๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐
๐โ๐ข๐ก๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ ๐บ๐ข๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐
Iโve played sport since I was five and thatโs why I became a physical education teacher. Sport taught me to share with people regardless of age, gender or religious beliefs. Since I was a girl I liked everything about sports.
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๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ
I saw badminton when it was taught at a course in university during my PE studies. It was a four-month course and from that time I fell in love with badminton. I worked as line judge and referee at a tournament. Later, I started working with the federation as an initiation coach, teaching children from 4 to 13.
What impressed me about badminton was the speed of the shuttlecock and the technical movement.
๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ
Nowadays I am the Shuttle Time coordinator and through the federation I do promotional activities and teach badminton in schools. I want to train new teachers to make badminton better known in Guatemala.
I am passionate about this sport. I want to continue working so that the schools and universities of my country know more about badminton. Iโd also like to train more teachers.
๐ข๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐
Since 2015, Iโve taught badminton in public schools. Iโve seen that there are several challenges but these are being overcome. The greatest difficulty is availability of material (rackets and shuttlecocks); equipment is scarce and prices are high. However, with the help of coaches, training is held in ten schools every year.
Badminton gave me many experiences. In this process of development and promotion of badminton I have been able to know that in each school we always find talent and the greatest satisfaction is to see them training in the federation.
We publicise our activities on social media and conduct badminton exhibitions, besides training new teachers.
Badminton is a sport that generates fun and happiness in students. It’s a sport that many want to learn because itโs new and different.
For the growth of badminton is important that schools and universities include badminton in their PE curriculum.
Text by BWF.
