An American Girl Learning Badminton in China
So in my Monday back-to-back coaching session it finally happened. My coaches disagreed. After our training, my second coach, Han, showed up and he and my coach chat for a bit (they are friends). Then my coach busied himself and…
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Now, I talk a lot about my coach and how great he is, but actually I don’t have just one coach, I have a few. And these days, my coaches are trying to do everything in the power to kill…
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So I had yet another competition, this one spanning a few days in the middle of the week at a court very far from my home (read: hella inconvenient). This one was majestically named the National Fitness Games, but it…
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So last post I was talking about badminton competitions and how I haven’t had a ton of trouble, but it was something I was worried about. Well, lo and behold yesterday I woke up to my phone lighting up. (It…
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I was wandering down the rabbit hole of Youtube videos when I stumbled upon this one by Steve Atlas called “Unseen Progress.” It really struck me and I wanted to share it because I think this is something…
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Even before I started playing badminton, I was a fan of writer/podcaster/life hacker Tim Ferriss. His thing is to interview world class performers in all fields, and ask them about their habits, routines, etc., so that others can learn from…
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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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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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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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On Tuesday I have class with my coach. We do it in the morning, so no one else bothers us. There are no other players, and the only other people there are Lao Shushu, the old uncle who lives at…
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