Coach Overload
Now, I talk a lot about my coach and how great he is, but actually I don’t have just one coach, I have a few. And these days, my coaches are trying to do everything in the power to kill…
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Author Archive: Becky
Badminton Superstar Chen Long Got Married in my City!!
As if you need any more proof that Xiamen is the best city in China (and therefore the best city in the world) for badminton then check out today’s news. Chen Long, reigning Olympic champion and heir apparent for Lin…
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Badminton Thanksgiving
I have one big party in me per year, and last year I did a Christmas cookie decorating party for all my badminton friends. It was super fun, but you can’t do the same thing twice now can you? So…
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The Devil in in the Details
A lot of badminton stuff has been going on these days, but in the midst of competitions and meeting badminton legends, I’m still keeping up my training. I’m pretty solid on the basics now, so my training has now changed…
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I Met Lee Chong Wei!! A China Open 2017 Firsthand Account
So I went to the Tahoe 2017 China Open in Fuzhou, China yesterday and oh my god you guys, I MET LEE CHONG WEI!!! And we even chatted for a minute and everything. He was super nice, and asked me…
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I’m a Team Captain! But There are Unexpected Culture Problems With That.
I’m captain of a badminton team! And no, it isn’t a group at my coaches gym, and it isn’t even people I know. I’m captain of a team of strangers. There is another Jimei Community badminton competition coming up, and…
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Women of Badminton! Stop Doing This….
Hello my badminton sisters. We need to talk. Cause I see you, I watch you, and I learn from you. But there are some things you do that drive me FUCKING CRAZY and you need to stop. Because what you…
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Another Notch on the Badminton Competition Belt
So I had yet another competition, this one spanning a few days in the middle of the week at a court very far from my home (read: hella inconvenient). This one was majestically named the National Fitness Games, but it…
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I’m Going to See the BWF Superseries China Open!
By some amazing miracle the China Open is happening in a city a mere hour and a half away from me and Azhi and I got tickets! My friend Yang Ping suggested that the semi-finals are more fun to watch…
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The Feather God Badminton Competition Results (with video!)
So, the big competition, the first one my group entered together is over. And…… We lost. We had two teams and each had two men’s doubles and one mixed doubles partnership. My team had two mixed doubles teams sign up…
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