Hehe, first lesson for badminton today. Got alot of scolding though cos i didn't do what was being told and taught. Just realised that i have been playing badminton for the past 6 years the WRONG way and I'm too used to that.
First, he asked us to play probadly want to see what's our standard...
Then we did basic warm up through foot drill. That warm up had already made me very tired....(15mins)
Follow by doing drills. Standing in the middle, turn back and skip twice, Swing your racket and skip back to the middle. *X15* Those skip through and fro, whacking your racket super duper hard... totally drain all my energy away. I can feel that my muscles are aching. And guess what, its only like a quarter of the session. We rested quite a while before we were called by him where he serve and we are suppose to hit as hard as possible over(that's where i got all the scolding, i forget the proper way to hold a racket, the foot step and using only back hand)
After resting, we played in a triangular formation where player 1 start from the back to receive the ball and later to the front of thd next part of the court while player 2 move to the back of other side of the court( yup, i made the same mistake again, its really hard to change those old mistake, it has been a habit)
While the others are practicing, we did simple work like hitting and jumping at the same time.
Lastly, we queued up to recieve serves from the couch
What i learnt today:
1. How to serve
2. How to hold the racket(at the end up the racket)
3.Always swing with your rackey from the back and swing towards the right
4. How to hit just over the net( racket lie flat)
Things i hope to achieve at the end of the session( besides learning skills of badminton):
1. Keep fit (better stamina + muscles XP )
2. Lose weight
3. Grow taller (HAHAHA!)
This is how i felt after the whole programme...
Time flies and that's the end of the programme. I have no doubt that i have learnt A LOT from the whole training. Most people there are adults. Towards the later months, the people are more friendly (not that the rest don't!) I try to teach you when they feel that you did not do it the right manner. For example, till today i can't serve the right manner which is from the side (I have been serving from the front for years and only then i know it'd only used when playing doubles)and so the uncle tried to help me by demostrating how to serve and asked my to keep practicing. Even i felt Paiseh. A badminton player can't serve... JOKE! Like i mentioned, i learnt so much skill and i benefited a lot. No doubt that it burns my tue night but i guess i gain more than i loss.
From the "Things i hope to achieve at the end of the session" list, i think i only manage to have muscles and keep fit definiately. I felt so MACHO, really macho. I got muscles on my arms and i really felt very strong. I got better stamina and more muscles at my legs as while. Still having fat legs but at least they are muscles.
Sadly, they are ALL GONE! After not exercising and especially now, not even jogging anymore due to exams and i don't know if i have time this weekend to do so. So many evernts coming up... I seriosuly feel fat+weak now. Okay i know i'm not really obese but i can really see my tummy and i can't stand them anymore. I'm gonna start my extreme work out after Chinese Olevel~
That's all for today. I know the first 2 post is like very dry and boring... I promise to have photos for the next few post :D
XOXO
