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Post by Knight of Lodis on Aug 27, 2004 21:51:50 GMT -5
Yes it is! I just got back from playing Badminton with the Asian group at the gym. They play every week friday and saturday nights. I held my own some but there were some good people. I have never been so sweaty in my life. If you haven't played a real match try it! I am definitely going back next week to play. Not only am I the youngest one but I am the only white one LOL. It is not a very popular sport in the US but it is the 2nd most played sport worldwide! The dudes all had their nice titanium rackets from China and I had my cheapo Walmart 2 for $8 ones. BTW the net is really around 5 ft tall.....not the size of backyard volleyball nets. The shuttlecock can go up to 200 miles an hour so watch out lol. I got hit a few times already. Seriously go try it. If you saw it on Bravo on the Olympics then, you definitely know whats going on.
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Post by SNK! on Aug 27, 2004 22:13:45 GMT -5
Actually, I dont think my school even offers badminton
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Post by TreasureFinder on Aug 27, 2004 22:29:06 GMT -5
I don't know of any school that offers badminton as a sport. Of course, football gets all of the glory in high school, but oh well.  |
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Post by Magicman on Aug 28, 2004 0:25:42 GMT -5
Academic team: The real sport.
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Post by DRottenI on Aug 28, 2004 1:07:56 GMT -5
I didnt know asain people played badminton ;D But all the sports my high school offers are crappy ones, they dont even offer La Cross (sp?) if you ever played that one its actually pretty good, but TF is right all schools seem to offer football and basketball and so on, what about the other sports, there just as good and most likely better
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Post by AssassinLoki090 on Aug 28, 2004 1:20:13 GMT -5
....I hate Badmintion.....I really enjoy a good game of FOOTBALL! Also tennis is alright, but Ive been told i hit the ball to hard. We got all the usuall sports, but no crap like la cross, etc.
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Post by Jaggy on Aug 29, 2004 0:14:40 GMT -5
^ I'm the opposite of you.
Badminton's about the only sport I'm good at... but I hate playing sports anyways. And yeah, it's true, it's such an Asian sport that it's not even funny. >_> We used to play it like every Wednesday at the community center when I was in like gr 3 or SOMEthing like that. Then we played it in PE too, but I don't take that anymore, so meh. I'm pretty sure my school offers it, and I WAS going to join in gr 8, but I think I was too late or something.
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Post by mech on Aug 30, 2004 1:52:57 GMT -5
I'm good at table tennis, badminton, and sort of good at tennis. All similar =o
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Post by SNK! on Aug 31, 2004 17:20:46 GMT -5
Only sport I'm good at : Swimming.
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Post by Knight of Lodis on Sept 2, 2004 10:48:08 GMT -5
I am gearing up for more badminton action tomorrow night vs the asian grad students. My calfs killed me for the weekend afterward so hopefully I won't get so sore this time lol.
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Post by Kamon on Sept 16, 2004 14:48:58 GMT -5
....I hate Badmintion.....I really enjoy a good game of FOOTBALL! Also tennis is alright, but Ive been told i hit the ball to hard. We got all the usuall sports, but no crap like la cross, etc. Lacrosse isnt crap. im not a fan of badminton but i enjoy basketball and football the most |
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Post by fallenangel55 on Sept 16, 2004 15:15:08 GMT -5
Badminton kicks ass. Same goes with vball, bball, soccer and i sometimes play flag football. I'm all over the place - except for running. I hate running long distances. Its a pain in the ass; for me anyways. |
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Post by Jaggy on Sept 16, 2004 16:43:31 GMT -5
Lacrosse is difficult.
And yeah, I hate running too. I'm horrible at it in every way - long distance or speed. I dreaded those timed runs in PE. Thank god I'm done with PE forever. GWAHAHA!
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Post by fallenangel55 on Sept 19, 2004 22:04:29 GMT -5
Yeah, I can't wait till this semester is over.  I thought gym would be fun but i guess i proved myself wrong. I pulled a muscle in my neck. All the pain i had to go through.  |
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Post by Vapour on Oct 22, 2004 19:21:02 GMT -5
Badminton kicks ass! Not one of my favorite sports, but I like it. I play on my school team. Too bad we suck...
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I thought gym would be fun but i guess i proved myself wrong. I pulled a muscle in my neck. All the pain i had to go through. 
