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Hello everyone,

My name is Jin and I have been reading a few of Paul's articles recently and decided to join the forums after seeing how helpful people are on here and how much knowledge there is to share!

I guess I should briefly tell you about myself..

I live in York and at the moment I only get 2hrs badminton in a week and that is at a group coaching session with someone from Badminton England. I used to play a lot (ableit socially and at clubs that didn't compete in leagues). The only competitive matches I really played were at Keele Uni. I had an unfortunate accident with my back and had surgery on a disc at only 22yrs of age. This stopped me playing when I was really getting addicted to badminton unfortunately and then after 6 or so months I finally started playing again, but had a temporary relapse of my back problem, which convinced me to stop playing pretty much altogether and stick to football, which I also adore. After 1 more relapse of my problem I went back to physio and have learnt to be more careful and strengthen my core muscles, which has basically enabled me to play badminton freely again (touchwood) and I have become addicted more than ever thanks to coaching sessions that were introduced in York.

ANYWAY, this is MUCH more than any intro needs to be, but I thought I'd explain things properly and I can only do that by saying why I stopped playing for almost 2 years!

Currently I'm looking at joining a club to play regularly at (but not really in leagues or anything). The one good thing about starting again is that I feel like I'm learning from scratch without too many bad habits..

 

So hello again to everyone!

Paul said:

Jin

Welcome to the forum.

Let's see if you can buck the trend of new members by actually contributing.

It's a shame that there are so many players signed up to this forum and yet never make a comment. Everyone has something to say and I'll bet there are numerous unique approaches to the game which would help so many readers to the forum.

Hopefully you'll be a keen contributor so that we continue to spread the word and help players find answers to their questions.

Paul

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I will definitely try to contribute to the forum, though my knowledge is limited! I do think it would be good to have a general discussion forum, which would encourage people to chat and maybe contribute more across the forum

Hi there,

I played at RI a few times socially and the standard at the actual club is immense – they have some incredible youngsters there. I hate the courts and lighting though, and it's a bit of a nuisance getting into city centre! I've heard Clifton is a great club too and know someone who taught badminton there. The current coaching sessions are run by Badminton England and are at a place called Energise (formerly Oaklands Leisure Centre at Oaklands School). It's brilliant and has helped me to get back into badminton – hopefully they continue doing it for a while!