Archive · 18 Dec 2025
Prakash Padukone shifts focus to grassroots training
Prakash Padukone is a famous badminton player from India.
He started a badminton academy 31 years ago to train top players.
Now, he wants to focus on teaching badminton to beginners and young players.
He said he has done enough for elite players and wants to do something different.
He has started a new school for badminton in Pune and is working with a local badminton association.
He believes there are not enough places for beginners to learn badminton, so he wants to help more young players.
Prakash Padukone is shifting his focus from elite player training to grassroots training after 31 years.
He founded the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy in 1994, which was one of the first of its kind.
Padukone believes there are not enough academies for beginners and wants to fill that gap.
He has started a new venture called the Prakash Padukone School of Badminton.
He is collaborating with the Poona District Metropolitan Badminton Association’s Avinash Wardekar Badminton Academy in Pune.
- Who
- Prakash Padukone, Indian badminton legend and former founder of Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy
- What
- Shift in focus from elite player training to grassroots training
- When
- After 31 years of running the academy, with the change effective now
- Where
- Pune, India
- Why
- To focus on grassroots training and bring a change in his career
- Name
- Prakash Padukone
- Former Role
- Founder, Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy
- New Venture
- Prakash Padukone School of Badminton
- Academy Duration
- 31 years (1994-2025)
- Current Focus
- Grassroots training
- Location
- Pune, India
- Collaboration
- Poona District Metropolitan Badminton Association’s Avinash Wardekar Badminton Academy