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1 Survey related to International U19 Badminton KAZAN 2019 PATRIK BJÖRKLER 2 CONTENT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES 3 PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 5 OVERVIEW OF SURVEY 6 SURVEY RESULTS 7- 22 3 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 4 PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES COUNTRY POSITION AT WORLD JUNIOR CONTACT PERSON TEAM EVENT 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 5 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. 6 OVERVIEW OF SURVEY A - Overall questions – structure B - Training What are your objectives for the national U19 How much are the players practicing? are there clear A.1 B.1 activities? guidelines and requirements from the association? How many persons are employed linked to the How does a normal training week look like? Mix of A.2 B.2 national U19 activities? badminton, physical, prehab B.3 Do your players work with a sports psychologist? How many players do you have in the official U19 A.3 National team? C – Competition A.4 What are your key selection criteria? Are there players that play both singles and or C.1 Do you have a fixed set of number of players (for double/mixed? A.5 example 5 boys and 5 girls) you nominate or is it If not at what age do you make the players choose more criteria based? C.2 between single or d/m? How many of these are training daily in a centre A.6 C.3 Does the association decide pairings? managed by your association? Who is managing the players calendars (U19 vs Senior, C.4 A.7 Is it mandatory to be in the centre? league matches etc? How do you cooperate with players and their C.5 Who is funding the players tournaments? A.8 clubs/trainers for players in the center and NOT in the national center? D - Other comments 7 A1 – WHAT ARE YOUR MAIN OBJECTIVES WITH THE U19 NATIONAL TEAM? The most common main objective is to prepare U19 Objectives the players for senior level. 100% 90% Secondly is Result objectives at World Junior Championships and European Championships 80% (or equivalent) 70% 60% Other objectives are more linked to gaining 50% international experience, individual skills and 40% personal development, all part of “preparing 30% for senior level” 20% 10% RECOMMENDATION: Be more specific around 0% what we mean with prepare for senior level like physical test results, self independence, technical and tactical. 8 A2 – HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE EMPLOYEED LINKED TO THE U19 NATIONAL TEAM? Here we can see a very big difference Number of FTE working with U19 National team between the countries varying from 0 to 12 11 FTE (Full Time Employee). 10 It is also a bit complex as some countries has more people employed at regional 8 centers and as part of special school programmes. 6 RECOMMENDATION: We har far behind when it comes to people working with 4 U19, increase to min 25% and closer link to 2 RIG ansvariga 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A3 – HOW MANY PLAYERS DO YOU HAVE IN THE U19 NATIONAL TEAM? Here we can see large difference Number of players in U19 National team between the countries varying from 6 45 to 40 players. 40 The Asian countries have much larger 35 teams, based on more players at high 30 standard. 25 RECOMMENDATION: In line with most 20 European countries, can not 15 compare with Asian countries. No 10 specific action. 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 A4 – WHAT ARE YOUR KEY SELECTION CRITERIA FOR THE U19 NATIONAL TEAM? All countries have Results as main criteria for U19. Key selection criteria 120% Large majority has physical ability as a key criteria , likely linked to the 100% objective of foster players that cope well at senior level. 80% 50% has future potential as criteria. 60% Only 1 country has Mental strength as a key selection criteria, which is 40% interesting. 20% RECOMMENDATION: Increase weight of physical ability, learning ability and add 0% results physical ability potential learning ability mental training mental strength. strenght environment A5 – DO YOU HAVE A FIXED SET OF NUMBER OF 11 PLAYERS (FOR EXAMPLE 5 BOYS AND 5 GIRLS) YOU NOMINATE OR IS IT MORE CRITERIA BASED?? All countries but one have a criteria Fixed number of players or criteria based 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. No criteria based Yes A6– HOW MANY OF THESE ARE TRAINING DAILY 12 IN A CENTER MANAGED BY YOUR ASSOCIATION? Half of the countries has around 75% of all players in a center. % of U19 team in a national centre 5 2 countries does not have any players in a national center 4 RECOMMENDATION: We are in line 3 with peers, continue to work hard for that our best players are at RIG. 2 1 0 0 percentage appr 25% appr 50% appr 75% 100 percentage 13 A7 – IS IT MANDATORY TO BE IN THE CENTER? For 4 countries it is mandatory to be in the center and for 3 not. Is it mandatory to be in a national centre? 5 RECOMMENDATION: We should not make it mandatory but continue 4 develop RIG so that all the best want to be there. 3 2 1 0 NO YES Have no centre A8 – HOW DO YOU COOPERATE WITH PLAYERS 14 AND THEIR CLUBS/TRAINERS FOR PLAYERS IN THE CENTRE AND NOT IN THE NATIONAL CENTRE? 1 country has all players in the national Co-operation with players not in the national center so question not applicable centre 8 For the other countries regular contacts and training camps is the common 7 approach. 6 5 Only one country has a contractual agreement with players not in the 4 national center. 3 RECOMMENDATION: This is a clear area 2 of improvement (project identified), 1 also invite the players trainers/coaches 0 Regular contacts Traning camps Contract Yearly plan N/A as all in centre to training camps etc. agreement B1 – HOW MUCH ARE THE PLAYERS 15 PRACTICING? ARE THERE CLEAR GUIDELINES AND REQUIREMENTS FROM THE ASSOCIATION? Clear majority has clear guidelines Practise hours per week around training structure 7 There is a big difference in training 6 hours between the Asian and other 5 countries. 4 RECOMMENDATION: We are in the lower third in terms of hours, on the 3 other hand we have frequent injuries, 2 we need to be more clear in terms of guidelines for U15/U17 so that they 1 are fit enough for U19/RIG 0 Guideline exist 10-15 hours per 15-20 hours per 20-25 hours per 25-30 hours per 30-35 hours per week week week week week 16 B2 –HOW DOES A NORMAL TRAINING WEEK LOOK LIKE? Monday Tuesday Weds Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Weds Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 8-8.45 8-8.45 8-8.45 8-8.45 8-8.45 6:00 AM 7:30 AM 6:00 AM Off 6:00 AM Prehab Prehab Prehab Prehab Prehab Physical Yoga Track Work Physical followed 7:30 AM (Track) by Yoga Yoga 9-11 On 9-11 On 9-11 On 9-11 On 9-11 On Own 10:00 AM 10 – 12:30 Skill 10–1 PM Games court court court court court training Skill Skill 10-1 PM Skill Practice (Games) 2-2.30 On 2-2.30 On Weights 2-2.30 On Weights 4:00 PM 5:30–7 PM Off 3 PM – On 5 – 7 PM Off court court court Skill Gym Court Gym Session Skill Monday Tuesday Weds Thursday Friday Satur Sunday day Physical Phsyical Competition +Badminton +Badminton or free Badminton Physiotherapie (Physiotherapie Badminton If needed) Badminton Badminton Badminton Badminton 17 B3 – DO YOUR PLAYERS WORK WITH A SPORTS PSYCHOLOGIST? 50% of the countries do work with a Do your players work with a sports sports psychologist. psychologist? 5 RECOMMENDATION: We should look in to this more, what can be done at 4 RIG, SOK and Förbundet. 3 2 1 0 Yes No Individual examples 18 C1 – ARE THERE PLAYERS THAT PLAY BOTH SINGLES AND OR DOUBLE/MIXED? In 5 of 8 countries there are U19 Are there players that play both singles and or players that play both singles and double/mixed? 6 doubles/mixed.