Coaching On The World Stage

January 15, 2020 1 min read

Jeffrey Tho Coaching at World Championships in Basel Switzerland

Last year in August, I was lucky enough to travel to Basel, Switzerland to coach the Australian Team at the 2019 World Championships.

Being a former player that has competed at such tournaments such as the World Championships, I found that the experience was vastly different as a coach compared to an athlete.

I've written about this in a previous blog post in our Volant Community. To read this, click HERE.

If you'd prefer to listen rather than read, I go into more detail episode 4 of The Badminton Podcast, which includes a discussion about what I feel our players are lacking when comparing them to the world's best.

Here's the episode:

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Jeffrey Tho

Jeff is an ex-national badminton player who represented Australia twice at the Commonwealth Games, World Championships, All England Championships and multiple Thomas and Sudirman Cups. He currently assists in coaching the Australian National Team and is the co-founder of Volant Wear. Jeff loves badminton and is extremely passionate about helping the world realise and understand how incredible our sport really is.

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