Whoa!!! I respect you dude... I feel just like that also.... badminton is my life...it helped during my down times and kept me going ....
27 kilos in four months. Now at 106kilos. 233lbs. Money Time Social life is now AT the badminton centre Consuming alcohol Work - I would rather play badminton
I gave up only the pleasurable sleep in the cool dawn.But many bad habbits and things naturally went away.
i would simply just give up going to various social events like parties because in my mind i just want to be the best badminton player ever and i'd do almost anything to achieve that unfortunately the biggest factor that is stopping me is the lack of money i have available to spend on coaching
How about the possability my leg may snap in half from shin splints? Ive been told to stop playing and training for two weeks possibly three. Of course I havent.
If a novice player ask me what are to be given up for badminton I will answer,"Don't give up anything for badminton and don't give up badminton for anything"
I dont know actually.... I am at the stage of life that striking a fine balance of life is an art. Sole bread-winner, decent paid job that allow me to buy any badmitont equipment I like, 2 children at their most impressionable stage of development, a home-making wife that needs as much attention as ever, a typical mid-40 body/health to worry about..... among that I have to slot in time to play my favourite game of badminton 2 evenings a week. I guess the situation is about right at this moment so not sure I am ready to give up anything now in favour of one particular thing, even though badminton has been my passion since shool days. I am contented.
My sacrafice: 1. Brain cells: Try to improve my tatical game 2. Energy: Imporve overall performance 3. Patience: Can not stand playing with a weak partner in doubles anymore 4. Computer memory: It's now full of tournament videos 5. DVDs: lots of badminton dvds, so I get to watch badminton matches, while the computer is occupied by family. 6. Double partners: Refer to #3. My focus is now in Singles. The fact is that I have gained so much more from playing badminton, that all that I gave up didn't matter much at all. Things like: confidence, discipline, friendships are just a few things to list.
for me, it has always been having to give up badminton for something more important - that is to work and raise a family. the same goes for mrs. badrad as well and we sometimes wonder about what could have been if we never took that decade long break, but we never ever regret for even a second. our wish will always be that lil-badrad, lil-badelbow and the rest of you young BF'ers never have to make these hard decisions, that there is always a happy middle ground...
