9. The Time Between Graduation and Moving to the UK (1985-1987) I was very lucky when I graduated university after four years. Firstly, it meant that I did not have to go through national military service, which was compulsory at the time for all Korean men for three years. At the time of my...

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8. When I Was Attending University (1982-1985) During my third year at high school I was the number 1 badminton player across all high schools in Korea. I decided to go to the Korean National University of Physical Education. This university was established by the Korean government in 1981 with...

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7. Badminton, My Life & My Path - The time in The High School - The 2nd & 3rd Year The 2nd Year When I was in middle school, I lost to better players 1-15 or 3-15. It was like a pro player playing against a beginner. During the 2nd Year, I reached the final stage in singles of the...

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6-High school (3 years) - Year 1 My attitude had changed. This year is the most crucial year of my life. Not only for badminton but my life as a whole. Between middle school 3rd year and just before I start high school 1st year, I was beginning to wondering about life and death as well as the...

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My weight loss challenge to be 88kg from 109kg I would like to share my weight loss challenge progress with my coaching website members. When I was training seriously, my weight was 78kg (age 17-18), which was the hardest training I was having. My weight became 82kg when I was at university...

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5. Badminton, My Life & My Path - The time in Middle school (3 years age 12-14) - The 3rd Year The coach of the middle school club had to go the national military service at the end of my 3rd year. All the males in Korea had to go to the military service for three years. He really wanted us...

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In the 2nd year of middle school, the training got much harder. A lot of footwork training and multi-shuttlecock training. I did not have any reason or goal in badminton. I just followed the training. This was the year I behaved very lazily and I tried to find all the possible ways to not do...

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Accuracy Beats Power When I see 100 club level badminton players and rising competitive level badminton players, about 80-90 of the players are turning their bodies before they hit clear, drop and smash. It is also the same when they do forehand and backhand drive and net kills. I ask them a...

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There are two different types of badminton children can do. One is take it as recreation/leisure activity and the other one is do it as competitive sports activity. Sometimes children enjoy badminton as a pure leisure activity and later becomes a competitive serious player. I see very often that...

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The middle school I went to had two special sports clubs. One was badminton and the other one was gymnastics. I was too big to do gymnastics and one of my relatives was captain of the badminton club, also as I did a bit of badminton in primary school, I decided to enter the badminton club. In the...

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