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Losing at Badminton? Take Steps to Success!

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:50:24 -0800

Badminton: Steps to Success breaks down common errors players make and provides corrective techniques to pinpoint problems and improve execution.

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Badminton Techniques: 5 Common Badminton Doubles Mistakes

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 06:05:03 -0800

It's easy to pick up incorrect badminton techniques. Here are 5 badminton doubles mistakes, plus tips and badminton videos to help avoid them.

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Medvedev clashes with Putin... on the badminton court - Telegraph

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:48:00 -0800

via telegraph.co.uk

A new celebrity badminton player....Medvedev!

Who'd have thought the Russian president would know how to play? To be honest, he does have room for improvement but any support for our game is welcome!

Badminton Video: Shuttle Badminton Documentary Part 1

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 04:25:00 -0700

via youtube.com

An interesting badminton video: a documentary about badminton's place in Malaysian culture (part 1 of 2), by filmmaker Rob Hardcastle - as he points out, Malaysians play badminton from age 6 to 66. Features Wong Choong Hann and Lee Wan Wah.

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Record Breaking Shuttlecock Juggling Video!

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 06:06:00 -0700

via youtube.com

Never seen anything like this! A record breaking 10 shuttlecocks being juggled

Also see my article about record breaking badminton smashes.

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Paul Stewart Badminton-Coach | Yonex Racquet Chart 2011

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 06:01:00 -0700

via badminton-coach.co.uk

A useful chart explaining the differences between the bewildering range of Yonex badminton rackets, from Paul Stewart's excellent badminton coach website.

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Badminton Doubles Player: Fu Haifeng biography on Squidoo

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 09:35:00 -0700

Have a look at my biography of Fu Haifeng, who with Cai Yun is the world men's doubles champion, and has hit the world's fastest smash - 332kph (206mph).

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Badminton History: Evolution of the Shuttlecock

Tue, 02 Nov 2010 06:10:00 -0700

via badmintonthai.or.th

Just found a beautifully illustrated history of the shuttlecock on the Badminton Association of Thailand's website.

It's a bit of an epic, starting in 7th Century China, via Japan, India, Native America and Europe, finally finishing off in 19th Century Colonial India. I think it says that a lot of the material was unearthed by a Swiss researcher looking into the early history of football (it seems that shuttlecocks used to be kicked around in many ancient cultures).

However it's all in Thai so I'm only getting the gist of it, thanks to Google translate. But the pictures are fantastic!

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Fancy a game of badminton on your iPhone?

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 06:48:00 -0700

via mobilecrunch.com

Want to play badminton? There's an app for that...

Anyone played it?

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Imagine Federer vs Lin Dan - Racketlon

Sat, 02 Oct 2010 03:30:00 -0700

What is racketlon?

Racketlon is the sport in which you play your opponent in each of the four racket-sports, table tennis, badminton, squash and tennis one after the other. You play the same number of points in each sport, giving equal weight to each sport. The rules of each sport are kept within each individual set and every point counts. The winner is the best all round racket player.

World History

More recently, the ERA has entered into a commercial relationship with TotallySporty.com, which aims to help Londoners to find sports partners & has featured racketlon as a sport of the month.

via englishracketlon.org

A bizarre idea - but wouldn't it be great to have a pro version, with Roger Federer competing against Lin Dan?

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Record Breakers! - Badminton England

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 10:33:00 -0700

15.09.10
Record Breakers!

On Saturday 11th September 2010, 113 people ranging from nine to 70 years gathered at Langley Secondary School, Solihull in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the ‘Most people participating in a badminton rally.’

The existing record held was 96 people, which was achieved on 23rd May 2009 in Singapore. Solihull & Shirley Performance Centre organised the event with help from its juniors and senior club as well as from pupils from Langley Secondary School and players from other clubs from the Solihull Badminton League such.
Wendy Bill, from Maurice Robinson Sports, kick started the event at 1pm. It was a nail biting event with several attempts being made, some almost reaching our target before finally succeeding at 1.40pm when Andrew Kitching, number 113 hit the final shot – the atmosphere intensifying as we reached our goal.

Qiao Sun hit the 97th shot to take the record. Gina-marie Goulding, forward for Birmingham City Ladies’ Football Club, was also there to hit the 66th shot. Ruby Turner (Soul/Jazz singer) and Doctor Karandikar from the local community were on hand to witness the event. To mark the momentous occasion we were honoured by the presence of the Mayor and Mayoress of Solihull.

There had been two failed attempts this year by Aston University and Aylesbury but everything just appeared to go right for Solihull and Shirley.

For more information about the club, click here.

via badmintonengland.co.uk

A great way to promote both your badminton club and badminton in general in your local area!

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Badminton Stereotypes — by chiefhoohaha « Off-Tangent

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:56:00 -0700

via cokhoonut.wordpress.com

Entertaining list of badminton player stereotypes – doesn’t tally with my experience but has cute pictures!

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Knockoff Sports Goods from China - NYTimes.com

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:18:00 -0700

Andrew Bettles for The New York Times (Shoes provided by Immigration and Customs Enforcement)

Differences between real (left) and fake (right):

PULL TAB The finish of the top edge is asymmetrical.
LOGO The signature Nike logo on the counterfeit shoe is more like a check mark than a swoosh.
STITCHING Each stitch where the upper meets the sole is longer and less uniform.

via nytimes.com

For the highest quality counterfeits, "The only way to tell the difference between the real ones and ours is by the smell of the glue." (apparently the fake shoes have a “heavy” glue smell).

Fascinating and detailed article from the New York Times the about Chinese counterfeit goods industry, the ambivalence of the Chinese authorities about the subject, and how real manufacturers are trying to combat the fakes.

It focuses on rip off Nike tennis shoes made in Putia, China; but the knockoff badminton racket industry must work in a similar way.

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Shirt.Woot : Badminton vs Tennis

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:00:00 -0700

via shirt.woot.com

Further evidence that badminton is better than tennis ;)

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Bossy Chinese team getting on the nerves of many in Paris

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:08:00 -0700

CHINA can boast of having the quantity and quality in their team for the world championships this year. But their lack of respect for others is slowly getting on the nerves of many....

via thestar.com.my

Apparently there are many complaints about the behaviour of the Chinese Badminton team in Paris. Perhaps this is partly due to an unusual lack of confidence in their chances - the Chinese coach is only targeting wins in 3 events and defending champions in men's doubles, Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng have barely practiced together this year, and they face a lot of tough competition in their attempt to win a historic third World title.

Fingers crossed that the rest of the world can compete with them and win some titles!

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Mix Yopur sport - Foot Badminton

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:44:00 -0700

via youtube.com

They're not really following the proper rules of badminton, but impressive skills nonetheless!

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YOG - The Best of the Rest?

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 17:18:00 -0700

Singapore will go down in history as the first host of the Youth Olympics. Badminton was included in the list of 26 different sports, with a total of 64 players in competition. The next generation of badminton champions are on the way...

via badzine.info

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China's Racquet Town – Longmen, Zhejiang Province — Road Less Travelled Blog

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 07:35:00 -0700

via roadlesstravelled.com.au

Interesting documentary about a Chinese town which strings 50 million badminton rackets every year. Gives an insight into how China's economy works and how it produces so much with paltry labour costs.

I had no idea that most rackets from China are strung by hand with no stringing equipment used - hopefully just the cheap garden rackets and not expensive Yonex rackets!

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Stretching before exercise 'is counter-productive' - Telegraph

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 04:06:00 -0700

Published: 7:00AM BST 16 Apr 2010

Many people take it for granted that they should start their exercise routines with some stretching on the spot, hoping it will loosen them up for their work-out.

Most fitness experts now agree this kind of static stretching before exercise is not just counter-productive, but potentially harmful.

Traditional stretches, like when people bend over to touch their toes or stretch their legs on a fence, often cause the muscles to tighten rather than relax — exactly the opposite of what is needed for physical activity.

via telegraph.co.uk

According to current scientific best practice, static stretching before sport is bad - best to loosen up with light exercise to warm muscles up. Save static stretching until after the excercise. Remember this next time you play badminton!

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Jonassen to take over as British men's singles coach in July | More than the games

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:20:51 -0700

via morethanthegames.co.uk

Great news - Britain has signed up Kenneth Jonassen as the British men's singles coach. Jonassen has been the Danish coach since 2008 and can take credit for a very successful All England 2010, with Denmark winning in the Women's Singles and getting both winner and runner up spots in the Men's Doubles.

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