here and there, in a summer camp, during some short breaks,

What would you ask? I presume you won't want to waste time asking
her on things you can find answer from standard badminton references.

Hi All,
Since our group is hosting a Summer Camp with Li Ling Wei, we would like to setup an interview to ask about her past badminton experience. Thus, if you guys have any questions (badminton-related only unless there is a good questions that are not badminton related), please post it on the board.

Once the interviewed is completed, we will post it on the web. Thanks for all your help.

Sincerely,
David

(i presume you guys are asking for the same purpose. so i merged the two threads)

Kwun,

David and I are probably asking two different questions. His
questions may eventually generate answers that people can learn more
about Li Ling Wei herself (or something about Chinese National Team), or
something along that direction.

Whereas my question is geared towards improving my own games.
I've some questions that I thought I'd ask Li herself. I'd like to conduct
some sort of brain storming here, to generate the best ideas/questions.

FYI, the contents of the summer camp so far has been very very basic,
geared more towards those who never received any training before. In
order for me to learn anything, I need to actively ask questions.

As a motivation for anyone here to participate, if you generate some
interesting questions, and I get a chance to ask her, I'd share her answers
here with you. However, I won't promise I'd ask all questions raised here.

Raymond

Raymond,

how about these.....

How do you know if a person teaches the correct basics?

How to change somebody's technique if they have been using it for so many years with so-so success?

How to stop them going back to the old (and less efficient) technique?

Changing a stroke makes a person initially lose confidence as their standard goes down. How do you convince them they are doing the correct thing by changing?

For some students, they like a lot of explanation and interaction. These students are usually quite educated. Yet for some, translation into 'real improvements' on technique are only modest despite understanding the theory. How do you help these students?

Still thinking of more:confused:

Cheung,

That's a good start. I certainly hope the questions would be more in aspects that directly affect our own games. A question about finding a good coach and identifying trade-marks of good basics seems like an interesting one. Somehow, I suspect she would answer it in a certain way. How would you think she would answer it?

I've one question in mind, which I don't know if we've explored here before
(by someone asking an equally accomplished international player). Perhaps
David (dsc) may help by adding this to his interview questions (I can only ask questions during water break. Unlike me, I suppose David would have dedicated
time for his interview). Here's the question:

How did she prepare herself or her players to handle high profile high stress
major tournaments, esp. when China seems to be losing. What are the important
things they'd do/think before and during the tournaments to keep their performance
intact?

The answer to this question could help us mortals in handling the not-so-major
tournaments in our lives :)