As a child, growing up may sometimes be mediocre especially when a person may not have special skills. He or she can get high grades in school, but still not be considered a genius. However, skill and talent can be discovered when doing other things or playing other sports such as badminton.
When people grow up, they tend to experience and discover new things as well. It is there someone may discover his penchant for badminton. He could then go on and develop his skills to the point wherein he needs a challenge.
Badminton, in all of its aspects, is a tough sport. It is easy to play but hard to master. With increasing difficulty, it has its benefits. In playing and competing in badminton, one can become physically fit, meet new people and meet their first love.
Badminton is very physically demanding. It requires constant movement around the court, especially when playing a singles game. Therefore, physical fitness is a must for the sport. Training at least four hours a day, maybe sometimes even five hours or more and six times a week, will allow that person to gain the physical fitness needed to play the sport. Training may include running, not jogging, around a 400 meter track and at least 10 laps. Furthermore, a time limit may be given to finish the track and a corresponding consequence may be given if the player or trainee fails to complete the run in time. However, training does not stop there. After the exhausting run, the player may need to do drills, lift weights, and other physical exercises later in the day at the behest of his coach. Some coaches would even prevent the player from taking a break or resting until he or she vomited. Players train not only to get physically fit, but mostly, to compete in different tournaments and see how they fare against people with the same skill level or greater. In competing in various tournaments, the player may be able to meet different people.
Being trained by a well known coach and representing a club, team, or school has its own benefits. There is an opportunity to meet a lot of new people and at the same time, be known to others through exceptional playing skills. Fame may be given to people who win tournaments and especially to those unnamed people who are able to beat top ranking players in major competitions. Wherever the winner goes, surely there would be people who would know his or her name. Not only that, winning competitions may give a player the chance to be sponsored and sent to training camps to even better his skills. Meeting all those people, I was able to meet the first girl I ever loved.
I was sent to a training camp in Antipolo for two months. We were a group of nine players who were being trained by two Indonesian coaches. Even though all of us bonded in that short amount of time, I became close with this girl I trained with. At first, we became good friends, but after spending so much time together, even after the camp ended, we eventually became best friends. Not long after that, I started to have feelings for this girl. Things in time did not work out for the both of us, but currently, we still are good friends. I am thankful I got to experience all of this, all because of one thing, badminton.
If it was not for badminton, I could have been a different person today. Badminton has pulled me out of my shell and I am glad because I am having fun. I will never forget the times when I trained until my body would give in and the numerous interesting people I met. Badminton has been and always will be an integral part of my life because I became fit, met people and fell in love.
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