An American Girl Learning Badminton in China
I forgot to introduce the newest member of my racket family! I got it for my birthday and in the shuffle of everything I forgot to announce it. It’s a girl! A Victor Meteor 260! It’s from Taiwan, and it’s…
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Now that I’ve upped my game from playing three times a week (for 2 hours a time) to five times a week (4 hours a time) I am basically a walking sore muscle. Even with two rests days, spaced apart,…
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The other night my friends and I were hanging out. I was talking about how my two-month summer holiday had began and how I was now playing badminton five nights a week. “Wow, you must really suck,” my friend joked….
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So with my recent upgrade comes a whole host of new problems. With my old group I originally joined because of my friends, so I always had a bunch of people to play with. As I rose up the ranks…
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On Tuesday, playing with my foreigner group, I got a shot over the net (barely) and my opponent wasn’t able to return it. “Hao qiu!” my partner said (good shot) but I silently cursed myself. Because booming in my head…
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Equipment I’ve pretty much got things down pat these days, and with my new shoes, and re-stringing my racket twice last time, I really didn’t have much costs at all. I did get myself some fancy new sweatbands, and a…
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I did it! I was finally asked to join a high level group of all Chinese badminton players. Woot! Cross another one of the “goals” list! It’s because of my coach of course. At his new badminton place he started…
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This weekend was the 2016 Becky Cup! The event I have been planning and thinking about for months. How did it go? I’ll let the pictures do the ‘splaining: If that wasn’t stressful enough, at night…
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With a week and a half to go, the Becky Cup is shaping up nicely! I wanted to give an update. The medals (which had a bit of a snag in the proofing process), came out great. Super great! I…
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There are a million reasons why you should start playing badminton, but here are top 5 to try to convince you to pick up a racket and birdie today. It’s a sneaky way to lose weight Unlike other sports, with long…
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