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The Saturday and Sunday Waltham Badminton Club includes coaching (called adult clinics and junior training) by Pashupati Paneru. See the info below on his coaching in Arlington for his credentials.
Pashupati Paneru is holding instructional sessions sponsored by Arlington Recreation at the Dallin School, 185 Florence Ave. in Arlington, MA in the same gym used for the Arlington Badminton Club. During the Fall of 2009, these training sessions are on Wednesdays from 28-Oct-09 through 25-Nov-09, but play will be on Tuesday November 10th, since November 11th is a holiday:
Private or semi-private coaching sessions with Pasupati Paneru are available and will be arranged and scheduled directly with him.
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.
While the training sessions are being held, during 7:15 - 9:40 p.m., there is also Open Play for all levels of players, with no instruction. Youths with a parent are welcome to play. This is available for a fee of $48 to cover the 5 nights. As of 22-Oct-09, there are 4 openings left for Open Play.
In order to sign up for any of these sessions, please pre-register. Enrollment can be made by email (badminton09@gmail.com) or at Arlington Recreation, whose phone number is 781-316-3880. Include all full names and ages (when under 18). Payment can be made at the Dallin School gym on your first night. For more info, please call Elaine at 781-646-8681 (11 a.m. to 11 p.m.).
Details about these training sessions in 2010 can be seen here.
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 Fridays starting 18-Sep-09. 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 Thursdays starting 24-Sep-09. This class is covered on the web at: http://comed.ab.mec.edu/ybadi.shtml For each of these classes, the hours are 5:50 - 6:50 p.m., and the cost is $70. 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.
If you are seeking other places for youth coaching, please let Elaine Gampp know at: elainegam@rcn.com.
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