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The Waltham Badminton Club includes coaching (called adult clinics and junior training) by Pashupati Paneru on many Saturdays and Sundays.
Pashupati Paneru is a Certified USA Badminton Coach who has trained and competed at top world centers. As a young Nepalese player, his first international match was at the 1999 Asian Junior Championships in Malaysia, where he defeated a world-renowned player from Hong Kong. Since then, Pashupati has participated in many international tournaments. In 2003, while representing the Nepal Badminton National Team at the Ninth South Asian Federation games in Pakistan, he was able use this experience to bring home the team event cup. Nine years after that first International Junior Championships in Malaysia and many awards later, Pashupati became the Men's Singles champion at the 2008 New York Open in the USA. He won the Men's Singles and Mixed Doubles championships at the 2009 Bay State Championship Games. Currently, as a USA certified badminton coach, he is sharing his experience by running a junior training program as well as coaching adult badminton players in the metro Boston area.
This describes Arlington Recreation Sessions for Youths, Families, and Adults ... AND you may reserve a September place now!.
Fall 2010 Arlington Recreation classes are Sept 20 through Nov 1 and Nov 8 through Dec 13, 2010. For the full schedule see the MONDAYS at Dallin School section of the page for the Arlington Badminton Club.
Arlington Recreation is offering badminton sessions for families and youths at the Dallin School Gym located at 185 Florence Avenue and George Street, Arlington Heights. (Park behind the school, enter via left door, walk straight down the hall to the gym.)
In addition to the usual "Just Families", there will be a number of sessions dedicated to "Just Youths" for Jr. High/Middle School and High School students. There will also be a class dedicated to "Basics" for both adults and youths. Chauncy Liu will coach all sessions, and each session will be geared to the needs of the players. Shuttlecocks will be supplied. Some racquets will be available for use.
For more information or to enroll, email elainegam@rcn.com or call Elaine at 781-646-8681 (11 a.m. to 11 p.m.) or the Arlington Recreation Office at 781-316-3880.
Adult and junior coaching takes place at the Maugus Club in Wellesley, MA.
The web page for the Marblehead Club provides some details about adult coaching at the Marblehead Community Center in Marblehead, MA.
The Marblehead Youth Badminton (MYB) organization supports the training of kids 4-18. Two venues are used for the training: the Marblehead Community Center (a public facility) and the Gut 'N Feathers (a private facility) also in Marblehead. The Program Director/Head Coach is Olympian Bob Malaythong. For all questions about this program and especially the Winter Session for juniors, please e-mail Coach Bob at Bob.Malaythong@gmail.com.
For any other general questions about junior badminton, contact the MYB president, Dee Colcord (email: DAColcord@aol.com).
Thomas Yang (email: showjean@verizon.net) runs a youth program at the Acton Junior High School for ages 11-18. The next Beginner course is on eight Thursdays starting 30-Sep-10. The hours are 5:50 to 6:50 p.m. This class is covered on the web at: http://comed.ab.mec.edu/aybad.shtml Tom also runs a follow-up class for those youth who have played for more than a year or have attended his other course. The next session for this Intermediate course is on eight Fridays starting 1-Oct-10. The hours are 5:50 to 6:50 p.m. This class is covered on the web at: http://comed.ab.mec.edu/ybadi.shtml For each of these classes, the cost is $80. Whenever Acton Community Education offers registrations, this class fills up fast, so check their site frequently.
See http://AssabetAfterDark.com for info about programs in Marlboro.
Wee Khin Tam (email: ralramnihk@verizon.net, home phone: 617-965-6408, cell phone: 857-928-6699) runs a program at Newton South High School.
Robert Morgenthaler (email: RMorgent@yahoo.com) runs a skill clinic from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Malden Club on Fridays. If you are interested, please email Robert and MaldenBadminton@gmail.com Please include your name and phone number. There is currently no fee for this coaching, but registration is requested. Robert is on leave until mid-January, 2010.
If you are seeking other places for youth coaching, please let Elaine Gampp know at: elainegam@rcn.com.
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