Perhaps staggering theme nights is the answer. Beginner/casual nights. Perhaps a ladies night for half price drop-in once a week. Intermediate/advanced nights. And maybe an advanced Friday Saturday late night drop in session. That way, everyone knows what to expect. Allowing only pairs are allowed to stick together rather than 4's would ensure a good mixing of the drop-in players. I really liked your suggestion on stressing that the theme of drop-in is "drop-in"
ClearOne and RichmondPro has group and private lessons. Any plans to have a coaching staff to provide lessons?
Possibly. But if one is taking lessons at Badminton Vancouver, more than likely he/she will play there after his/her lessons are over.
I don't have anything to announce regarding lessons/coaching in the traditional sense at the moment. Stay tuned though, exciting things are always in the works.
kwun, from what I hear, multiple colour shuttles were photographed, why they chose to feature the picture with the pink birdie is beyond my knowledge.
The problem with this is that you are effectively reserving a court for you and your friends at a discount to renting a court. The issue is that the discount you enjoy is at the expense of the individual players you are screwing. Yes you should 90% of the worst abuse of drop ins is done by cliques. Again, you want to play with friends.... you have the option of renting a court. With out screwing anybody else. If there is a whole court available with no one else waiting then by all means. If there is a player or two signed on the board then no you can wait for the next time there is 4 spaces on the next court available. Why should other people have to accommodate your wishes? Well then drop in isn't for you, go book a court. Yes, that is the same old system and it never fails to get abused completely to hell. The point of drop in is to give a place for players who don't have a regular group to play with a chance to play the game with many different players. It also gives lower skilled players and chance to play with stronger players and thus improve at a quicker rate. Your way always just results in the session being taken over by cliques. If you are an advanced player only interested in playing with players at your skill level drop in isn't for you.
^^ Well then how about different drop in nights for different levels of play? Then everybody will be happy.
Where did you hear drop in was $20 Joey? May have been a mis-communication somewhere. Court rental/reservations announcements news will likely be announced in the coming weeks.
Whoah, looks like I missed a good debate here. Thunder, as per previous discussions, I like the idea of allowing couples or pairs to stick together throughout the drop in night as I think that would encourage a lot more people to grab a friend and go play some badminton. I agree on your point if a group only intends to play together and use drop in as a discount method, they should just book a court. I actually don't have a problem of a group of 4 wanting a re-match or sticking together as long as arrangement are made with the drop in supervisor who could cycle this group's play on and off. If you want to stay together as a couple and play whomever the drop in supervisor assigns them to play, they'll get to play a lot more badminton that night. Still toying with a few ideas, but I think its a good and fair compromise.
Off-court perks include an online booking system. On-court features include 33-foot-ceilings and the same specialized flooring surface as seen at the Olympics. Drop-in fees are expected to be $20 an hour. Read more: http://www.vancourier.com/sports/Ba...+socializing/5434270/story.html#ixzz1YqmWdirc Well i read that here... So I was wondering if it was true or not.
maybe it should've said $20 per court per hour for reservation? $20/hour for drop in is even more costly than NYC clubs.
