Hendry Winarto, USAB Coach

Hendry Winarto, born and raised in Surabaya, Indonesia. Coach Hendry become national competitor at ages 12 and decided to moved to the biggest club in Indonesia to pursue his career, formerly rank number 1 in U-19 in his country, instead of accept the proposal to join the Indonesian National team, Hendry decided to take the offer in Spain in 2006, there he stayed for 7 years and was part of the Spain National team coach and also the head coach of IES la Orden(the club where Carolina Marin and Pablo Abian both are Olympian and the former is the gold Olympic medal 2016).

Badminton Achivements:

• Winner of Dallas Puccini Open 2017 Men’s doubles
• Semi Finalist Dallas Puccini Open 2017 Men’s singles and Mixed doubles
• Runner up in Forza North Carolina open 2016 men’s doubles
• Triple Winner in Sunshine States Games 2017 in Men’ singles, Men’s doubles, Mixed doubles
• Winner in Dallas Puccini Open 2016 in Men’s doubles and Mixed doubles

Shlok Ramchandran

Born and Raised in Mumbai, India Shlok is an international badminton player who has represented India in three World Championships (2017 –Glasgow, 2018 –Nanjing and 2019 -Basel), Thomas Cup (2018 –Thailand) and multiple Asian Continental Championships apart from playing over 75 international tournaments in almost 40 countries winning 7 Titles and has best world ranking of 32 in 2018.

The former World # 32 is known as ‘The Professor’ among his colleagues in world badminton. Not just for his astute understanding, analysis of the game but also his ability to guide players to victories by finding weaknesses in the opponent’s strength.

Badminton Achivements:

• WINNER of Double Gold (Men’s Doubles & Mixed Doubles) at the JE Wilson International Badminton 2019 in Accra, Ghana (July 21, 2019).
• Reached FINAL and in for Double Gold (Men’s Doubles & Mixed Doubles) at the Lagos International Challenge Classics 2019 (July 27, 2019).
• Member of the Indian Squad for Badminton Asia Team championship in Hong Kong.
• Member of the Indian World Championship Squad in 2017 (Glasgow)
• Member of the Indian squad for Badminton Asia Individual Championship in China (2018)
• Member of the Indian squad for Badminton Asia Team Championship in Malaysia (2018)
• Part of the Thomas Cup Team 2018 (Malaysia)
• Member of the Indian squad for Swiss Open and German Open World Tour Tournaments (2018)
• WINNER of Men’s Doubles Title at the Hellas Open, Greece (2018)
• BRONZE MEDALIST at Yonex Vietnam Grand Prix in 2017.

Shruthi Javvaji, USAB and BWF Coach Level-1

Shruthi Javvaji is from Hyderabad, India. She started her love and passion for Badminton at the age of 12. She was trained under the watchful eyes and guidance of the one and only Gopichand, from Pullela Gopichand Academy. She has a Bachelors in Computer Science and has completed her MBA in Business Administration.

Shruthi Javvaji started to train kids as a Coach/Mentor from 2018. As a Coach, she is very focused, creative and goal oriented. She tries her best to understand each of her students and pushes them to achieve their individual goals. She possess a strong commitment to expand her knowledge and skills, and applies this drive to achieve positive results for success.

Badminton Achievements:

• Represented India at Junior Asian Badminton Championships in Malaysia
• Represented India at Syed Modi International Badminton Championship
• Represented India at Yonex Sunrise India Open
• Ranked top 5, U-19 in India, Won various National Singles/Doubles Championships in the U-19 age group
• Ranked top 3, U-16 in India, Won various National Singles/Doubles Championships in the U-16 age group
• Ranked top 2 in India in Junior Girls’ Doubles partnering Saina Nehwal
• 7 times State Champion
• Attended various National and International Camps
• Won National Zonal Tournaments and College National Championships.
• Winner Doubles/Mixed Doubles at TBTT Championship USA

Interest: Traveling and learning new cultures, meeting new people, staying healthy with sport and work outs, supporting underprivileged children around the world, keeping updated with local and international news and events.

Jeff Wu

Badminton coach- Jeff Wu, grew up in China. He completed his Bachelors Degree in Shenyang Sports University, majored in Physical Training with a focus in Badminton. He has been a Badminton Coach since 2010, and taught over 500 people. Over the years, he and his students have attended multiple Badminton Tournaments in China. Jeff is also a kids physical trainer since 2015, and was a physical trainer in Massachusetts. He was a certified Coach in the Billerica TC training center from 2018 to 2019. Jeff is a positive and patient coach. You will have an awesome learning experience with him.

Truong Quang Pham

T’s full name is Truong Quang Pham. T was born and raised in Vietnam. He moved to the United States and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science (2009.)

T started focusing on badminton after he stopped practicing Taekwondo in which he achieved a gold medal (35kg Title) in his city, when he was fourteen years old. T played U.S Open 2014 and won regional championship tournaments in the Mens Singles event. T has been coaching badminton for 3 years and he became an USAB coach in 2019. T is very excited to be a part of such a great coaching team.

Mark Chandler, M.D.

My sports background includes long distance running and wrestling. My interest in badminton began 15 years ago as I learned from experienced players who were kind enough to teach, first at Seymour Center in Chapel Hill, and then later at the Gold’s Gym courts in Durham. I attended camps, learning from the Danish coach, Dennis Christiansen and the Danish professionals visiting North Carolina. As I learned the techniques and drills from all these people, I became more interested in how the sport can be taught and developed in our community. Beginning first at Badminton NC and now with TBTT, teaching badminton to children and adult beginners has been a joy over the last 4 years. I have worked with 4-year-olds and people in their 80s. My experience is that everyone brings unique abilities and learns this sport a little differently. At the same time there are fundamentals which work to enjoy the sport and play safely.

My interests outside of badminton include neuroscience, painting, music and trips to the ocean.