Officials’ forms and tournament reporting documents, plus a directory of the badminton, coaching and safe-sport organisations the MBA works with.
Officials’ forms and documents
Back to the Basics
Simplified Rules
Thorough and Thoughtful
Laws of Badminton (Full)
Tournament reporting
Tournament Referees’ Report
Official’s Compensation Report
Officials’ honorariums in Manitoba
Officials’ Compensation Scale (updated August 2023)
Badminton on the web
Badminton Canada
The national governing body for the sport.
Badminton World Federation
Results, rankings and news from the world tour.
BWF Corporate
Tournament schedules, event criteria and governance documents.
BWF TV on YouTube
Live and archived coverage of the biggest tournaments.
Provincial and territorial associations
Alberta · British Columbia · New Brunswick · Newfoundland and Labrador · Northwest Territories · Nova Scotia · Nunavut · Ontario · Prince Edward Island · Québec · Saskatchewan · Yukon
For coaches
NCCP Overview
Badminton Canada’s guide to the National Coaching Certification Program and how to get certified.
Support Through Sport
Coaching Association of Canada resources for coaches supporting athletes through difficulty.
BWF Shuttle Time
Free lesson plans and teaching resources for introducing badminton in schools.
Coaching Masters Athletes
What changes when the athletes you coach are older adults.
Inclusion
The Value of Sport
Sport Manitoba on what sport gives back to the province.
Sport for Life for all Newcomers to Canada
The barriers newcomers face in Canadian sport, and what clubs can do about them.
Indigenous Coaching
The Coaching Association of Canada’s Indigenous coaching resources.
Leading the Way: Working with LGBTQ Athletes and Coaches
A guide built on the lived experience of Canadian athletes and coaches.
Women in Coaching
Mentorship and apprenticeship programs for women coaches.
Canadian Journal for Women in Coaching
Research and practice for and about women in coaching.
Girls’ Participation
Badminton Canada on keeping girls in the sport.
Para-badminton
Para-Badminton in Manitoba
Where to play para-badminton here, and who to contact.
Introduction to Para-Badminton
Badminton Canada’s overview of the para game.
Classifications explained
The official para-badminton sport classes and what they mean.
Coaching Athletes with a Disability
Coaching Association of Canada guidance for coaches.
BWF Para-Badminton
International rules, events and classification from the world federation.
Concussion information
Concussion Awareness
Recognising a concussion and what to do next, from the Coaching Association of Canada.
Boys vs. Girls: Sex Differences with Concussions
Why concussion presents and recovers differently between the sexes.
How Biological Sex and Gender Affect Concussion Risk and Management
Kerr and Shafi, University of Toronto, via the Sport Information Resource Centre.
Keeping kids safe
The Canadian Centre for Child Protection is a national charity working to reduce the sexual exploitation of children and youth in Canada. It operates Cybertip.ca, Canada’s tip line for reporting the online sexual exploitation of children, and provides sport organisations with the Commit to Kids framework: clear expectations for adults working with children, and help writing the policies that hold those standards in place.
Commit to Kids for Coaches
A 2.5-hour online training that results in a certificate of completion and 3 NCCP professional development points toward maintenance of certification.
An Introduction to Safeguarding Children from Sexual Abuse
A 23-minute overview. No certificate and no PD points.
Commit to Kids Kit and Policies and Procedures Workbook
For organisations writing or reviewing their child-protection policy.
Commit to Kids Guide for Parents
A brochure clubs can order and hand out.
Free resources · Video read-along storybooks
Downloadable material for parents, clubs and schools.
Responsible Coaching Movement
The Rule of Two, background screening and ethics training, for coaches, clubs and parents.