The Magic Words
In Chinese, the word for the top level players is 高手 gao shou, which means expert. (It literally translates to tall hands, which is why I chose the picture above. Get it? heh heh…) In economic terms I would say…
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The Things They Carried (in their Badminton Bags)
I pride myself on being a low maintenance girl. When I started playing badminton, I borrowed a racket, wore the clothes I came in wearing and only needed some water and a sweat band to play. Now I need: my…
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Looking Back
My blog is just a small blog. A place to put my thoughts and feelings down about my badminton journey. I thank you for reading it, but if nobody read it, I’d still write it. That’s because I find it…
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Learned my First Badminton Deception Shot
I’m dumb. Really, really dumb. And in badminton it is painfully easy (and incredibly fun) to trick me. My coach does it all the time, feigning his body left while hitting the birdie to the right. Or jumping up to…
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Story Time at the Badminton Courts
My coach, two other people and I were sitting at the “tea” table at the courts. I had just finished 5 hours play and was spent. I was not going back out to play yet I couldn’t muster the energy…
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What We Do When We Don’t Play Badminton
For me, badminton is about playing. If I’m at the court, I’m not sitting off to the side chatting with others. I’m out there playing… …But all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. Here’s a peek at…
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Badminton Scandal!
If you are into badminton at all, or live in China, then you have definitely heard the latest scandal. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, read on! Last week Lin Dan, one of the top players and…
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Badminton Footwork
There was a lot of “I hate you’s” directed towards my coach in class today. Which can only mean one thing: footwork practice. Footwork is, by far, my biggest problem in badminton, and hammering out all my bad habits and…
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My Goals: One Year Later
One year ago I made a list of goals. Six months ago I reviewed it and *kinda* accomplished two of them and added another. But now, I’m happy to say all five goals are done, done and DONE! Goal number…
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Healing the Pain with Badminton
The day before the US Presidential election, my facebook and wechat was filled with stories and comics and memes about the election. My students were talking about it and so were my foreign friends. But at badminton? Nothing. Blissful silence…
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