Badminton Ireland are delighted to announce the launch of the High Performance “Development Group” with a focus on producing players for the Rio 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games.

The players in the group will range from 15-23 and will be expected to commit to regular fitness testing and training programmes led by the Badminton Ireland National Coach.

In return for the players commitment they will benefit from a  regular training camps, the first over the Easter period, again in the summer in the build-up to the Olympic Games and again in later October. There will also be a foreign training camp in late August. Each camp will be focused around a theme set for that particular period of the season and the players will benefit from foreign expert coaching and input from professionals at the Irish Institute of Sport in the fields of nutrition, physiology, psychology and lifestyle management. The players will also benefit from controlled training and tournament programmes which will maximise their potential.
Around the ‘Development group’ Badminton Ireland will build an effective High Performance coaching team.

2012 Selection Criteria for Development Players