Designed to give older players a more affordable coaching opportunity to refine their skills to compete at a higher level. Mostly for our older teenage players and seniors who want some coaching and importantly want the opportunity to play with friends.
For our top senior representative players
The Wisden squad is for players who are amongst the best in NZ. To be in the Wisden squad you must be at least 15 years old, available to play for ABA in the Wisden and Slazenger Cups and should be playing consistently in senior competitions throughout the year. Younger players who make the Performance Squad still can test themselves against our best senior players with our new cross-over trainings.
Footwork and Fitness
For all our players
To be a great badminton player you need to have a strong fitness base. ABA offers four footwork sessions during the week, and one fitness/running session. Players are welcome to attend all sessions. We recommend attending at least one footwork and one fitness session per week if you want to perform to your potential.
ABA maintains a consistent selection philosophy across all our squads and teams. Ultimately selection has some subjective elements and selectors will choose based on their opinions teams that they believe will perform at the highest level. Parents, players, and others may not agree with the selections, and if they feel a mistake has been made, they can follow the complaints process to make their case. Please note that any issues raised should be made respectfully as the selectors are not making personal decisions without thorough consideration to begin with.
We are confident that we have a transparent process that players can understand and work towards achieving higher selections, that doesn’t depend on any individual coach, and has checks and balances to ensure that we do not let players slip through selection cracks.
Contact
99 Gillies Avenue, Epsom, Auckland
PO Box 26 054, Epsom, Auckland
Pro Shop
If the Pro Shop is unattended during these times please enquire at the ABA offices upstairs
EMAIL: proshop@aklbadminton.com
PHONE: 09 524 0872 EXT 1
Pro Shop Opening Hours
MONDAY 10:00am - 8:00pm
TUESDAY 10:00am - 8:00pm
WEDNESDAY 10:00am - 8:00pm
THURSDAY 10:00am - 8:00pm
FRIDAY 10:00am - 8:00pm
SATURDAY 9:00am - 8:00pm
SUNDAY 9:00am - 6:00pm
CLOSED PUBLIC HOLIDAYS