BADMINTON Special Olympics Sports Skills Program

Table of Contents
Introduction to the Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Introduction to Badminton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
A. Overview of Special Olympics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Operating Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Eligibility for Participation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Persons with Intellectual Disabilities . . . . . . . . 11 . .
Age Divisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Official Special Olympics Sports . . . . . . . . . 11
Unified Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Motor Activities Training Program . . . . . . . . 12
B. Organizing the Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Coach’s Job Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Help for the Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Recruiting Athletes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Recruiting Unified Sports Teammates . . . . 17
Recruiting Assistant Coaches . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Retaining Athletes and Coaches . . . . . . . . . . 17
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Clothing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
The Training Facility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Coaches’Safety Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Developing a Season Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Coaches’Self-assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
C. Teaching the Skills of the Sport . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Planning a Training Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Warming Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Stretching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Basic Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Matching Athletes and Events . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Basic Rules of Badminton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
The Production of the Special Olympics Badminton Skills
Program Manual was a collaboration of Special Olympics, Inc.,
and Dr. Kevin Hussey.
D. Improving Athlete Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Strength and Conditioning Activities . . . . . . . 43
Home Fitness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Cross-training Suggestions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Nutrition Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Medical Care for Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
ABCs of CPR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Medical Emergency Awareness . . . . . . . . . . . 47
E. Getting Ready for Competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Taking Athletes to a Competition . . . . . . . . . 49
Divisioning in Special Olympics . . . . . . . . . . 49
Managing a Small Competition . . . . . . . . . . 49
Sample Competition Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
F. Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Protest Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Equalization of Competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Glossary of Badminton Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Criteria for Advancement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Life Benefits of Special Olympics . . . . . . . . 55
Infusion Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Daily Performance Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Sports Skills Assessment Record . . . . . . . . . 60
Training Session Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Score Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Application for Participation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Release Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69