Weekly Update #2
Tuesday started off tired as usual. I have class in the morning, and we don’t start playing until 8pm, and I take the bus for an hour to get there, so I’m usually pretty wiped by the time we start….
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Author Archive: Becky
How Much Does Learning Badminton Cost Me? October’s Costs
Since I am just beginning the “journey” of badminton I decided I should keep a tally of how much it is costing me. I’ll start in the month of October because that’s when things got serious. Before October the only…
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Guess Which Country These Badminton Players are From
Let me show you a picture of a famous player or players and you guess what country they represent. This is Howard Bach from America Mesinee “May” Mangkalakiri and Eva Lee, of America Junior Champions from America Caught onto my…
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Squeak! Squeak! My New Badminton Shoes
I’m not the kind of girl that has a closet full of shoes. In fact, I usually keep only 4 pairs: Hiking shoes, sneakers, sandals and some sort of more “formal” shoe like a docker. Each has a specific purpose…
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The Accidental Athlete
One reason this whole “sports” thing is so crazy for me is I’ve never been an athlete. Oh sure I “lettered” in track & field in high school, but it was a pity lettering. I joined the team freshman and…
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Weekly Update #1
To kind of keep things neat and orderly on this blog I’m going to write down a weekly wrap-up of what I did/learned. Since this is my first one I want to back track a bit and talk about last…
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My Racket
For the first few months I used the communal rackets my group keeps on hand. As regulars at the badminton place, we have a permanent wooden locked box next to our courts. We keep our birdies and some extra rackets…
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My Badminton Goals
Okay, I might as well publicly state my goals. It’s been about 6 months since I started playing and I like that number. So all my goals right now I am looking to accomplish in six more months: April 2016….
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World’s Longest Badminton Rally
Check out this amazing rally between two female doubles teams. It was clocked at 256 rallies beating the former “longest rally” of 100-something. The thing I like most about this is the team work. It’s easiest to watch the team…
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