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I finally returned to the school badminton club after a three week absence. One of the absences was due to a holiday, and I had something else to do on the other day. Since I haven’t played in three weeks, I expected myself to be a little bit rusty. Attendance was down this gym night, and it may be because that the school term is about to end, which means finals are looming on the horizon and a lot of projects/assignments are due. That’s good for those who attended because less people means more time on the court for us.
I played a total of four games during the session, in which I teamed up with two different guys for two games each. I was a little rusty out of the gate, but so were the opponents in the first game. Both sides were making unforced errors, but my team managed to come out on top in the first game. The next two games were went pretty similarly. Both were tight contests but both times my side claimed the victory. I was doing okay in the games but I did hit the bird out of bounds a couple of times. This may be because I just switched back to my old racket and don’t quite know how hard I should be hitting.
I was a little tired after three games (yes, I know I’m unfit), but there was plenty of time left for a fourth game so I decided to play one more. It turned out to be a good thing as my partner and I dominated our opponents from the start. I found that the opponents’ defenses were not very strong so I just crushed every high return that came my way. The attacking strategy worked well, and in the end we overpowered our opponents to take the game in convincing fashion, 21-12.
So overall I won all four games I played that night, which marks my best performance thus far at the badminton club. This was probably because my partners were pretty decent players, and I didn’t do too badly myself. However, I’m sore all over now despite playing only four games. It’s probably because I didn’t play in three weeks. Next week is the last week of classes of us, and therefore it’ll also be the last week of badminton club gym nights for this term. I will be working in the next term, but because the job is local I think I can return to school on Fridays to take advantage of my membership.