An American Girl Learning Badminton in China
I love notebooks. I have notebooks for diary, to-do list, notebooks with lists, notebooks with travel plans, notebooks with future plans, notebooks for writing and more than a few blank notebooks I have never used yet I loved them too…
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A few months ago I wrote a blog post called Women of Badminton! Stop Doing This… But now I’m turning my eye towards you fellas. Why did it take me so long? Well, honestly? Guys are a little more sensitive…
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It took forever for my coach to finally order them, but we got our new club shirts with our own logo designed by my coach! Our shirts are “in the style” of a Victor shirt and the China national team…
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So two days after my first win of the year, I met my coach for training. He knew I wasn’t feeling super well, and he actually wasn’t either. He had a lingering cold, like me, he couldn’t shake. “So we…
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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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The week between Christmas and New Years was a sad week for badminton. I had my last week of classes (final exams) and I had the holidays, a birthday, an anniversary, a company meeting and some other events to deal…
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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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