How to join
A Badminton Club
6 Tips to Joining A New Badminton Club
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hey guys I'm still recovering from my
illness but doesn't mean I have to stop
talking about badminton just because I
can't play it so today I want to give
you six tips for joining a new badminton
club tip number one use any advantage
you have the advantage that's the
easiest to use is money
when I started playing I didn't know
anybody in the badminton world I didn't
know anyone I didn't know how I could
join clubs I didn't know if there were
clubs so what I did is I got a coach I
paid money to get a coach obviously
coaches our higher level player they
have their own clubs if you pay access
to a coach and you kind of prove to your
coach that you're you know very serious
and you work really hard in training
your coach is more likely to introduce
you to his club or if not his club he
can help you introduce you to higher
clubs or higher players and if your
coach vouches for you people are more
willing to play with you so the easiest
way to get a coach is to just pay for it
I know that's not a possibility for
everybody and maybe some areas don't
have many coaches but that is kind of
the easiest way to get into a higher
level club or at least have somebody
vouch for you there's any other
advantages you have such as I speak
Chinese so when I went to America I
would actually go to Chinese groups and
I would start speaking Chinese and they
would always be excited to play with me
because not many like blond Americans
can speak Chinese so if you have
anything like that as your advantage if
you're a manager and you have some
employees that are maybe better than you
at badminton you can kinda maybe push
your way into the badminton group try to
find some advantages and use your
advantages whatever it is tip number two
be an active participant if you get
included in a group if there's some sort
of text chain or Facebook page or WeChat
group be active don't just join and stay
silent try to talk a lot introduce
yourself this could also be in person if
you are introduced to a new group you
know introduce yourself find out
people's names start talking to them ask
them questions about them
people love when people ask questions
about them be active be very talkative
don't be shy because if you're shy
sometimes it can come off as snobby so
you need to be like maybe overly
friendly and maybe like a little
ridiculous sometimes but that really
works tip number three don't be a
freeloader
okay don't be the person that takes all
the priorities and never bring some
yourself don't be the person that never
pays even if you think you're better
than the rest of the group players don't
be that person like don't think that
playing with you is such an honor that
you can just play for free so definitely
pay and definitely like bring birdies
bye everybody water once in a while
don't be a freeloader and don't think
you're too good for a group even if you
are one of the better players in the
group you're never too good for the
group which brings me to my next point
tip number four don't be a dick nobody
likes to play with a dick okay it
doesn't matter if you're the best ever
nobody wants to play with you there are
a couple people in one of my groups they
act like it's an honor to play with them
that if they choose you as their partner
like you are so lucky and you should act
like it and what happens nobody wants to
play with them even if you're gonna win
a game it's not at all fun to win a game
with somebody who either looks down on
you is not taking it serious or every
time you make a mistake they go or they
try to tell you what to do better like
nobody likes to play with those kind of
people so if you're in a club and you're
one of the highest level players be
gracious think about when you play with
higher level players and think about
when a higher level player might go to
you you feel really really bad so if you
are a high level player in a club be
gracious be kind be encouraging
everybody knows you're better okay you
don't have to act superior if you're a
lower level player in a club don't be
like the whining sniffling oh I'm sorry
I'm sorry I'm sorry
nobody likes a partner that's constantly
apologizing everybody knows your level
it's obvious by your footwork and your
gameplay so you don't need to advertise
your superiority or your inferiority so
be gracious be kind badminton is a
social sport and people don't have to
play with you they don't have to include
you always get the birdie if it falls on
your side and your
get it don't wait for the other side to
get it partner does something and
apologizes say hey no problem we'll get
it let's go you know Jo don't be a dick
tip number five play the long game this
is one of my favorite tips and this is
actually how I've kind of snuck into
some of the higher level groups that I
play with what you do is you do kind of
sneaky because clubs are more than just
clubs there are social groups too so
even if your level is the same as
someone they're not gonna be that
willing to play with the stranger so
what you kind of need to do is introduce
yourself in a sneaky kind of sly kind of
way
sometimes club members you know that
getting off work they're coming in late
sometimes maybe there's one club member
or three Club members and they just need
like a fourth person the easiest thing
to do is to go up to a stranger who's
maybe waiting for more their club
members to show up and you just say hey
you want to warm up with me just for a
couple minutes my clubs slow to arrive -
most people will just accept that and
say yeah cuz most people are eager to
play sometimes you can get away
immediately with after like a few minute
warm-up say hey you guys want to just
play a quick game sometimes you might
get kicked off you know sometimes their
Club members might come we're playing
the long game so joining joining a
higher-level Club will take a little bit
of time so you need to be patient so you
kind of need to introduce yourself so
hitting for warmup is a great thing or
if it's very busy there's people just
waiting just start like chit-chatting
maybe you see someone has like a nice
racket or some shoes and you can say oh
hey I've been looking at that how do you
like it do you recommend this racket Oh
tell me you know stuff like that so you
do have to be brave and you do have to
talk to strangers with this one but the
more familiar you are with this other
club the more likely they are to be
willing to accept you and then you know
maybe maybe warm up or casual chitchat
will turn into oh we're short a guy do
you want to play with us and you've been
like yeah okay or you know it you're
playing with them you do in halftime
your club have to time their club and
you get added to their group this is
kind of a sneaky way but it's how we
make friends right we don't just like
make instant friends with everybody it's
like you slowly get familiar with people
six show that you're willing to work for
it if you're lucky enough to kind of
casually play with some higher level
players or if they even invite you to
club night you got a show that you're
willing to work to be with that I've
known some clubs where they make people
play for years until they're actually
allowed to join the club and to join
them in competitions you need to show
them that you're willing to work on it
and that you are working on it if you
get included into a higher level group
you can't just like you know lay on easy
street
you gotta you got to keep at it because
if they invite you they can uninvite you
so make sure you stay hungry and make
sure you keep at it
and work hard towards proving to them
that you deserve a place in the higher
club honestly people and other clubs
will see that and people and even higher
clubs than the club that you're trying
to get into they will also start
noticing your eagerness and your
enthusiasm and that your rising through
the levels not just one night game but
over a period of weeks or months other
people might be watching you and so it
could be a gateway to even a higher
level club and playing with higher level
players one bonus tip it's not about
joining a group it's about leaving a
group if you join a higher level group
it means you got to leave the lower
level group don't burn bridges as you go
stay in the chat group stay talking to
them from time to time don't immediately
leave them like you're a teenager and
you were just picked to eat lunch with
the popular girls okay don't forget your
old friends maybe a few of them you can
bring with you once you're established
in a new higher level Club and there's a
couple old people in your old club that
you know are working really hard why not
invite them for a night or two at your
club it's always nice to kind of pay it
back because somebody vouch for you so
it only helps all of us if we help to
kind of raise the level of everybody
don't act too cool to your old group
just because you joined a new higher
level group so that's my bonus tip 7
don't burn bridges so let me know what
you've done to join higher level groups
and how you were able to move up in
level and in club play and please like
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