WORK WITH A SPORTS

PSYCHOLOGIST?

50% of the countries do work with a

sports psychologist.

RECOMMENDATION: We should look in to this more, what can be done at

RIG, SOK and Förbundet.

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Yes No Individual examples

Do your players work with a sports

psychologist?

C1 – ARE THERE PLAYERS THAT PLAY BOTH

SINGLES AND OR DOUBLE/MIXED?

In 5 of 8 countries there are U19

players that play both singles and

doubles/mixed.

RECOMMENDATION: We should not

have a too early specialization, there

are on a path of becoming

“badmintonplayers”. Key decision is when starting at Eurocenter, to be in

singles or d/m group.

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YES NO Max 2 events

Are there players that play both singles and or

double/mixed?

C2 – IF NOT AT WHAT AGE DO YOU MAKE THE

PLAYERS CHOOSE BETWEEN SINGLE OR D/M?

The countries that make players choose between singles and

doubles/mixed do that around 17 years.

“we choose with them at 16-17 . If they and we are not sure 100% they go to single center and we can switch them after if needed to double.”

“Some players are obviously better at some disciplines than others and

their training starts to specialize on those skills. However, I encourage all

players to continue in all disciplines until senior level as I believe they will develop different skills and game craft that will help them become more

rounded players.”

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C3 – DOES THE ASSOCIATION DECIDE

PAIRINGS?

In 4 countries the association decide

pairings, for 3 they decide at times for

championships.

RECOMMENDATION: For

championships we should decide, we

can also improve how to facilitate

pairings as this is random and club/parent driven to large extent.

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YES NO AT TIMES (FOR

CHAMPIONSHIPS)

Does the association decide pairings?

C4 – WHO IS MANAGING THE PLAYERS

CALENDARS (U19 VS SENIOR, LEAGUE MATCHES ETC?

For half of the countries (the ones with

national center) the national coach

decides the players calendars.

For the other half it is the individual

players coach.

RECOMMENDATION: Should be a joint

exercise between förbund and klubb/RIG. Many players are playing

the “wrong” tournaments, too high

level and chasing ranking.

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Who is managing the players calendars (U19 vs

Senior, league matches etc?

NATIONAL COACH INDIVIDUAL

C5 – WHO IS FUNDING THE PLAYERS

TOURNAMENTS?

For half of the countries it is a mixed

situation where the association and

the players clubs/parents fund the tournaments.

In 2 countries it is fully funded by the

association and in 2 self funded.

RECOMMENDATION: Have a more differentiated funding within the

group, can go to different

tournaments based on level.

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Association Self funded Mixed

Who is funding the players tournaments?