Farringdon Premiere Badminton Academy

Great night at Farringdon Badminton Academy. Thanks for the support from Durham County Badminton. A great future ahead.

The Big Hit is near.

Friday September 23rd at 7:00pm.

Farringdon Badminton Academy.

Farringdon Community Academy, Sunderland, and it’s FREE.

Everyone welcome.

Be there or be square.

2Holly Robson and May Smith

Coming soon to Farringdon Badminton Academy

Just to remind you we are back Friday 7th January at 7:00 pm.

Just a reminder that we are back to Badminton on Friday 10th September at 7:00pm.

See you there.

New Satellite Club

Good afternoon everyone,
I would just like to make you aware that tomorrow, 16th July, is our last session until 10th September.  It will be run from 7.00pm until 8.30pm. Please note the TIME  change.
When we resume, after the summer break, it will continue 7.00pm till 8.30p.m for the foreseeable future. As I am sure you are aware,  since our return, attendance has been quite low, often not covering the cost of hall hire. We cannot continue to run at a loss so have taken the decision to reduce the length of the session. We anticipate this to be  short term and hope to return to our usual 2 hour session at a later date.
If you are unable to attend tomorrow night, enjoy your summer, stay safe and we hope to see you again in the autumn.
Regards
Dawn

15/7/21

A great night at Farringdon Premier Badminton Club with the young ones. Got more quality work done, without the seniors getting in the way.

18/6/2021

Farringdon Premier Badminton Academy is back in action Friday 21st May 7:00-9:00pm 2021.All welcome.

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Great News, Farringdon Satellite Club Are Restarting on Tuesday 20th of April 2021.

Farringdon Badminton Club is cancelled from Friday 2nd October 2020 until further notice due to Government Guidelines.

Club Sessions from 18th September 2020

Parents and guardians that are not participating in sessions can attend them and do not count towards the maximum group size. They should always however maintain social distancing and be off court, limited to one per child.

Just to remind you we are on Friday 18th September as usual,from 7.00 pm.

Great News – Back to Badminton.

We would like to thank Sunderland City Council (@WestSunderlandCommunity)who have kindly given us £1,000 to help support us getting back after this virus.

We hope to return beginning September. 

In the next In Depth, Amanda Bloss (https://womensbadminton.co.uk/) profiles Tai Tzu Ying, two time All England champion. Often referred to on social media as The Queen, Amanda explores what makes her so good…

Tai Tzu Ying is a brilliant player; her style on court is spine-tingling. Peerless racket skills have elevated her to superstar status and she is an athlete loved around the world as the best of her generation. As the winner of the YONEX All England in the two previous years, 2019 saw her arrive in Birmingham as the favourite, but she failed in her bid to make it a hat trick of victories when she lost in the final to the Chinese player Chen Yufei. Will she improve upon this at the tournament in 2020 and earn her place amongst the legendary competitors who have made the trophy their own?

There is no other player on earth who can execute the shots she can; her technical skill is unmatched in the women’s game. What is it that makes her stand apart from her peers? Namely, her creative imagination she brings to her play is exquisite.  As spectators it is futile to predict where she will place the shuttle so she constantly surprises and delights us.  The variety of angles and control of pace she can achieve is quite unbelievable. Her backhand, on the turn, on the run and taken late is wonderful to see.

Of course, this style of play creates huge problems for her rivals.  The psychological pressure that she exerts is immense.  Most top players build an element of anticipation into their movement on court because the earlier they reach the shuttle the more time they will have to play the shot they want.  TTY takes time away from her opponents so they can never quite predict what she will do.  Angles which may seem impossible to mere mortals pose no problems for her to create.  She likes to be on the attack and can cover the court’s four corners easily.

Interestingly, against players like Ratchanok Intanon (who is probably closest to her in terms of style) the match often turns into a series of “anything you can do I can do better”.  The duels between these two feature jaw-dropping precision, mutual admiration and good humour.  They are both courageous players who routinely ignore the percentages and dare themselves to aim for the edge. This leads me to suspect that TTY plays mainly for the love of the game.  She revels in her skills and enjoys perfecting a shot; she will often try the same one 3 or 4 times in a match until she can get it right.

She would be invincible if not for a tendency to lose focus at times.  Often, she will win the first game but then drift a little in the second.  Sometimes this has catastrophic consequences.  Momentum is a key feature of success in many sports; if an adversary like Carolina Marin or An Se Young is given the opportunity to get into their rhythm it can be tough to get the initiative back.  This has been the feature of some of her losses in the past.  For example, during her All England defeat, Chen Yufei just would not allow TTY to get into the game; she kept the pressure and pace high and won in straight games.

She is the centre of a close-knit group of people who support her on and off court.  Her father still strings her rackets in a slightly idiosyncratic pattern; she’ll post images of herself and her team off-duty, obviously enjoying each other’s company climbing a mountain or out dining together.  She also shares pictures of her team working with her in the gym, preparing her body for the demands of this explosive, athletic sport. She is famous for her six-pack, which she seems to maintain alongside a taste for ice-cream and French fries.

This year has seen three major tournament wins for Tzu Ying: the Danish, Malaysian and Singapore Opens.  The quality of the athletes who contest Women’s Singles competitions is reflected in this; it’s the most finely balanced and competitive of the five sectors. Matches with people like Akane Yamaguchi, Marin, AN Se Young, and PV Sindhu mean there are no easy victories. Coach LAI, who was head coach of the Chinese Taipei national team, resigned after the Korean Open to focus solely on TTY.  This is the time to be single-minded about ambition.

Her spontaneous genius means she is an icon of modern worldwide badminton.  Is she the greatest ever Women’s Singles player?  Her brilliance is a joyful expression of the best of the game but she needs to cement her iconic status.  To land her third All England title in March would be a sign of intent: a victory there would truly put her amongst the legends of the game.