今天是星期四，上午有时间到RICHMOND PRO BADMINTON CENTRE 与相约好的球友们一起打球。从9点到12 点，才收费$3.OO/每人，又是国际标准的羽毛球场地，真是物有所值。
由于15片场地都开放为DROP – IN 使用，今天几乎无需轮换场地，一场接着一场地打。自己开始与来自马来西亚的 GARRY 配对打双打。然后又与在球场新认识的好手们再战男双。十分过瘾和有对抗性。不过，今天打球最累的是我们混双战别人男双，还能以一、二分取胜真不容易。
今天能认识 ROGER 先生是十分荣幸。他有很好的羽毛球修养和数十年的打球经验。在大学时代还是男双选手。能与他一起打球是交流和提高的机会。
周二晚的羽毛球活动还是那样有趣和快乐。7人在一起使用一个场地，共2小时。由于PETER 先生外出两周去度假，他让BRIAN 先生顶替他的空缺，有机会让我们欣赏了BRIAN的出色球技。
BRIAN 先生也是来自马来西亚的羽毛球高手，数十年的球艺使得他成了羽毛球的业余大师。常规的击球技术他十分娴熟，就连反手正打和正手反打也得心应手。他最拿手好戏是中后场的TRICK SHOT与网前小球技术。就是有人在前场防守，他也能放出高质量的网前球，真是艺高人大胆。他的吊网是那样的精确，几乎每个都贴网而过，防守队员几乎不可能使用上手击球技术在网上拍击。再者，他每次的中后场TRICK SHOT都伴随着假动作，让防守对手多半上当受骗。 同他一起打球，能够学到不少的东西。
今天是2007年的9月17日。因休假在家，所以下午有时间到WILLINGTON CHURCH去打羽毛球。在教堂的羽毛球球场上，见到了苏先生、CHARLEY,DAVID LEI, DERECK, ROBERT,JEFF 等熟悉的朋友，还有一些新球友们。他们都是羽毛球的发烧友，几乎每周星期一下午5点到7点都聚集到这里，享受羽毛球运动的快乐。
本来今天希望能与几位熟悉的球友打上几场球，可没机会轮上。只有与DAVID打了一场，算是比较过瘾一场球了。其余几场球都是与平常少见面的球友合作打双打。大家也体会了羽毛球的乐趣。
原来有2个小时的活动，只因自身有事，6点就提前离开球场。能有一个小时运动运动，也是一种享受了。如果今后时间允许的话，自己会再到这里打球以及与球友们交流和吹水。
周六晚参加了另一组羽毛球球友在RICHMOND YUMAO BADMINTON CENTRE的活动。 进行男双和混双的比赛。本来赛事在水平相当的对阵中，是充满乐趣和对抗性。大家尽情领略比赛中的快乐。可没想到在一场旗鼓相当的比赛中，突然发生了一次离奇的断拍事件。现在回想起也心有余悸。
当双方比分要紧时，对方青年高手把握住机会，双脚起跳中后场大力斜线扣杀。自己从右半场快速移动到左半场利用反手接杀。也许是自己反手挥拍瞬间发力太大，或许对方的杀球很重，自己的球拍尽然从中杆与把手锥帽处断为两截。好彩球拍的中秆内有一条尼龙绳，没让整个拍头和中秆飞出去，不然后果难以想象。虽然我们的组合在最后赢取了那场比赛，但断拍事件让自己也吃惊不少。好险，真悬！
在周五晚的常规活动时间里，共有16位球友次参加了活动。其中KEN 还邀请了他的朋友ALLEN一起来打球。他们的配对组合具有很强的双打实力。DAVID与我的配对与他们激战了一场，许多球都是要拉锯多拍后才胜负。最终他们在失误方面比我们少，赢的了比分相近的比赛。
除此之外，DAVID又特别地邀请了其它场地的两位年轻高手与我们俱乐部的球友对阵。青年人力量足，速度快，比赛开始就依靠大力扣杀连得4分。但到了比赛相持阶段后，他们的进攻失误增加，后劲不足，最后输掉了比赛。
神奇的网前一钩昨晚上（周二晚）又是我们7位羽毛球爱好者的常规活动时间。除了MR.LES因故未到之外，其余6人都参加了活动。大家玩得很开心，比赛中出现了不少的精彩镜头。几乎每人都击出一、二个漂亮的球。而我自己更是有如神助，在左侧的网角贴网处，钩出一个“世界波”来。
当时，我的配对是73岁高龄的MR.EARNEST, 他被对手高远球压到反手后场。老人家有技术，缺力量，只能在端线附近回敬对手一个直线贴网网前球。可对手早已熟悉他的球路，已恭候在网前，轻轻用拍子一挡，击出一个滚网球。通常情况下，该分是输定了，不可能有什么作为。但世界名牌 ADIDAS 有句铭言：IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING. 只要你去努力争取，有时奇迹也会发生。自己本着“死马当做活马医”，在球将落地的一刹那，说时迟那时快，利用反手将球向网的对角一钩，奇妙的事情发生了。球在高速自身旋转贴网而上，上到网顶后，又在网带上跑了米多远。尤如一只白老鼠在网上跑，最后贴网滚下到对方的场地内。这让我们的对手看得目瞪口呆，大声喊到：“WHAT A INCREDIBLE SHOT!其实，自己能够击出这样的贴网对角球，已不是第一次了。最记忆犹新的是在几个月前与我的良师益友苏先生的对弈中。当时，苏先生在我的右侧网前也是搓了一个滚网球，我采用他传授给我的网前钩球特技，在球落地前，回敬了一个贴网而过，过网就下坠的对角网前球，让苏先生也感到惊叹，并给以赞赏。本人相信这一点，平时勤用功，赛时就会显神通。
Last night, 6 of our 7 players showed up at Richmond Yu Mao Badminton Centre. We all really enjoyed our Men’s double games. Almost everyone made one or two wonderful shots. But, the most wonderful one among them was my marvelous crossover net shot.
When my partner delivered a net shot from back boundary of our court, one of our opponents already stood in the front of the net and performed a very close net shot with light hit of the birdie. This net shot was so good that the shuttle touched the net as it fell down. Normally, at this situation, there’s nothing you can do. But, there’s a slogan: impossible is nothing. Before the birdie touched the floor, I tried to deliver a crossover net shot with my back hand. At the moment, the marvelous thing happened. The birdie rose along the net of our side and followed with the birdie flew on the top of the net just as if a mouse ran on the top of the net. It kept touching the band of the net and ran one meter long with high speed of spin. Finally, it fell down to the side of our opponents. It made our opponent shout: “What an incredible shot!”
周二晚（9月11)的羽毛球活动在RICHMOND 的YUMAO BADMINTON CENTRE进行。原来7人参与的活动在一位老资格球员临时缺席下变为6人活动，从而使得每人的出场次数较以往更多，大家玩得更过瘾。
今晚到场的几位球友中，数Mr.Eanest球龄最长，岁数最老。他已73岁，曾多次获得B C 省老年人羽毛球单打的冠军。真是羽毛球场的常青树。而MR. PETER LEE是我们RICHMOND 市羽毛球俱乐部的主席，来自马来西亚，并任职羽毛球的教练，是一等一的好手。还有MR. THOMAS, 一位硬功了得，善常于重力扣杀和上下手高远球。再有MR. JOE AND MR. LEUNG, 都是有各自特长的羽毛球PLAYERS. 能与他们在一起打球，真是体会羽毛球的快乐。
由于EANEST喜欢与我配对，我们在2 个小时的赛事中无一失守，打了6、7 场球，取得全胜的战绩。老人家脚下不灵了，但手上功夫在。对手都有些拿他没办法。他力量不足，但还喜欢打后场，常常依靠后场吊网得分。而我自己是左奔右跑到出救球和补位，让对手很难奈何我们。
大卫羽毛球俱乐部的成立为球友之间的交流提供了新的平台。
新近成立的大卫羽毛球俱乐部已得到了球友们的热情支持和积极参与。在第一和第二次的以球会友活动中，吸引了当地不少一等一的高手前来参赛。在每次3个小时的快乐羽毛球赛事中，不乏有精彩的激战。许多场次都要打到DEUCE高分后才能分胜负。
成立俱乐部，将水平相当的球友召集在一起组织活动，让参与者每场比赛都能棋逢对手、将遇良材，使得比赛更能尽兴和获得满足。作为参与者之一，我感谢DAVID LEI先生致力推动羽毛球运动的努力。作为组织者之一，我感谢球友们的响应、支持和参与。我们的俱乐部还是刚开展活动，还有许多方面有待加强和改进。衷心期待我们的羽毛球俱乐部能一步一个脚印地成长壮大起来。
让羽毛球球给我们带来快乐的人生。
Here is my first real post for this badminton blog. This blog is mainly JP’s, but I’ll post some of my badminton experiences too. You won’t see these posts as often though as I don’t play nearly as often as JP.
Anyways, tonight I went to play my weekly badminton with JP and a bunch of people we know. My first game came on, and after a few minutes I knew I wasn’t on form today. I was screwing up pretty much on every other rally, and I was sweating like crazy. I know the my cardiovascular fitness could use some improvement, but I’ve never felt like that before even finishing one game. By the middle of the first game I was already trying to catch my breath, even though the game didn’t last all that long (thanks to my underwhelming performance).
Needless to say my record today was nothing to write home about. I lost my first three games. The only bright spot was the last game, which thanks to some last ditch effort and prep talk from JP, we (me and JP) managed to grab a tough victory in my fourth and last game of the day. In that game we beat our opponents in more than one way as one of our opponents had to use three different racket during the course of the game, because the strings kept breaking on him. I would like to think his equipment troubles were due to our powerful attacks, but it’s more likely just a coincidence. JP fared better today, highlighted by two consecutive wins over some skilled opponents at the end of the outing.
I know for a fact that my badminton performance is very inconsistent, as I could play extremely well on one occasion and suck badly on another. But I think the reason for my lack of stamina today was that I was on this so-called grapefruit diet. I’ve been on the diet for about a week and I haven’t managed to lose a single pound. On top of that my strength and stamina seemed to have went down. Yes, I know this looks like me trying to find an excuse for my subpar performance, when in reality I don’t play that well. That might be true but that doesn’t stop me from trying to find something to blame on haha. Overall, despite my poor performance, today was pretty good in terms of me getting some needed exercise. Thanks for reading.
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