An American Girl Learning Badminton in China
According to my Youtube analytics, my first video where my coach yells at me got a lot of views. It’s my 6th most popular video in fact! My coach yells at me all the time, so why not do another?…
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My motley team of strangers finally got together and played our competition together. We lost–bigtime–but I was totally expecting it and I actually had a lot of fun, so it was kinda a win. I was put together with a…
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It’s not easy being a girl in sports. A few months back, I’d listen to everyone and everything. I had very little badminton knowledge, experience or skills and everyone could teach me something. But I’m learning fast (it feels like…
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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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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. Badminton is a kind of magic. Ever since I have started playing it, I…
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