Good questions!

Best advice – give up badminton and take up something more suitable like dominoes…..

What makes a good coach? Enthusiasm, motivation, desire, good communication skills, empathy…could be something else! Like to see Paul's view!!

Topics – depends on length of session but in my opinion less is more. Better to a couple of things well than a lot of things badly.

Time – I prefer more frequent shorter sessions rather than less frequent longer sessions.

Thinking – the player. If they rely on the coach to tell them how to play then it won't work. The coach is there to act as a catalyst – to provide options and to review outcomes.

Other Sports – Yes! Coaching is about getting the best out of people – seeing how others achieve this is always good.

John

Dobbie98 said:

Sorry forgot to add, do you think getting coaches in from different sports would benefit badminton? i.e a fencer or Paul had a recent article about jumping?

I am taking private badminton lessons. If I were to start table-tennis at the same time, it would be a conflict as they use different muscles to achieve the correct power.  I have done that during a vacation break and I felt like I could not progress as well if I kept learning both at the same time. 

However, I found learning Wudang sword a good compliment to badminton. I apply my (sword) wrist and agility exercise to my  badminton practice.

I used to take samba and capoeira lessons, I have yet figure out how to apply the skills to badminton.

Regards

May