An American Girl Learning Badminton in China
So my health is really slow to recover and on Wednesday the doctor told me I could do some light walking but shouldn’t play badminton. So….I went to a badminton competition! This is the Local Women’s Competition I have played…
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We all know that badminton isn’t a mainstream sport, but is it embarrassing to be “caught” playing it? Or is it not the sport but the age? In a recent conversation another 40-something badminton fan and I were talking and…
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The China National team is the creme-de-la-creme of the badminton players in China. But if you have any hope of getting on the team, you gotta start young. Not that they take young children (they wait until after puberty–young kids…
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Time for a little fun! Since the Oscars are coming up I decided to start a badminton award for badminton Youtubers! Silly? Yeah, but also fun! Making Youtube videos is harder than I thought and it’s nice to pass along…
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So Azhi and I grabbed our rackets and ran out to the local trampoline place and laughed our asses off. Obviously not very good badminton was played, but it was certainly fun to try!
When I started badminton I was basically on my own. I left the foreigner group but wasn’t really embraced by my new Chinese club. I also didn’t have a lot of confidence, because most beginners don’t, and didn’t know what…
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It’s Spring Festival which means all of China is basically closed. Everyone goes back to their hometowns and most small restaurants and businesses are shut for a week or more. Even my beloved court is closed for 5 days. So,…
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I was featured in a new badminton website about being OBSESSED with badminton. They sent me the questions, and I remember answering them via e-mail, but then I got sick and was in the hospital and was ending my semester…
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You’ve seen him lurking behind me in my previous videos and playing with me in several competitions. Now learn about the man behind Badminton Becky and how we met. (Pssst, it’s all because of badminton!)
The holidays might be over in your part of the world, but here in China we are just gearing up for the biggest celebration of the year. Spring festival (Chinese New Years) is a 2-week holiday where basically the entire…
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