Guyanese ace Badminton player, Shuttlesport Elite, Sunburst Champion, Narayan Ramdhani, who is currently in Vancouver Canada on a Badminton Scholarship, attended the National Coaching Certification Programme (NCCP) Shuttle Time workshop on December 27 at the Shuttlesport Badminton Academy in Port Coquitlam.
According to Guyana Badminton Association President, Gokaran Ramdhani, this workshop was to keep him in the development programme in his training methods.
In a release issued by the GBA President, it was related that the first half of the workshop focused on how to do specific badminton skills, classroom management and trying out the drills while the second half of the workshop was based on a more practical portion whereby each player would be teaching the group using the lesson plans. Additionally, each player was teamed with another student where the duo had been randomly assigned a lesson. Narayan paired with Jordan Beatty as they presented the Serve and Rally presentation.
The course was conducted by Alvin Lau, BBA & BEd who is the manager of the Sport Development course.
Narayan is also preparing for the 2017 Series of Championships which starts in January.
The Players who did the Demonstrations were:
Clarence Liu, Yolanda Chang – Clear with Scissor Jump
Zach Fan – Drop with Scissor Jump
Narayan Ramdhani, & Jordan Beatty – Serve and Rally
Aaron Collette, David Luo – Midcourt drives
Negin Jafari & Daryl Yang – Backhand Lift
Rey – Smash and block
Mandinu DaSilva – Net & Lunge
Thomas Wong – Grip Change and Footwork