【Colombia】Badminton Coach, Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers
- Time Period
- 1st Jul., 2017 to 20th Sep., 2018
- Region
- Quindio Province, Colombia
- Sport/Programme Category
- Badminton
- Implementer
- Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
- Recipient Organisation
- National Vocational Training Agency Quindio Regional Bureau
- Number of Individual Beneficiaries
- Approx. 500 people
The coach taught badminton in a physical education class to students who did not major in sports nor have ever played badminton. Classes are held once a week, and although the target ages of students vary, approximately 500 students were trained on practical skills.
In order to spread the appeal of badminton to non-sports students in a limited amount of time, the coach used PowerPoint to explain the rules of the game. At the beginning of the coach’s assignment, there were only a few rackets available, so the coach focused on activities that concentrated on touching and hitting the rackets rather than technical skills. As it is a new sport, the students were very interested in joining.
See below for the Japanese version.
http://www.sftlegacy.jpnsport.go.jp/wp/jp/20181015-1/
In order to spread the appeal of badminton to non-sports students in a limited amount of time, the coach used PowerPoint to explain the rules of the game. At the beginning of the coach’s assignment, there were only a few rackets available, so the coach focused on activities that concentrated on touching and hitting the rackets rather than technical skills. As it is a new sport, the students were very interested in joining.
See below for the Japanese version.
http://www.sftlegacy.jpnsport.go.jp/wp/jp/20181015-1/
Feedback from Local Contacts :
Comments from Mr. Carlos Vargas, the Physical education teacher at a local school:
Badminton is not yet a major sport in Latin America and many people do not know it. I believe that the lessons from experienced badminton players were a very good experience. We will continue to introduce badminton classes.
