Junior Programme Overview

• Please attend the trials / muster on 1st February if you are able to

• Trainings will be on a Monday and Wednesday afternoon from 4.00 – 5.30pm – we ask you turn up ready to start your warm-up at 4.00pm

• Costs for this group are to be determined. February to September (Terms 1 – 3)

• Trainings will start on 16th February 2026.

• Off-court opportunities for this year for this group are:

  • Offer to attend athlete workshops across the year

  • Open to attend the fitness testing across the year

  • Access to a Personal Trainer created strength + conditioning programme

  • Invite to attend 1 x strength and conditioning session per week

  • Player development plan created individually and with a coach

  • Open to being selected for the NZJTC heading to Palmerston North in the term 2 holidays

• Please attend the trials / muster on 31st  January or 14th February if you are able to

• Trainings will be on a Tuesday for group A and B, Thursday for group B and C,Friday for group A and C. Sart from 4.00 – 5.30pm – we ask you turn up ready to start your warm-up at 4.00pm

•  Costs for this group are to be determined. February to September (Terms 1 - 3)

• Trainings will start on 17th February 2026.

• Off-court opportunities for this year for this group are:

  • Offer to attend athlete workshops across the year

  • Open to attend the fitness testing across the year

  • Access to a Personal Trainer created strength + conditioning programme which can be completed at home

  • Player development plan created individually and with a coach

  • Open to being selected for the NZJTC heading to Palmerston North in the term 2 holidays

• You can choose the day you would like to train on and how many you would like your child to do each week. Each session will be broken into age groups, so players are working with their own peers and learning skill sets.

Options are:

1. Mondays – 4.00 – 5.30pm at Waikato Badminton

2. Wednesdays – 4.00 – 5.30pm at Waikato Badminton

• Costs for this group are to be determined. Costs for this group are dependent on how many training sessions per week

• Trainings will start the week of 16th February 2026.

• This programme will run term by term and WBA will check into sort the registration for the following term with you

• Please use this link to register: https://www.waikatobadminton.co.nz/juniors/holiday-programme

• Dates: 19 - 21 January 2026

• Cost: $55 per day per child (family discount applied for 2 or more children)

• For ages 6 - 15 years old 

• Bring along your lunch, drink bottle, snacks, badminton gear, shoes and your energy

• We have rackets if you are needing to borrow one