West Cheshire Performance Centre

Update Summer 2014

What is a Performance Centre?Made up of Performance Pathway – Raw, Developing and Emerging Talent Squads and Club Pathway – Wirral Cell, Beacon Junior BC, Millbrook, Neston, Christleton, Bidston etcPerformance Pathway is a coaching environment, which is monitored and answerable to BE

What is a Performance Centre?Club Pathway

Provides an environment for fun, fitness, participation, social interaction and competition

Performance PathwayProvides the same benefits as Club PathwayIs for Players (and parents) who display a high level of commitmentProvides an environment where talented players are challengedDivided into 3 skill levels (Raw, Developing, Emerging)Allows movement between skill levels based on an objective assessment of skill level and competition performanceProvides an opportunity for the most talented players to progress to.......

World Class ProgrammesProvide intensive training and competition programmes for junior and senior players who have reached (or display the potential to reach) World Class

What is the Performance Pathway? Players on the Performance Pathway have committed to:

Desire and Commitment152 hours training per year (e.g. 38 weeks x 4 hrs) Compete at appropriate level on regular basis (BE sanctioned events) Focus on singles Involvement in complimentary activity (other badminton, physical training, complimentary sports) Player evaluation by PC Coaches

Player Profiles

Used at least once a yearSquad progression is based on Player Profiles, as well as Tournament ParticipationAssist coaches in planning sessions appropriatelyTournament Review Sheets

Tournaments

Minimum competition requirement for each squad

Raw Talent – 3 to include County Championships and Performance Centre TournamentDeveloping Talent – 5, including 2 as aboveEmerging Talent – 8, including 2 as above

PC Tournament Co-ordinator – Nic Jennings

BE Performance Pathway

BE Performance Pathway

36 Performance Centres (WCPC = No 14)EPT (England Performance Training) – 10

Closest is Manchester, run by Colin Haughton

TASSTalented Athlete Scholarship Scheme https://www.tass.gov.uk/

Where are we now?Link with Colin Haughton – ex International and Head Coach of Manchester PC and EPT. Colin provides on-court support, mainly for the Emerging Talent Squad. 3 visits per year. Feedback provided to BE and Head CoachGrowing number of young Level 1 and 2 coaches brought into the Performance Centre and mentored by Head Coach and Senior Coach to help them to developSponsor and mentor players to become Level 1 and eventually Level 2 coaches who will in-turn strengthen and extend the coaching teamIntroduction of Rising Stars Squad (Sept 12) to allow novice players to be brought into the structure without the need for the 4hrs training requirement

Where do we want to be?Produce players who are able to compete at the highest levelOffer the required 152 hours coaching per year for every playerHave a pool of appropriately qualified and experienced coachesContinue to be self supporting by careful budgeting and bidding for additional funding

Season 2013/14

Reintroduction of Emerging Talent Squad – numbers increased from 5 to 8 (capacity) over the course of the seasonCurrently space in all other squads, which gives excellent player/coach ratios and also allows players to move up into the next squad as soon as they reach an appropriate technical standardRising Stars Squad is thriving – 4 new players during the seasonNew Coaches – Katie Marchbank (Level 2) and Gareth Dixon(Level 1)Numbers grown from 39 to 42, despite losing 4 players

Season 2013/14

WCPC Tournament – Christmas 2013FZ Forza/Unipart Tournament Regional Round – May 2014 for non-County PlayersNational Final June 2014 – 3 players from Raw Talent Squad all winning medalsInter PC Tournament July 2014 – 6 teams in total

Season 2014/15New Kit pre-ordered from ForzaSponsorship programme continuing

Able to offer 20% off list price – demo rackets etc

Questions

Session timingSession frequencySession contentValue for moneyAre the players improving as a result of PC attendance?

Can you help?

Committee Members desperately requiredPlease speak to us if you have some spare time and can help out

•Any other questions?