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About The Legends' Vision
For a decade, the Legends' Vision has been promoting the development of badminton. Now, a new era of impact-focused activations drives the vision forward. The aim is to have a tangible impact in our sport through our four Ambitions.
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History
At the Yonex All England in 2015, four of the greats announced the start of a journey. They had been rivals on the court; off the court, they shared the same vision. Badminton, the sport they love, could be driven forward - and they believed they could unite to help on this journey.
Following an initial World Tour, visiting each of their respective Home Nations, the Legends' Vision continued to develop further. Initially an event-driven initiative, designed to grow the sport's appeal, the founding legends realised that their visits were doing more than simply inspire. They were sowing seeds, supporting development and increasing opportunities for the community.
With the addition of three more legends, the global reach of this initiative continues to grow. As we reach a decade of achievements, the future looks bright.
We are
guided by
Four Ambitions
These provide the structure for the initiative, guiding our work across the key areas.
Junior Development
The best way to take the sport to the next level is to make sure that our juniors can level up faster. To a point where they don’t just master the sport - they innovate the sport. While practice makes perfect, there’s only so much you can do if you don’t know exactly what it is you should be practicing. Through Legends’ Vision, we are developing new ways of giving juniors access to better learning tools.
Community Enrichment
We want to bring players together, creating more and new opportunities to enjoy the sport. The Legends’ Vision aims to use the passion we have for the game to build better and stronger connections between badminton players and empower all players to take the game to new levels of participation
Badminton Discovery
The surest way of progressing badminton is to get more people into the sport. More players mean more opponents, more teams, more sponsors, more courts and more leagues. More people in the game means more benefits to everybody who plays it. Through Legends’ Vision, we want to accelerate this virtuous circle and reach beyond the existing audience to attract new people to the game.
Sport Advancement
When you play badminton day in and day out, it is easy to accept the status quo. But to grow the sport, we need to think further. Find new ways and places to play the game and find new partners to help the game reach the next level.
Legacies
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An equipment donation program launched in the USA in 2020, but now being rolled out across several countries around the world.
Identifying a need to provide the best club players in Canada with the opportunity to practice against the best of other clubs, we set up an Inter-Club sparring program.
Starting in January 2020, our Ambassadors launched a series of free clinics in California. The programs aim to cover not only the foundations of coaching, but also creative ways to help motivate and increase the confidence of junior players.
10 years on from the first Legends' Vision event, finals day at this event played host to a legacy match on the Minoru Yoneyama Court between Team England and Team Chinese Taipei hosted by Legends Peter Gade, Carolina Marin, Lin Dan and Lee Yong-Dae.
Over the last ten years, The Legends’ Vision has established an amateur tournament that runs across China culminating in a Grand Final in Shanghai. It has connected badminton communities of all ages across China and inspired them to raise their game
As the culmination of the interclub sparring program, we hosted the LV Canada Cup. Current international players coached their squad, made up of the best junior shuttlers in the country, across a one-day tournament.
