Shuttle Stars is broken down into six structured stages, designed to be delivered across a minimum of two years in total for those who want to take part from start to its finish.

Stages 1-2 will introduce fundamental movement skills, the footwork needed to succeed on court, the hand-eye coordination techniques and the basic racket grips that will help get your child started.

Stages 3-4 will help players develop the core badminton skills with speed and agility.  

Stages 5-6 will introduce game play and tactics, preparing children for beginner competition.

The Programme will contain a festival format that you can use for taster sessions, family days and events. These 90-minute celebrations of badminton are aimed at offering a fun and engaging taster session featuring games, skills sessions and fun for all.  

Alongside the stages sessions,  young people can showcase their talent in the Shuttle Stars competition, bringing together the skills which participants have developed in the programme and letting them flourish in a friendly competitive environment.

And who knows? Shuttle Stars could be the place where the next big badminton talents are spotted! This programme is not only an entry point into the sport that we know young people will love, but it is an initiative to provide a structured talent pathway for those young players who – at the end of their Shuttle Stars journey – may want to take their talent to the next level, representing a club, a county or their country.

When registering for your local Shuttle Star sessions, you will automatically receive a Participant Welcome Pack consisting of a Shuttle Stars racket​, a Shuttle Stars shuttle​cock and a Shuttle Stars t-shirt!​ Everything you need to start your badminton adventure. 

On completion of each stage of Shuttle Stars participants will receive a certificate to recognise their achievement and to show their classmates, friends and family! 

Clubs and Coaches can register to deliver their sessions now, click here to complete an expression of interest form. 

The Shuttle Stars programme will be providing a full library of digital resources to make the delivery of every session a smooth and simple process, from stage one to stage six. We’ll share more details here when the resources are available online.

Clubs and Coaches who are delivering the programme will have access to online and downloadable activity cards and a comprehensive series of instructional videos as part of the delivery pack which will equip them to guide each child through every step of their badminton journey. 

Shuttle Stars is also designed to reflect the sport’s inclusive nature – while the programme is tailored to primary school-aged children of all abilities, there is no age restriction to any of its stages – the same session plan resources can be used to teach beginner level badminton to any player new to our sport.