Looking Back
My blog is just a small blog. A place to put my thoughts and feelings down about my badminton journey. I thank you for reading it, but if nobody read it, I’d still write it. That’s because I find it…
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An American Girl Learning Badminton in China
My blog is just a small blog. A place to put my thoughts and feelings down about my badminton journey. I thank you for reading it, but if nobody read it, I’d still write it. That’s because I find it…
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I’m dumb. Really, really dumb. And in badminton it is painfully easy (and incredibly fun) to trick me. My coach does it all the time, feigning his body left while hitting the birdie to the right. Or jumping up to…
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We got 5th place! Out of 16 teams!!! Sure 1-3 would have been best, but I’m actually really psyched and a little relieved. I was afraid that we would do so much worse. I’m the kind of person who gets…
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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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Next weekend I have my first badminton competition (that I didn’t organize)! Woot! Woot! Ironically, one of the foreign teachers told me about it, not my badminton friends. He had a local friend who told him of the local “international…
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Xiao Bing! Too Slow! Xiao Bing! Wrist higher! Xiao Bing! Body Lower! Xiao Bing! Too fast! Xiao Bing! Smash it! Xiao Bing! Hit it to the empty areas! Xiao Bing! Don’t smash it, hit it lightly over the net! (Xiao…
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When I came back from my summer travels I wasted no time getting back into the badminton game. And by “wasted no time” I mean, devoted myself entirely. I decided to not see my friends, not go out for lunches…
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So the Olympics are having their closing ceremonies, and countries are celebrating their achievements. And while I had an awesome time watching the games with my coach and group, I can’t help but feel sad in the end. Why? Well,…
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Needless to say, I’ve been looking forward to the Olympics, not just to watch some amazing badminton games, but because it was an opportunity for badminton to get a little international press and attention. For the first time in history,…
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Equipment I’ve pretty much got things down pat these days, and with my new shoes, and re-stringing my racket twice last time, I really didn’t have much costs at all. I did get myself some fancy new sweatbands, and a…
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