I Faced the Beast
OMG, have I got a story for you. Okay, let me start at the beginning. I’ve said before that the badminton playing teachers at my school have been incredibly mean to me with one exception. Her name is Mrs. Bai…
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Tag Archive: coach
Training Update
I’ve written a lot of blog posts but haven’t written about my training much recently so I thought I should rectify that. The other night I won 2 straight matches against opponents I had no business winning against. (Higher level…
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Control of the Badminton Court–A Female Perspective
It’s not easy being a girl in sports. A few months back, I’d listen to everyone and everything. I had very little badminton knowledge, experience or skills and everyone could teach me something. But I’m learning fast (it feels like…
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The Competition Mindset
I’m one of the most competitive people you will meet. I take Fussball at the local bar as serious as the Olympics, and I can even be bratty about birthdays. (“You’ll never beat me,” I say to younger people on…
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One Lunge Forward, Two Steps Back
So ya know how my goal is to become a gaoshou (expert)? Well, it happened. (On a very unassuming Friday night.) It was past 9pm and I had been playing for a few hours. My coach called me over to…
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Trying to Figure out a Badminton Training Schedule
Last semester, for the first time, I had a pretty intense, but orderly schedule. Monday and Friday I took off. Tuesdays I had training with my coach then I would go back at night to play with people, Wednesday I…
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Visiting my Coach’s Hometown
When I told friends I was going to Chaozhou, my coach’s hometown, I usually got this response: Them: Oh! The food in Chaozhou is so good! Me: Oh yeah? What kind of food? Them: I don’t know. I just heard…
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You Can Call Me Boss — or — Badminton Chinese New Year
So, my coach went home for Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) for a week. His one employee, Lao Shushu, is also his relative and also went home. Spring festival is the biggest holiday of the year in China with virtually…
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Vacation Time!
There will be a little Badminton Becky hiatus as it’s holiday time! I don’t talk much about my job on this blog (please feel free to check out my other blog for non-badminton related stuff in China) but I have…
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Badminton Christmas!!
Christmas is all about spending time with your family and when you are a foreigner…..aw heck, who am I kidding. You all know what I’m about to say, why bother with fancy sentiments? I had a Christmas party for my…
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