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Rejuvenation of younger players should be the job of the Indonesian Badminton Association. But local competitions will help identify new talent.
From the start, all I did was play football. I briefly played badminton and won a tournament when I was 12, but really, it was always football.
I watch a lot of badminton, and as a result, I know more or less about the forms of most of the players.
I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
In countries like China and Indonesia, badminton is like a religion. Players get mobbed in the street. In China, it is a national sport, and Lin Dan, their star player, is treated like David Beckham.
I hope the BWF (Badminton World Federation) will seriously do something about the Olympic qualifying format or risk getting badminton dropped from the Games.
Some smashes have been timed at more than 250 mph, so you get less than a second to react. People who see a professional badminton match up close are always shocked at the speed.
Earned a bachelor's at 27, then an M.F.A. that is still completely unused and in mint condition, never taken out of the box.
We do the majority of what most athletes do. For example, as a badminton player, you have to be able to run a long distance and sprint. We do weights three times a week.