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Badminton · Level 8: Expert · Sub-level 8.1

Coaching Principles

10 tests · 100 facts · updated 29 October 2026 · markdown

The BWF Coaches' Manual lists the benefits of badminton under four headings: physical, social, emotional and intellectual, from fitness to friendship, confidence and problem solving. Because people can play at every age, it is a sport for life, but injury and loss of confidence can make it a negative experience. A positive environment puts each player's development before winning, encourages sporting behaviour, includes a warm-up and cool-down, and sets group rules such as respect and 100% effort at the start.

A coach is teacher, motivator, role model, organiser, supporter and communicator at once, and the manual stresses that these roles are interlinked. Its four areas of responsibility are respecting participants, coaching responsibly, building and maintaining relationships, and respecting the sport: equal treatment and confidentiality, maximising benefits and minimising risks, honest communication and declared conflicts of interest, and fair play, integrity and respect for officials, with coaches following the BWF Coaches Code of Conduct.

Every coach has a philosophy, the beliefs behind their coaching, even without knowing it, and coaching styles range from autocratic to democratic. The coaching process has four stages: plan, deliver, review and evaluate. The facts below cover these principles, the coach's roles and style, and how observing players leads to goals.

Each test below is ten questions on Insporta. The list under a test is what the questions check: one fact per question, with the source it was written from. Read it before the test, or come back from a wrong answer.

Test 1Why badminton is good for peopleTake a test

  1. The four benefit areas.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  2. Friendship is social.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  3. Tactics build problem solving.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  4. Emotional gains.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  5. Lifelong participation.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  6. The four benefit areas in plain words.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · applied

  7. Negatives the coach can help avoid.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  8. The manual's order.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  9. Physical, social, emotional, intellectual.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  10. Friendship and fun.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · applied

Test 2A positive environmentTake a test

  1. Development first.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  2. Fair play matters.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  3. Safety.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  4. Respect, safety, fair play, effort.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 3 · recall

  5. Shared boundaries.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 3 · recall

  6. Success is learning.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 4 · applied

  7. Effort is a rule.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 3 · recall

  8. Positive first.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  9. Welcome, rules, warm-up, play.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 3 · recall

  10. Positive reinforcement.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · applied

Test 3The roles of a coachTake a test

  1. Coaches teach and motivate.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  2. Example matters.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  3. Coaches organise.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  4. Support encourages learning.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  5. The manual says they interlink.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  6. Many roles at once.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · applied

  7. Safety first.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 11 · recall

  8. Plan, teach, review.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 3 · recall

  9. Example first.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  10. Preparing the session.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · applied

Test 4Respecting participantsTake a test

  1. Respect for all.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  2. Equal treatment.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  3. Players' rights include confidentiality.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  4. Dignity matters.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · applied

  5. Disrespect.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · applied

  6. Wide support.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  7. Equality.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  8. Positive, point, positive.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 3 · recall

  9. Respectful first.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  10. Dignity.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · applied

Test 5Coaching responsiblyTake a test

  1. Benefits up, risks down.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  2. Continuous development.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  3. Know the limits.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  4. Self-awareness.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  5. Whole person.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  6. Safety and referral.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 3 · applied

  7. Sharing helps the sport.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  8. Spot, stop, fix, restart.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 3 · recall

  9. Continuous development.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  10. Minimising risks.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · applied

Test 6Relationships and respecting the sportTake a test

  1. Open and honest.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  2. Transparency.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  3. Clear stance against drugs.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  4. Positive values.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  5. Respect officials.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  6. Keep promises.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · applied

  7. The code of conduct.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  8. The manual's order.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  9. Respect first.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  10. Respect for officials.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · applied

Test 7A coaching philosophyTake a test

  1. The foundations of delivery.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  2. Often subconscious.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  3. Self-awareness helps.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  4. The manual's example.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  5. Know the players' needs.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  6. Self-awareness.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · applied

  7. Meet the players' needs.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  8. Reflect, describe, ask, adapt.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  9. Values lead to style.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  10. Reflecting on beliefs.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · applied

Test 8Coaching stylesTake a test

  1. Two extremes.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  2. Telling.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  3. Control and speed.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  4. No problem solving.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  5. Self-reliance.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  6. Size and safety.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · applied

  7. Adapt the style.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  8. Tell to ask.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  9. Experience allows democracy.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall

  10. Asking gives ownership.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · applied

Test 9The coaching processTake a test

  1. Plan, deliver, review, evaluate.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 3 · recall

  2. Plan first.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 3 · recall

  3. The manual's motto.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 3 · recall

  4. Plans help many things.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 3 · applied

  5. The same process for everyone.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 3 · recall

  6. Learn from it.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 3 · recall

  7. The manual's guide.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 3 · recall

  8. The cycle.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 3 · recall

  9. As in the manual.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 3 · recall

  10. The four-stage model.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 3 · applied

Test 10Observing and analysing playersTake a test

  1. Needs guide plans.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 3 · recall

  2. Different angles.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 3 · recall

  3. Balanced view.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 3 · applied

  4. Health and contact details.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 3 · recall

  5. Health screening.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 3 · recall

  6. Safety first.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 3 · applied

  7. Observe, then set goals.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 3 · recall

  8. Watch, note, decide, set.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 3 · recall

  9. Specific is useful.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 3 · recall

  10. Different angles reveal more.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 3 · applied

Questions people ask

What are the benefits of playing badminton?
The BWF manual groups them as physical, social, emotional and intellectual, such as fitness, friendship, confidence and problem solving. People can keep playing at every age.
What are the four stages of the coaching process?
Plan, deliver, review and evaluate. Planning comes first, under the manual's saying that failing to plan is planning to fail.
What is the difference between autocratic and democratic coaching?
In an autocratic style the coach decides what to do and how, which gives easier control and is often quicker, but players do not learn to make decisions. A democratic style makes players more self-reliant; group size, experience and situation decide which suits.
What is a coaching philosophy?
The beliefs behind a person's coaching. Every coach has one, even without being aware of it, and reflecting on it can show habits to change.
What should a coach do if a player has chest pains during training?
Stop the activity and get medical help. Coaching responsibly means maximising benefits and minimising risks.
What responsibilities does the BWF give coaches?
Four areas: respecting participants, coaching responsibly, building and maintaining relationships, and respecting the sport. BWF coaches follow the BWF Coaches Code of Conduct.
Why should a coach watch a player from different positions?
Different angles reveal more about a stroke. Observing strengths as well as faults shows what the player needs, which then leads to goal setting.

Sources

BWF Coaches' Manual Level 1 (2017), BWF regulations and history, Olympedia; original questions authored, nothing reproduced. Numbered rules belong to the Rules category (Badminton - Laws of Badminton).

  • BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 270
  • BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 328
  • BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 41
  • BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 111