HUMAN OF SHUTTLETIME – DANIEL AKKIDASARI, AUSTRALIA

๐——๐—”๐—ก๐—œ๐—˜๐—Ÿ ๐— ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—ž๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฉ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—”๐—  ๐—”๐—ž๐—ž๐—œ๐——๐—”๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—œ ๐’๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐“๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐š Daniel was originally from India and grew up in a middle class family with an elder brother and an elder sister. His parents were in the railways. During his childhood days, it was not so common for both parents to be employed. However, his parents juggled…

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HUMAN OF SHUTTLE TIME – PATRICK HII – AUSTRALIA

๐’๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐“๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐š I was born in Wellington, New Zealand and then I moved to Sydney when I was about 5. Throughout my primary years, I would often enjoy cycling around my area or just adventuring into neighbouring suburbs in Western Sydney. Being an only child, I would do all this with my…

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HUMAN OF SHUTTLE TIME – MARLON BAUTISTA – NORTHERN MARIANAS ISLANDS

๐— ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—•๐—”๐—จ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—” ๐’๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง๐š๐ฌ I was born and raised in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. Iโ€™m the middle child of three. My sister also plays and has had the opportunity to represent NMI at a youth level. I never knew about badminton when I was young. I was more into volleyball…

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HUMANS OF SHUTTLETIME – JACOB PAREDES

๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌI grew up in Washington State in the US and moved to Guam with my family when I was 6 years old.My dad played badminton when he was in college and he wanted me to try it out. We went to the badminton hall which was one of two in Guam and I started…

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Humans Of Shuttle Time – Lily Buttrose

Read how badminton has had an influence on Lily and the road taken to become a Shuttle Time Trainer in Australia. My twin elder brother and I were born prematurely into a family of accomplished scholars and business managers who also enjoyed sports of all kinds. Mum was an elite centre player in basketball; dadโ€™s…

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REIGNITING BADMINTON DEVELOPMENT IN SAMOA

Badminton in Samoa had hit a high point between 2017 and 2019 with the nation hosting the 2019 Pacific Games. However, during the Covid years the sport took a backseat. To reignite interest in the sport, SBF President Lizzie Key identified the need to restart Shuttle Time in Samoa and looked to upskill local people…

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SHUTTLE TIME IN SAMOA DELIVERING TEACHERS COURSE

Badminton in Samoa is this weekโ€™s focus for Badminton Oceaniaโ€™s Participation & Development Manager, Sam Kreutzer and Development Officer, Dhanny Oud.ย  With assistance from the Badminton World Federation Member Association Grant Programme, the focus will be a Shuttle Time teachersโ€™ course, Shuttle Time delivery sessions (using the skills learned), Air Badminton, player development sessions and…

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