Unfair Call! :(
We had a very unfair moment in a recent competition. But afterwards we had one of the funniest games I’ve played in a competition in awhile!
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A Very Generous Badminton Player
This week’s video includes a little introduction about one of my original badminton friends I have known since I was a total beginner. Foreigners come and go when you live abroad so it’s nice to have some good friends who…
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Something we All Need to Hear
So I had a little incident the other day and some thoughts about it…
Comparing Current Me to Former Me
I had an idea to compare my current game with a game from six months ago. Last Feb my health was improving, but not the the level it is today. Also last February I hadn’t started training with my coach…
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Artists Vs. Jocks: Natural Enemies?
As a lifelong artist and a new-ish jock, I’ve been doing some deep thinking about the natural social divide between the artists and athletes of the world.
I LiveStreamed my Badminton Training
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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A New Badminton Blog (and an Interview of Yours Truly)
A lot of badminton blogs have fallen to the wayside (I think all the blogs from my 2019 list are dead now, including the Adcocks website which seems to be totally down (did someone forget to pay the bill?) But…
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Badminton Mixed Doubles Training!
Not only did I do a training session with my coach the other day, but I did it with Azhi! (It was his first training session ever.) Check out how we did in this week’s video!
Different Chinese Badminton Shuttle Brands
I get a lot of questions about shuttles, mostly “what brand do you use?” China has a huge badminton market and there are a ton of small brands we use regularly. I walked around my courts, and Azhi’s club and…
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Setting Badminton Goals
I’m a goal oriented person and I prefer not grand sweeping year-long goals, but rather different goals for shorter periods in my life….like summer holiday! So here are my goals for the next two months.