𝗪𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗟 𝗗𝗘 𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗜𝗥𝗔 𝗠𝗢𝗧𝗔 𝗥𝗜𝗕𝗘𝗜𝗥𝗢
𝙎𝙝𝙪𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙏𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙤𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝘽𝙧𝙖𝙯𝙞𝙡
𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗨𝗽 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀
I was a very physically active child. I have always enjoyed playing sports, especially football. I played daily at school and on the street in my neighbourhood.
I got to know badminton in 2010, through a teacher training course, I had just graduated in Physical Education and wanted to explore teaching possibilities at school.
Badminton struck me as a dynamic, pleasant and easy game to play, especially for beginners. Besides, I liked playing with men and women, and people with disabilities.
My professional trajectory changed after my initiation into badminton. I’m known as Wendel Badminton, it’s almost my last name.
𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁
Certainly the Olympics in Rio 2016 was one of the biggest events that I have seen. I had the opportunity to see the world’s leading athletes and coaches up close. The highlight was seeing Lin Dan!
Badminton means a lifestyle, it is a way of seeing the world through sports. Badminton creates opportunities for people to think about a world outside the box and believing that they are able to achieve what they want.
As a sport it is special because of its inclusive nature and playfulness.
𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗕𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻
In my state, I started a badminton project in one of the most violent communities in the capital. The project started at school with children aged between 9 and 10. This project generated a change in culture and improved the perspective of these children who today receive financial resources to train at badminton and it helps them with family income and access to university education.
𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗵𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲
Shuttle Time allows more children to enjoy the possibilities that badminton offers implicitly or explicitly, whether in their motor or social development, the big difference is that it starts where every sport should arise, at school!
We’ve learnt that badminton is a tool of unremitting education and that it reaches places and minds easily, because it is attractive.
