In one other demonstration of the ever-strengthening partnership between Particular Olympics and the Badminton World Federation, a world technical coaching and regional competitors was lately held in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Delegates from 13 international locations gathered for the coaching at Khalifa College in Abu Dhabi, which was held at the side of the inaugural Particular Olympics Center East North Africa (MENA) sub-regional Gulf Badminton competitors, hosted by Particular Olympics UAE.
Over 5 days (8 – 12 Could), 14 worldwide delegates took half in a sequence of coaching workshops which targeted on creating their expertise as referees/technical delegates and Unified Sport delegates within the sport of badminton.
Workshop individuals—some representing Particular Olympics packages as coaches and consultants, and others coming from the badminton group as licensed referees, umpires, and coaches—took half in a sequence of trainings targeted on the supply of high-quality badminton competitions at Particular Olympics nationwide, regional and worldwide ranges
The workshop opened with an tackle from Particular Olympics UAE athlete Ali Saif Bin Summaidaa, who welcomed the worldwide individuals to the UAE and promised an eventful week of studying and competitors.
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Over the next two-days, workshop individuals have been handled to a sequence of periods targeted on exploring the distinctive points of Particular Olympics competitions, and the technical points required to ship high-quality badminton competitions in a completely inclusive means.
Following the trainings, a 3-day badminton competitors occurred that includes gamers in motion from six international locations, together with, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain and Qatar. Gamers competed throughout divisions within the Girls’s and Males’s Singles competitors and the Girls’s and Males’s Doubles competitors.
Recent from their coaching, the workshop individuals skilled firsthand methods to efficiently division athletes for competitors and observe for particular person skill-levels as they supported the three days of badminton competitors going down.
Talking in regards to the expertise one of many individuals, Meg Bowman, a badminton coach with Particular Olympics North America mentioned the mixture of coaching workshops and three days of competitors made for a wealthy studying expertise.
“The Badminton World Federation and Particular Olympics coaching introduced a bunch of individuals along with one factor in widespread: our love of badminton. It was sufficient. We instantly labored effectively collectively and have been in a position to get probably the most out of the coaching. We have been ready to place that coaching into motion on the MENA SO Badminton Event. I left feeling assured and ready to take the following steps to get Particular Olympics North America on board with badminton at a regional stage.”
The mixed workshop and competitors marks a major step ahead for Particular Olympics as it’s the first-ever technical coaching co-delivered by Particular Olympics and a global federation companion. The workshop coaching is one other vital step in enhancing the supply of Particular Olympics’ badminton competitions whereas elevating the athlete’s expertise and setting a precedent for different worldwide federations to work extra carefully with Particular Olympics on this space.
Badminton is ready to characteristic for the primary time on the Particular Olympics Latin America Regional Video games in Paraguay later this 12 months. Whereas in 2025, a Particular Olympics Asia Pacific Badminton competitors will happen with the schooling and coaching achieved on the Abu Dhabi, UAE workshop and competitors carried ahead into these occasions to make sure top-tier badminton competitions.
John Shearer, Head of Continental Growth for the BWF, celebrated the success of the coaching and the competitors, commenting that the rising reputation of badminton throughout the Particular Olympics motion will create extra competitors alternatives for gamers.
“The Referee/Technical Delegate and Unified Sport Delegate coaching in Abu Dhabi is step one in a course of which is able to result in a whole bunch of athletes competing in regional competitions over the following two-to-three years. The calibre of the 14 workshops individuals was extraordinarily excessive, with appreciable Particular Olympics and badminton expertise throughout the group. Based mostly on the keenness, expertise and data sharing from our new Referee/Technical Delegate and Unified Sport Delegate workforce, I’m assured that Particular Olympics Athletes will expertise an especially excessive customary of organisation and occasion supply when attending future regional competitions”
Particular Olympics Center East North Africa (MENA) sub-regional Gulf Badminton competitors scores
