The following is just a guide to steps one can take to form a junior badminton club.

1. Do a little background research. Are there junior clubs in your local area or region? Where is the closest junior club and how far would people have to travel to get to this club? How many juniors are there in current clubs in your area? Are there badminton programs in the schools? Do they have interscholastic competitions? What age ranges do current junior clubs cater to?
2. Identify potential sites to play. Public schools often offer the least expensive facilities to use. There may be a nominal fee to be paid to the recreation council usually a 10 - 15% tithe depending upon whether you are acting as a volunteer or an independent contractor to run the program. Most public schools will have a caretaker present at the school during the early evening hours negating having to pay their fees. On weekends however you may have to pay a nominal fee for a caretaker to be present. This being the least expensive option however puts you in stiff competition with other sports programs that will also be offered at the school. If there is a current adult club at the school try and scope out gym usage before they play and if the gym is free try to extend play on those evenings for your junior program.

   Private schools often have fewer extracurricular activities going on so gym space may be more available. However as a private school they will be looking to make some money off gym rentals and so may be quite a bit more expensive than public schools. To help reduce these fees try and get someone from the school involved in your program (to reduce the need for a caretaker) and get students from the school involved as you can negotiate down the price of gym rental if you are providing a service for the schools students.

   Recreation centers may also be considered for junior programs but there will be stiff competition with other sports for gym time.

3. Contact the people who oversee facilities use. Public schools: After school recreation is often overseen by a local recreation council. Contact the recreation council president directly. They may ask you to come to one of their monthly meetings to make a presentation to the board. Do not be deterred by this process. It is merely a formality and when you pitch programs for youth they will listen with a sympathetic ear. The toughest information for you to extract from them is when there may be free gym time. Schedules of gym usage are not freely available.

   Private Schools: Contact the schools business manager and make your pitch directly to them. This is a much more informal process as you are dealing largely with one person although they may also bring the schools athletic director in on the process. The schools are generally receptive to youth programs and revenue generation so be ready to negotiate costs.

   Recreation Centers: Contact the director of the center directly. They should have a good idea of the facilities use schedule and what costs may be involved.

4. Make your pitch. Here are some of the points I used to make my case for a junior badminton program in our local area. The presentation was made to a local recreation council. I started by asking the question "What is the most popular sport in the world?" Of course the answer was soccer. Then I challenged the members at the meeting to name the second most popular sport in the world, which of course is badminton. Over 100 million people play badminton worldwide with over 6.5 million players in the USA. Badminton has been an Olympic sport since 1992 with the USA competing in 2000 and sending players to the 2004 Olympics in Athens. Popularity in the sport of badminton is increasing again. Our own adult club has seen a doubling in membership in the last two years. Badminton is becoming popular in colleges largely as a women's sport, which may fulfill some of the requirements of Title IX. In our local area badminton is played in the private colleges as a girls varsity sport. Badminton is also played in the Baltimore County High Schools as a varsity sport for boys, girls and mixed teams. Our own club permits play for juniors age 14 and up. However what is lacking is a feeder system for the public/private high schools and colleges in our area as there is (was) no junior badminton club in the entire greater Baltimore region. The nearest junior clubs are in Montgomery County and Philadelphia (an hour to two hours drive away). That is a long way to travel to play and receive coaching. In addition current coaching in schools generally consists of using converted tennis coaches. We would like to establish a Junior Badminton Club in the Greater Baltimore area for youth aged 6-19. We have adults willing to volunteer their time to run the program and qualified coaches who play competitively and will willingly work with the juniors.
5. Cost Analysis: Once you have identified a place to play perform a cost analysis to determine the fees you need to charge. Determine the facilities cost. Calculate the cost of shuttlecocks. Determine if you need to provide some loaner racquets for new juniors. Calculate equipment costs for posts and nets.
6. You are not alone: Most national and regional badminton associations have support sites for people looking to organize their own badminton clubs. Explore these sites thoroughly. In addition there may also be financial support available in the forms of grants or loans which will enable you to obtain seed money to start your program. Contact you regional directors with an outline of you intent.