If you’re playing as a partnership you have to work out ways of solving problems - without winding your partner up. “Sometimes people think badminton is quite an easy sport and so we’re trying to break that image in these sessions. I get pupils doing movement exercises and fun games too.”Olver was born in Eastbourne and developed a love of the sport playing at a club in Heathfield. Research published this year by the charity Women in Sport found just 10 per cent of girls aged 13-16 achieve recommended daily levels of physical activity. Olver said: “If we can get more girls and women into sport through badminton, that’s great.

Source: Express December 18, 2021 10:43 UTC