Lee Jae Bok - 4 training videos

Perhaps you have heard of legendary badminton coach Lee Jae Bok.
If you haven't, you have now.

Here are 4 of his training videos on youtube:
Doubles Attacking System
Low Serve
Helping Fore Court Player
Helping Rear Court Player

Note: The acoustics in the videos are substandard so we recommend putting on headphones and listening intently to Lee's instructions.


Doubles Attacking System



Low Serve



Helping Fore Court Player



Helping Rear Court Player



-VK

BadmintonAlley.com Chinese New Year Special

BadmintonAlley.com, the club's preferred supplier of equipment and shuttlecocks, has a Chinese New Year's sale continuing until February 9th, 2009. We have just recently placed an order of 60 tubes of shuttlecocks for club and team use.

Be sure to take advantage of lowered prices on racquets, bags, and shuttles.

They are also including a free calendar with any $50 purchase, excluding tax and shipping.

-VK

Badminton may as well be your religion.

One of our team members, Linh Thanh Bui, has shared a training resource with us called The Badminton Bible.
Leave your hymns at home. This site hosts articles (five currently) written by a professional badminton coach that are sure to enhance your game.

And now some words from our sponsors:

For those who are starting badminton, I suggest a few things you should focus on and a few things that you should not focus on at this stage.

FOCUS ON:

- focus on the correct grip - read the grip guide in BC
- focus on the correct stroke - ask a coach to show you.
- focus on footwork
- focus on fitness - jog/swim/bike - or do footwork drills

DO NOT FOCUS ON:

- trick shots - stop learning those strange shots.
- fancy style - i have so many times seen beginners with really fancy looking hitting style but then they miss the shuttle. keep it simple.
- strength training - leave this after you have learned your basic strokes
- expensive racket - you will most likely be wasting money

~~Keep on letting that fire burn~~

-VK

DC Open 2009 Results

Hoo boy. Another year, another DC Open.

The Drexel Badminton Team was at the University of Maryland once again for DC Open 2009 from January 9-11, 2009. The tournament ran like a well-oiled machine and competition was enjoyably intense.

We stayed at the Clarion Inn where bed bugs were kept to a minimum this time around. 70 bones a night for a double room with free breakfast but the free WiFi was inexplicably down.

The tournament results are here. Drexel Badminton highlights:

• Chern-Hooi Lim - Men's Singles - B Level Semifinalist
• Xiang Mao - Women's Singles - A Level Quarterfinalist
• Anna Luong - Women's Singles - B Level Semifinalist
• An Nguyen - Women's Singles - B Level Finalist
  
  
• Peter Thai & Zdravko Tyankov - Men's Doubles - B Level Quarterfinalists
• Henrik Lam & Chern-Hooi Lim - Men's Doubles - B Level Quarterfinalists
• Anna Luong & An Nguyen - Women's Doubles - B Level Semifinalists
• Xiang Mao - Women's Doubles - B Level Finalists
• Chern-Hooi Lim & An Nguyen - Mixed Doubles - B Level Quarterfinalists
  
  
• Peter Thai - Men's Singles - C Level Quarterfinalist
• Vincent Kan - Men's Singles - D Level Semifinalist
• Sara White - Women's Singles - D Level Quarterfinalist
  
  
• Vincent Kan & Chunyin Li - Men's Doubles - D Level Quarterfinalists
• Linh Thanh Bui & Artur Vieira - Men's Doubles - D Level Quarterfinalists
• Sara White - Women's Doubles - D Level Semifinalists

Congratulations to our noted Drexel players and to all participants as well.
Peter Teuben, tournament coordinator, has his photos here.
My photos, centered mainly around Drexel, of course, are here.

Looking forward to next year's DC Open.

-VK

Mid-Atlantic Juniors 2008 Results

A day late, a dollar short? Or perhaps, a month and a half late.

Nevertheless, here is how the Drexel Badminton team fared at Mid-Atlantic Juniors 2008 held at Bryn Mawr College on December 12-13, 2008.

• Chern-Hooi Lim - Men's Singles Champion
• Ta Lin - Mixed Doubles Consolation Champion
• Anna Luong - Women's Singles Consolation Finalist
• Zdravko Tyankov - Mixed Doubles Consolation Finalist
• Zdravko Tyankov & Chern-Hooi Lim - Men's Doubles Finalists

Well done to all participants. Photos are here.

-VK

Practice Schedule - Winter 2009

Location
South wing of DAC - 2 courts

Team Practice
Wednesday - 8:30pm to 10:00pm

Club Practice
Tuesday - 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Friday - 6:00pm to 9:00pm

-VK