India, April 22 -- With an aim to gradually wean away from the individual coaching set-up, Badminton Association of India (BAI) has shortlisted 50 senior shuttlers across disciplines who will train in groups across centres in Hyderabad, Bengaluru, and Guwahati.

The federation has also zoned in on 11 player-turned-coaches who will accompany their foreign counterparts at these camps. The list of coaches, it is learned, has been sent to SAI and a formal go-ahead should arrive "sometime t his week," BAI said.

As of now, Malaysia's Tan Kim Her is with the Indian set up in Hyderabad as the doubles coach while Indonesian Irwansyah Adi Pratama and South Korea's Yoo Yong-sung are the women's and men's singles coaches respectively. Both of them a...