My ongoing exploration of the minerals element of Learning Nutrition has begun to show some progress.  I have continued to offer a range of activities but am now moving to the 3* menu.  An increased awareness of the language I use has brought about some more change! Whilst, when I give a range of practices initially, most groups continue to start from the beginning and progress from there, I feel progress has been made as […]

Having had a pretty successful first experience working with minerals I was surprised how things initially went awry second time around.  Essentially, I ran the same session as before, but at my other junior badminton club, with players in the same range of ages and abilities. It was interesting this time though to watch one group who were so far outside of their comfort zone that they were simply unable to perform the tasks set.  The […]

In Learning Nutrition parlance, “Minerals” as a nutrient equates to the idea of shifting control of and responsibility for learning to the learners themselves. I’ve started to do this more in my junior badminton club sessions.  The age range for these sessions is 7-17 years. I’ve begun to provide the whole group with a range of practices for the same skill early in the session.  These are demonstrated, and numbered in order of increasing difficulty.  Players are […]