Designed for children who are new to playing a sport or new to playing badminton. Focus is on teaching the fundamentals of badminton, rules of the game, applicable badminton terminologies and basic skill sets.
- Badminton 101 (the racket, the shuttlecock, the court, badminton as a
sport)
- Basic strokes (including proper grip, swinging of racket, follow
through, the use of wrist/arm/shoulder/hip and shoulder movements,
racket and shuttlecock point of contact, how to serve and receive
serve)
- Footwork and stroke combination
- General Physical Conditioning (warm/cooling down exercises,
cardiovascular/ endurance exercises, strengthening and flexibility
exercises) – generally a tool to avoid injuries
- Basic Court play rules (scoring for singles and doubles games,
service/receiving, faults, court courtesy, sportsmanship)
- Life Skills (persistence, patience, endurance, fairness, honesty,
teamwork, friendship, sportsmanship, etc.)