{"id":14587,"date":"2026-02-20T09:42:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T02:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/?p=14587"},"modified":"2026-02-20T10:19:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T03:19:19","slug":"bwf-special-olympics-international-badminton-coaching-guide-published","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/whats-new\/bwf-special-olympics-international-badminton-coaching-guide-published","title":{"rendered":"BWF-Special Olympics International \u2013 Badminton Coaching Guide Published!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Badminton World Federation (BWF) and Special Olympics International (SOI) are pleased to publish an updated version of the <strong><em>Special Olympics Badminton Coaching Guide (2026 edition)<\/em><\/strong>. With more than 13,000 coaches delivering badminton to 137,000+ Special Olympics athletes on a weekly basis, this guide serves as an excellent tool to further support and enhance badminton within the Special Olympics movement.[vc_single_image image=&#8221;14588&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;custom_link&#8221; img_link_target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; link=&#8221;https:\/\/read.nxtbook.com\/special_olympics\/guide_books\/badminton_coaching_guide_2026\/_cover.html&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;\">The Badminton Coaching Guide brings together a combination of BWF and SOI resources, including elements from the BWF Shuttle Time and Coach Education Programmes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;\">The guide can be accessed through the <a href=\"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/coaches\/disability-coaching\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BWF Development website<\/a> and will soon be available in a number of different languages. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;\">Please share this guide to coaches and clubs in your community.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;More information&#8221; color=&#8221;primary&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fdevelopment.bwfbadminton.com%2Fcoaches%2Fdisability-coaching|target:_blank&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BWF and Special Olympics International (SOI) are pleased to publish an updated version of the Special Olympics Badminton Coaching Guide (2026 edition).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2630,"featured_media":14594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[294],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-whats-new","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2630"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14587"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14592,"href":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14587\/revisions\/14592"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}