The Shannon Pohl Badminton Academy offers private lessons, group lessons, camps, coaching clinics, tournaments, badminton open gym, and a pro shop. Shannon Pohl is also available for demonstrations and speeches. For more information about the Shannon Pohl Badminton Academy, sponsorship opportunities, or to book her for an event, please contact Shannon.

Lesson schedule Sat Oct 24 and Sun Oct 25 during North Shore Open

There will be no private lessons on Saturday 10/24 or Sunday 10/25.

Saturday the only class running is the Beginner older class which WILL BE HELD at the back of the gym from 1-2:30 p.m (Beginner Older)

Sunday, the following classes WILL BE HELD at the back of the gym:
Beginner Younger 1-2 pm
Beginner Older 2-3 pm
Beginner Older 3-4 pm
Intermediate/Advanced 7:30-9:30 p.m.

All other group and private lessons not noted here are CANCELLED this weekend due to the North Shore Open. Thank you for your understanding.

North Shore Open- come watch!!!

Draws and timings posted here!  Doors open each day at 8 am with matches starting at 8:45 a.m.! More details at the tournament webpage.

Finals (matches can be called up to 30 minutes early if we are ahead of schedule). Come watch and cheer on Team SPBA and the coaches!

Open Mens Singles: Saturday 6:45 p.m.
Open Women’s Singles:  Saturday 6:45 p.m.
Under 15 Girls Singles: Saturday 6:45 p.m.
Under 15 Boys Singles: Saturday 6:45 p.m.

Under 15 Boys Doubles: Sunday 12:55 p.m.
Under 15 Girls Doubles: Sunday 1:45 p.m.
Open Men’s Doubles: Sunday 1:55 p.m.
Open Women’s Doubles: Sunday 2:45 p.m.
Open Mixed Doubles: Sundays 5:40 p.m.
Under 15 Mixed Doubles: Sunday 5:40 p.m.

Sign up for North Shore Open!

The 14th Annual North Shore Open will be October 25-26, 2025

The North Shore Open is a premier all ages tournament at the SPBA. Both adults and juniors of all levels are encouraged to participate. Events are held in A-B-C-D dropflight format in open women’s singles, open women’s doubles, open men’s singles, open men’s doubles, and open mixed doubles. We added and Under 15 junior category and a 45+ senior category this year! 

45+ EVENTS:
45+ Men’s Singles, 45+ Women’s Singles, 45 + Men’s Doubles, 45+ Women’s Doubles, 45+ Mixed Doubles.
* To qualify for the 45+ age division, the player’s age must be at 45 or above as of 12/31/2025.

OPEN EVENTS:Open Men’s Singles, Open Women’s Singles, Open Men’s Doubles, Open Women’s Doubles, Open Mixed Doubles.
*  These events are open to anyone to play.

UNDER 15 EVENTS:
Under 15 Boy’s Singles, Under 15 Boy’s Singles, Under 15 Girl’s Singles, Under 15 Boy’s Doubles, Under 15 Girl’s Doubles, Under 15 Mixed Doubles.
* To qualify for the Under 15 age division, the player’s age must be under the age limit as of 12/31/2025.

Sign up today on tournamentsoftware.com

More details available here on tournament website

2025 Memberships on sale for remainder of the year!

Annual Membership for 2025 is now on sale:

$110 now $55 for remainder of 2025 calendar year for an individual
$200 now $100 for remainder of 2025 calendar year for 2 immediate family members residing together 
$275 $137 for remainder of 2025 calendar year for 3+ immediate family members residing together 

including:
• Discounted court rentals for members of $20/hour (non-members pay $32/hour
• Discounted open gym pricing of $5 per 2 hour session for members
(non-member drop in fee is $13 per session)
• Special membership pricing on leagues, birthday parties, camps and other activities throughout the year that become available

  • All memberships are non-refundable (with the exception of students who drop all classes within the first week of class in accordance to the class cancellation policy)

Students at the SPBA also receive with their membership:
• SPBA T-shirt & water bottle for new members
• free coaching at select Jr. National Ranking Tournaments

Join us for Labor Day Open Gym!

Bring your family out for a fun night of Labor Day Open Gym from 5:30-7:30 and 7:30-9:30 Monday, September 1st! We are open! Classes for the summer session end Saturday, August 30th and the fall session begins on Tuesdays, September 2nd.

Umpires Needed! Umpire Clinic May 23rd!

Umpires are needed for the 2025 YONEX SPBA Midwest Open Regionals!  This is one of the largest junior tournaments in the country! Last year we had 600 participants! 

Existing umpires and new umpires can greatly help the badminton community, earn free open gym for up to one month, and get an awesome t-shirt and free food for helping 🙂 

New umpires can train at the umpire clinic May 23rd from 6:30-10 pm and practice throughout this year’s event on May 24th-26th.  More details and sign up information for new and existing umpires can be found here.

2024/2025 Winter Break Camp

Camp 1: 12/23, 12/24, No Camp 12/25, 12/26, 12/27
Camp 2: 12/30, 12/31, No Camp 1/1, 1/2, 1/3

We will be offering a 4 day junior camp open to all levels ages 7 and up from beginners to competitive team level.  We will group similar level players together.  
Sign up today!

• Improve your speed on the court with proper footwork and agility drills
• Technique on Serves, Returns, Clears, Smashes, Drops, lifts, net shots and more!
• High level singles and doubles drills for elite level students
• Drills and Strategies for singles and doubles
• Gameplay

Full Day: 9am – 4pm daily
Full Day Students will get 1 hour lunch break. Students must pack a lunch.

Half Day: 9am – 12 pm morning session or 1pm-4pm afternoon session