I first held a racket when I was 6 years old and immediately fell in love with badminton due to discovering how much power I could generate despite being smaller and weaker than others. Since then I pursued the sport, regularly attending as many different types of sessions and clubs to gain as much experience as possible. Eventually I was able to begin training with county team players, and continued this on and off during my teenage years. My passion for the sport and determination to learn ensured that playing with and losing against better players was enjoyable; and I made sure that I asked many questions to the people coaching me to try and ensure my technique was as close to perfect as possible. At this point, I found that I was definitely more of a doubles player than a singles player, despite practising both. Around the time I was 16, I got invited to play with a few league club players at my local leisure centre and to come down to their club night. I was thrilled to join their club and improve through playing with them and learning from their own insights and experiences. During this time, I attended university in London for 4 years and played on the team there as well. This was a fantastic opportunity to play against others from different counties and those up to international standards as well! 

          To date, I have being playing for over 20 years and have been coaching for over 10 years both 1 on 1 and group sessions including younger county training. I pride myself in being able to remember almost all the insights, techniques, forms, tips and tricks that I have acquired and learned over these years and both enjoy demonstrating that knowledge and passing it on to others. As lovely as all this talk is, I will state that I am confident in my knowledge applying and benefiting you up to the top of league standard. Going above this skill level, I cannot say for certain how much of what I write here will apply at that speed and level of fitness.

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