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The last two Sundays I played badminton with JP and his buddies. Two Sundays ago JP lost his beloved ArcSabre in a nasty collision with his partner’s racket. This week one of racket’s string snapped while he was coaching, and since he also didn’t bring my rackets along he also had to lend me a racket, which means he still had about three usable rackets left during last yesterday’s session haha. Anyways, there were only really four of us playing on the court yesterday. The person who booked the courts had some other business to attend to, and nobody else showed up to stay. JP’s friend did bring one of his friends along to play one game, but after that it was down to JP and me along with JP’s friend and his son.
Due to the low turn out I had to play in every single game, but I was actually doing quite well in terms of stamina. After winning the first two games easily, I did get a little winded in the third game and our opponents had us on the ropes 18-20, but JP and I caught a couple of luck breaks and won four straight points to take the game 22-20. After that game I got my second wind and actually dominated the rest of the games. I was winning because I was being really aggressive and rushing the net whenever I had the chance, and surprisingly my body was able to keep up. Playing doubles is all about being aggressive and rushing the net, since the easiest way to get a kill is by smashing from the front court. Our opponents didn’t have very strong attacks and one of them was a little inexperienced when it comes to playing doubles, so JP and I were able to keep pressing them. If their offense was more powerful then it would be a different story.
So overall I won all seven of my games yesterday. Hopefully these Sunday sessions will continue since I can get some exercise. I’m also thinking about going back to school to play in the badminton club after work, since I have already paid for the membership. We’ll see if I can motivate myself to get more exercise.