Our Story
Mr. Chibing Wu, former China National Badminton Team player, came to New York in 1996. He had represented China in varies top ranked international tournaments and won numerous national and international titles throughout his professional carrier. Mr. Wu also won and ranked as US top badminton player since 1996 to 2006. He was head coach for numerous professional badminton clubs in China, Spain & USA. He is one of the few national level ( high performance level 4 ) coach in the USA, the only one in tri-state area, who qualifies in coaching national level players representing USA. Since 1996, He had coached numerous Private and Public High School Varsity teams, he had over 30 years of coaching experience in broad ranges of levels, from high school club level to professional level players.
New York Badminton Center is founded by Mr. Wu in 1997, started with varies high school gyms in Manhattan and Queens, on irregular schedule. In 2010, Flushing NYBC opens. It started to offer 7 day for players and initiated Summer Camp for kids. Flushing center has 6 professional courts and 1 training court. Badminton mats were installed on top of the elevated wood flooring for maximum shock-absorbing and pressure reduction for knees and ankles. The Center is open 7 days a week all year around to offer the convenience for players to play on any day they prefer. The Center is close to public transportation, and private parking is also available. In 2019 - 2020, NYBC Flushing had done a full renovation with brand new wood flooring and badminton mats.
In 2020, Mr. Wu and Mr. Tan ( Malaysia professional player ) opened a 5 courts badminton facility in Nassau county. The 5 courts were installed with professional floor mats on top of basketball wood floor. Gym has 33’ high ceiling. It is designated facility for Varsity / PSAL and Professional badminton team training. Additional 5 new courts will be added in May 2022.
NYBC players participate in major tournaments in the Tristate area annually: NYCB TEAM INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT, NYCB ANNUAL TOURNAMENT – NYCB Championship, NEW YORK OPEN ( USAB Sanctioned ) and well as Junior Close Regional Tournaments, Open Regional Tournaments and Junior Nationals. . All of us enjoyed the experience of being in a team!
NYBC has players from all over the world: China, India, Pakistan, England, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Swiss, France, Hungry, Russia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Poland, Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, South Africa, etc. The levels of our players also vary from beginners to international champions. You do not have to be good to join us. Many of the players convert from tennis or squash to badminton; many of them started to learn badminton from scratch in their 30s or 40s. No matter what level you are at, you can always find someone here speaks your language and is willing to be your partner!
NYBC also provides Private & Group Training classes, and varies Camps for all levels. All training classes are directed by Chibing Wu and Sengming Tan. There are 5 community-level coaches participating in various types of training. All training models are designed to fit into your own schedule and your level of play. Most of our current students participate actively in major tournaments in the country.
