Training Update–Twinsies!
When I was in America I got my coach a shirt from Boston Badminton. I got one for myself too and the other day we both happened to wear the same shirt and shoes at the same time. Twins! Our…
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Personal Experience
Viktor Axelsen Knows Who I Am and I Knock Off Another Goal
SO OMG you guys Vicktor Axelsen knows who I am!!! *Squeal* I follow him on Facebook and he and his teammates do a podcast. But it’s in Danish, which you can’t blame them for but it means I’ve never been…
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Things I Love About Badminton
The moment before a serve. Everyone is tensed, ready, and still. All noise ceases and you step out of the real world into the badminton world. It’s like everyone has inhaled as one and is holding their breath a…
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Another Rant About Women in Badminton
It’s been three months since my last rant, but I’m back at it again because after playing the other night I had it, I just had it. Since last time I’ve been pretty good at ignoring sexism on the court…
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Summer Schedule
I like keeping track of my schedule during various seasons as I’m a teacher so I have a clear, rigid schedule that only lasts for 4 months before changing again. So this probably won’t be the most interesting post, but…
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Hot Badminton (and I don’t mean sexy)!
Of course the first thing I did after coming back to China was run to my court to play badminton. But it’s basically the only thing I’ve done because this place is friggin hot! Anyone with any sense is staying…
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Enjoy a Short Badminton Video Compliments of my Jet Lag.
Even though it’s been a week, even though I’ve been diligent about not sleeping during the day and going to bed later at night, I STILL have jet lag from America. Two nights ago I fell asleep a 1am, only…
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I Found American Badminton!
I’m bacccccckkkkkkk. I carefully lugged my precious racket, shoes, knee support and sweat towel 7,861 miles (12,650 km) from China to America for a mere 5 days of play. Even though I barely played it was worth it. In fact…
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Searching for American Badminton
So after three years I’m finally headed back to my native land for a small summer holiday. My original plan was to bring my coach and show him around America while continuing our training. But dumb TRUMP and the dumb…
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Three Competitions in One Week
Thank god my schools summer holiday started a few weeks ago because badminton has ramped up and who has time for work these days?! In the past 8 days I had THREE tournament and I played almost every night. An…
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