An American Girl Learning Badminton in China
Every month I update on how much money I am spending on badminton. Equipment: Didn’t buy much this month, only a few shirts on taobao during the Singles Day sales event and one at walmart. (Yeah, I know Walmart sucks,…
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I’ve been taking a one-on-one badminton lesson with my awesome teacher for 2 months now. A pattern is beginning to emerge in the way I think. This is how it goes: “Hope I do okay today. Yay! Badminton class. Hey…
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So, before this whole badminton thing, I didn’t have much in the way of sports clothes. I went hiking in khakis or jeans and a t-shirt, and played frisbee in my ratty old sweat pants or, if I was lucky,…
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Badminton is a no contact sport, so injuries beyond knee, wrist and shoulder problems are rare. But every now and then you get stuck on the wrong side of a slam and the birdie smashes into you going quite fast….
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My racket, not content to just sit at home bored everyday, took a day off and went to the beach!
So, by now you know I love my racket, and my squeaky new shoes are fun to run around in. But I played before I had them, and if they were taken away, I can continue to play. But there…
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Hey there, welcome to my new blog! Maybe you came from my other blog, or maybe you are totally new. Let me ‘splain what this is. Who is Becky? That’s me. I’m an American girl who has been living in…
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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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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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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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