An American Girl Learning Badminton in China
If you are a long time reader of this blog you might recognize the name Xiao He. He is my friend who introduced me to my coach, the friend who taught me my first ever badminton skill, won the first…
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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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Since I play so damn much, and since I am no longer a spring chicken, I have to deal with aging joints, tendons and muscles. Hopefully with proper warmup, strength training and footwear I can avoid sudden injuries (like an…
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If you’re friends with me on facebook, then you’ll know I’ve been suffering from tennis elbow for the past few months. What is tennis elbow? Well it’s where the tendon, and muscles, in the elbow area are overused, damaged, and…
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This week I was a little nervous to see my coach. You see, several weeks ago I told him that I didn’t think his friends (the other teachers that play with us Wednesday night) liked me. He said that wasn’t…
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This week I skipped playing with my friends Tuesday because I was feeling kinda sick and worn down, and I wanted to be strong for my class Wednesday. And I’m glad I did because Wednesday was tough as is our…
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Badminton is a no contact sport, so injuries beyond knee, wrist and shoulder problems are rare. But every now and then you get stuck on the wrong side of a slam and the birdie smashes into you going quite fast….
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