An American Girl Learning Badminton in China
When I started training I always did it during the day, with no one around. At night there are so many distractions: courts are filled, people want to talk to my coach, that training is constantly interrupted. But during the…
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It took two weeks of trying (first week was a no go due to technical issues with my Youtube account) but I finally managed to livestream my training session! It was unfortunate that it wasn’t nearly my best training session…
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So, while we aren’t under lock down anymore, classes are still being done online. Younger students have less hours than normal, so there is a group of kids who have been taking advantage of less class time with more badminton…
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My August break is over and I’m back making new videos. During my summer break I was looking at some of my old videos and couldn’t help but laugh at some of the drama queen moves my coach pulls. So…
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The 2019 training camp went off without a hitch! They had a TON of playing time, and TON of training time and they did not waste a minute, despite the 40 degree temps (100+ degrees F)
Latest video was inspired by a random invitation by my coach to go watch a competition. I had no idea where I was going, or who I was going to cheer on, but I’m glad I went. It wasn’t the…
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When I started badminton I was basically on my own. I left the foreigner group but wasn’t really embraced by my new Chinese club. I also didn’t have a lot of confidence, because most beginners don’t, and didn’t know what…
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So I finally went back to the courts…this time to play! I’ve been super extra careful with my recovery, but nothing makes you recover more than feeling good. And nothing makes me feel good as badminton!
Last week I talked about how to make a schedule. So I figured I better follow it up with what a typical week looks like of actually playing! To play as much as I do I’m actually a member of…
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I’ve said many times on this blog that my coach likes to yell at me while we play. Well, I just so happened to catch one such incident this Saturday night. I wasn’t originally gonna make a blog about it,…
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