I’ve always had a fascination with how things are made. Typically, things that are important to me. When I was a kid, it was chicken nuggets (hint, it’s gross). Now, it’s mostly exciting things like debit cards and car tires. I do make an exception, however, for anything related to racket sports. This blog is …
I always intend to put my tennis balls back into the canister when I’m done playing. I think I even succeeded once. You’d think that they would be fine rolling around in my gym bag but you’d be wrong. I can play half a dozen matches and my balls still look new. After a couple …
I’ll be honest, buying the best tennis balls on the market isn’t going to save your abysmal court game or conditioning. At least it didn’t do much for mine. The other problem is that it takes away your ability to blame your mistakes and errors on the ball. But maybe you’re good enough that that’s …
In high school, I worked part-time at my local rec center. It wasn’t glamourous but I did at least get in for free in addition to getting hamburger money. On nights that I closed, I was typically there until 9:00 or so at night…unless I had bad luck. The “bad luck” I’m referring to actually …
Badminton and tennis have much in common. In fact one of the most common elements seem to be that the players hate each other. Well, maybe hate is a strong word. But I’ve never enjoyed the haughty stares from the short-shorts-wearing tennis players as I make my way over to the badminton net. To be …
When I was a kid we would had what my grandpa called a “portable net system” for playing sports. Every 4th of July all of the kids would run out to set it up. It consisted of two poles, stuck into the middle of cement-filled tires. We would roll them into place and string a …
I’ve always felt that having a great badminton bag is one of the most integral pieces of equipment that you can pick up as a new player. In fact, I purchased a bag long before I bought badminton-specific shoes. My main problem was this: I hate showing up to play looking like a bag lady. …
“The net is too high!” Believe me, I’ve heard every excuse possible for losing a game of badminton. Usually coming out of my own mouth. Because I don’t want to have to complain every time I lose (or give up a victory on the off-chance that I win) I make sure that, if I set …
When I was a kid, I always wore my shoes way too tight. In fact, the reason I even learned how to tie my shoes is that my mom wouldn’t tie them as tight as I wanted them. I just didn’t feel right wandering around with shoes that had any flap in them at all. …
You can see many players requesting the umpire for something, take a little break, go towards their kits, take a small bottle out and sprinkle something over the racket handle. Many people wonder about this mysterious looking thing. It is nothing more than just a normal bottle of badminton Grip powder! Those who are hearing …