U11 County Squad

DEVELOPMENT SQUAD DETAILS

Training starts on the 9th September 2009 at the Hertfordshire Sports Village at Hatfield University from 5:30–7:30pm. Further trials are going to be held on the day for any new talent.

All those players who attended the trials last season would have received welcome letters and player data sheets. Please ensure that you hand these in on the day together with your full payment.

Development Squad

The aim is to take on players from the age of eight if they have talent, or otherwise from the age of nine. We expect our players to have experienced badminton and should be able to serve and rally. BEGINNERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Training

We help you to develop your game and provide a structured programme delivering skill, footwork, fitness, and agility. The sessions tend to be fairly intense but we also have a lot of fun. A few matches will be played against other counties, and players are picked according to their ability. We expect all our players to enter the HSBA tournaments that are held in the Stevenage Leisure Centre (click here for forms).

There are Under-11 Badminton England tournaments held in different counties. We would like our players to have entered at least three in the season (click here to go to the BE download page for forms).

Coaches and Contacts

• Sangeeta Dhall (squad manager) | Tel: 07971 516821 (outside office hours please) | e-mail: sangeeta.d@ntlworld.com
• Dick Large
• Pat Walker

All the county coaching is done on a voluntary basis and all coaches are CRB checked.

We also welcome parental help and support during the season and would like two parent representatives. If interested please let us know as soon as possible.