Coaches

Performance Centre Coaches

Our Performance Centre currently has 5 coaches in addition to the coaches who work our Premier Clubs, Below are details of who they are.

Head Coach

Peter Higman

Peter Higman is one of only five Senior National Coaches in England.
He has been coaching for over 20 years and coaches all standards, individual and group.

Peter is also a coach educator and a coach assessor.

Coaching Credentials:

Freelance Professional Coach for 22 years and has coached and played around the world.

One of only five Senior National Coaches in England, qualified 1997

Badminton Association of England Internal Verifier 1995 to present

Badminton Association of England staff Assessor 1999 to present

Coach Tutor Assessor for:

Date Qualified

· Instructor Award 1 1988

· Leaders Award 1992

· Teachers Award 1994

· Coach Part I 1992

· Coach Part II 1992

· Coach Part III 1994

· Assessors Award 1999

Coaching Positions Held:

Date held

National Squad Coach 1988 - 1990

North of England School of Excellence Coach 1988 - 1994

Coach for Player Development (Northern Region) 1988 - 1991

North East of England High Performance Cell Coach 1996 - 2000

Teesside University High Performance Coach 1993 - 2000

Teesside University part time Lecturer and Assessor 1994 - 1996

Head Coach for Teesside Badminton Coaches Association 2001 – present

Durham University Head Coach 2002 – present

Durham County Junior Elite Coach 1994 – 2001

Teesside Performance Centre Head Coach 2008 - Present

Specialist Areas:

· Sports Specific movement

· Coaching methodology

· Coach education

Playing Credentials:

· Former World Ranked Player

· England ‘B’ Squad

· World Masters Champion

· European Masters Champion

· All England Open Masters Champion

· Danish Open Masters Champion

· National Masters Champion (12 Titles)

· Scottish International Masters Champion

· Welsh International Masters Champion

Other Coaches

Roger Cook

Matt Train

Richard Smith

Names Richard Smith, i'm 21 and have been playing badminton for 8 or more years, i'm a qualified level 2 coach, and coach thornaby juniors.
I also go into schools around the area to deliver badminton sessions, and i also coach the Teesside University squad, aswell as coaching at the performance centre along side Pete Higman.

Paul Maughan

Sheila Boyes

Steph Barwick

Steph plays for Ormseby Badminton Club as well as the Senior Yorkshire Team. She is a Level 2 Coach. Steph is currently one of three Community Sports Coaches in the Tees Valley and it is her job to promote the sport of Badminton in primary schools.

Over the last few years Steph has worked closely with Peter Higman during various coaching sessions.

Steph currently coaches at Ormseby badminton club as well as coaching alongside Pete at what is currently the intermediate session that will soon become the Developing session.