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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Tag Archive: teacher
The Quiet Moments
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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My Coach is in My Head (WU #22)
On Tuesday, playing with my foreigner group, I got a shot over the net (barely) and my opponent wasn’t able to return it. “Hao qiu!” my partner said (good shot) but I silently cursed myself. Because booming in my head…
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I Just Leveled up Big Time!! (WU #21)
I did it! I was finally asked to join a high level group of all Chinese badminton players. Woot! Cross another one of the “goals” list! It’s because of my coach of course. At his new badminton place he started…
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The Newest Best Badminton Place in Xiamen. Nay, in China. Nay, THE WORLD!!
After several months of planning and building my coach finally opened up his own badminton courts! And they are aamazzzinggg! He built it from scratch, and it’s exactly what you would expect from someone who is an expert and connoisseur…
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Root Canal! (WU #19)
This week started with a root canal. Not an auspicious beginning. I put a picture on my wechat and my teacher, being very Chinese, said the root canal was because of all the cold water I drink. In China it’s…
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In Which I realize I have Less Confidence Than I Thought (WU #18)
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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Sometimes You’re the Motherf*%$^ Windshield! (WU #17)
So remember a few weeks ago when I wrote about how depressing sports are sometimes? Since then Wednesday nights haven’t gotten much easier. Training with my coach is always awesome, but then I have to play with the other people and…
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Figuring out the Coach/Player Relationship
Get me to start talking about badminton and within the first minute I’ll gush about my super awesome coach who’s the greatestthinginthewholewideworld. We’ve only had four months of class and I know very little about him personally. I know he’s married…
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Becky Got Her Groove Back (WU #14)
So ever since that soul crushing Wednesday a few weeks back, I have decided to just accept my fate. Wednesday I will focus on my awesome class, and just deal with the humiliation that follows. The other people at the court…
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