An American Girl Learning Badminton in China
If you are a long time reader of this blog you might recognize the name Xiao He. He is my friend who introduced me to my coach, the friend who taught me my first ever badminton skill, won the first…
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There are three people I play badminton with regularly that hate me. One is a middle aged guy and he doesn’t just hate me, he hates all women. A classic misogynist he will regularly talk about how women’s, and mixed…
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A lot of badminton stuff has been going on these days, but in the midst of competitions and meeting badminton legends, I’m still keeping up my training. I’m pretty solid on the basics now, so my training has now changed…
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Most of the people I play with are cool and we are used to each other. But I go everyday, and end up playing with lots of new people every week. Sometimes we become regular buddies and sometimes I never…
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I always talk about how awesome badminton is, but it’s not all rainbows and unicorns over here. Playing badminton has brought a lot of problems to my life and I decided to share some of them. One problem I’ve already…
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Badminton is the perfect sport. You don’t need a lot of fancy equipment or a lot of people to play. You can just grab a friend and play on the sidewalk with a cheap racket and birdie if you want….
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