Racket Adventures: Day at the Beach!
My racket, not content to just sit at home bored everyday, took a day off and went to the beach!
Author Archive: Becky
Weekly Update #3
Every week I recap how my week in badminton went. I play three days a week: games with my regular group on Tuesday and Thursday and class with my teacher on Wednesdays. This week, I had a lazy weekend. Well, not lazy, I saw Anna Karenina…
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Let’s Drool Over Some Hot Badminton Guys!
So I stumbled across this article, which was one of the highest shared badminton articles on Facebook this past week. It was shared and liked thousands of times (about 48k). The article is about Gronya Sommerville, an Australian up-and-coming player…
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Singles Day Became Badminton Day!
The biggest holiday in the world that you’ve never heard of, just happened. In China November 11th (11-11) is Singles Day. Cutesy idea so single people can revel in their singleness. But no one cares about that anymore, that’s because…
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My Most Important Piece of Equipment
So, by now you know I love my racket, and my squeaky new shoes are fun to run around in. But I played before I had them, and if they were taken away, I can continue to play. But there…
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Welcome to Badminton Becky!!
Hey there, welcome to my new blog! Maybe you came from my other blog, or maybe you are totally new. Let me ‘splain what this is. Who is Becky? That’s me. I’m an American girl who has been living in…
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Weekly Update #2
Tuesday started off tired as usual. I have class in the morning, and we don’t start playing until 8pm, and I take the bus for an hour to get there, so I’m usually pretty wiped by the time we start….
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How Much Does Learning Badminton Cost Me? October’s Costs
Since I am just beginning the “journey” of badminton I decided I should keep a tally of how much it is costing me. I’ll start in the month of October because that’s when things got serious. Before October the only…
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Guess Which Country These Badminton Players are From
Let me show you a picture of a famous player or players and you guess what country they represent. This is Howard Bach from America Mesinee “May” Mangkalakiri and Eva Lee, of America Junior Champions from America Caught onto my…
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Squeak! Squeak! My New Badminton Shoes
I’m not the kind of girl that has a closet full of shoes. In fact, I usually keep only 4 pairs: Hiking shoes, sneakers, sandals and some sort of more “formal” shoe like a docker. Each has a specific purpose…
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