Best Badminton Blogs 2018
My previous Best Badminton Blog post is one of the most popular posts. But I wrote that two years ago and the badminton blog world has changed. So I thought I would update it for the new year. The Adcocks…
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An American Girl Learning Badminton in China
My previous Best Badminton Blog post is one of the most popular posts. But I wrote that two years ago and the badminton blog world has changed. So I thought I would update it for the new year. The Adcocks…
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My coach and I haven’t started training yet, but we are back to playing and he has taken to playing with me so he can yell at me the whole time. Between being sick and the Chinese New Year holiday…
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As an English speaker who is living and training badminton in China I realize I have a bit of a unique niche. China is the gold star in the badminton world but unless you live here (and speak Chinese) it…
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Today is Chinese New Year and the start of Spring Festival (the biggest holiday in China). Each year has an animal of the zodiac and this year it is the year of the dog. If you were born in 1946,…
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First weekend of 2018 and Azhi and I managed to win not only the game, but a team tournament! If that’s not a good omen, I don’t know what is. It wasn’t my club, but Azhi’s club. It was a…
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I was too sick to play badminton on Christmas, but I rallied for New Years because I had tournament to play on New Years Eve day. A Team tournament. And I was chosen to be captain again! This tournament was…
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To say this has been a big year for me would be an understatement. Last year I competed in only one badminton tournament. This year? 11! Almost one every month. Last year I had seen one professional game which I…
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I was playing the other night and this guy, who I never met, walks in and sees me. “Long Xiao Bing!” he calls out in a booming voice. I was in the middle of hitting with a guy but I…
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I was by myself, practicing my serve, when I came across a plastic birdie in the box. We never play with plastic birdies and I tried serving it like the others and of course it went all wonky. When I…
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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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