Anyone older than 16 can sign up, and should the squad fill up it will separate two senior squads based on player performance. Senior one squad is aimed at players who are motivated get better at badminton and want training from coaches. Joining the squad also give the players a chance to represent and compete for Waikato at regional and national tournaments.
Link to register for the 2025 senior programme: https://forms.office.com/r/eLUTzYv5LX
Link to register for the 2025 senior interassociation teams: https://forms.office.com/r/HHHeq2PWb4
Please attend the trials / muster on 1st February from 2.30 – 4.30pm if you are able to
Please arrive from 2.10pm to sign in and get ready for warm-up on court
Please bring with your all badminton gear and a drink bottle
These will consist of some fitness testing, skills / drills and games
Across February the trainings will be quite open and fluid as we continue to look at your skill sets and ensure you are in the correct training group
The trial / muster will start to give us a baseline for each player as we head into the 2025 season and where coaches need to look to create trainings on
Trainings will be on a Monday and Thursday evening from 5.30pm – 7.00pm – we ask you turn up ready to start your warm-up at 5.30pm
Costs for this group are $750 for the February to September
Trainings will start the week of 10th February
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
Working on how we can offer a session per week / how this could look for this group if there is interest here
Player development plan created individually and with a coach
If you have any questions, wanting clarification or are unable to commit to the whole programme and want to see if this is possible please reach out