Tag Archive: american

An American at a Major Badminton Tournament?!

Becky June 28, 2017 2 Comments

During the semi-finals of the Indonesian Open I saw something I had never seen before. The American flag! This is big news in the badminton world because America has never produced any outstanding players and right now Zhang Beiwan is…
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Badminton, Players, Pro Badminton

american, chinese, coach, competition, pro players, zhang beiwan

Badminton Training in China -or- Training for a Sport in Your Non-Native Language

Becky September 12, 2016 0 Comments

This past summer I spent a month of my time, and two months of my salary taking an intensive Chinese course. Why? Because of badminton of course! In my new group no one speaks more than a few words of…
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Badminton, Personal Experience

american, chinese, different culture, english, Language, learning in china, speaking, undertsanding