The US Olympic Committee plans to award USOC Coach of the Year in
certain categories. Badminton is an Olympic sport.

Brief descriptions of the categories are below:

VOLUNTEER COACH - a coach who does not receive payment in any form
for his/her involvement in coaching at any level. The nominee
should actively be coaching youth athletes.

DEVELOPMENTAL COACH - a coach of a Youth Club, High School or
Junior level athlete or a coach directly responsible for coaching
athletes to the National or Junior national level. They can
receive payment for services.

NATIONAL COACH - a coach of an Elite level club, Collegiate, Pan-
Am, World Championship or Olympic Games coach or the coach of an
elite athlete who competes at the highest level of your sport.

“DOC” COUNSILMAN SCIENCE AWARD - a coach that utilizes science,
medicine and/or technology as an integral part of his/her coaching
methods or has created innovative ways to integrate sport science
into coaching.

A panel of judges will choose the finalists, and ultimately, the
winners in each category based on the information on the forms and
the biographies submitted by USAB.

If you have any nominations for the above from the Badminton Community,
please send an e-mail to Alex Mathew ( alexmathew@... ) before
Dec 21, 2006. It will be forwarded to the appropriate person at USAB
to put together the documentation and supporting evidence to the USOC.


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