Life of Badminton

Lately Marlo and I had really got a morale boost in badminton lately, especially after we started scoring points head to head with the professionally trained players.

I played badminton again yesterday with one of Zam's cousins. However for some reason Zam's cousin Ray was in another level altogether. Actually, I wouldn't call it another level, he just played the game alot differently.

We are used to the more aggressive players, the more in your face style people who slam the shuttlecock to score points. Slowly by surely, Marlo and I have started adopting this style. In fact, we have even developed our own niche, he became the finisher and I was the defensive player - reason is that I can cover the court and return hits well, while Zam seems to excel in finishing blows. Our chemistry as a team really shined when we were able to start defeating Sharon.

Ray on the other hand, he played a more technical style of badminton. Even when he had the opportunity to slam, he would try and do shots near the net or direct the shots in very tricky angles. He had excellent sense of control and I believe he even added a spin somehow onto the projectile as it seemed to gravitate alot faster that a normal shot. In short, we lost pretty badly.

We got so exposed to the aggressive style of play that we forgot about the game of deception and player manipulation! It opened a whole new direction of the game for me that night. Yes, we lost pretty badly, but it inspired me to play in a different way. I've never been good at slamming. (Yes - I can do them and yes, it can definetly be still improved) because I lack that killer touch. Marlo seems to have the killer touch that is embedded into the finishing slam- the one that ends the game.


The whole badminton experience reminded me of one thing. I forgot that to achieve something, there are many ways to go about it. I have been trying to force myself into a style that isn't me, mainly because in my immediate environment everyone does it in that way. The game told me that if I cannot use force, I can use deception/manipulation!

I look forward to seeing how much my potential can be maximised through this experience.



P.S - the whole debacle on the 30 year old girl is over. It's nice to know that I am still attractive though.