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Power of Yet, Power of Pull, Power of Moments

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Picture from Andrea Piacquadio (https://www.pexels.com/@olly/) I was in a badminton gym yesterday when my daughter was attending her badminton practice with a Chinese coach. From my point of view, her training is challenging as the coach is very demanding. I spoke to the coach regularly as I want to know my daughter's progress. The coach speaks little English and most of our conversation is in Chinese. Some background on this coach. He trained and competed for China, and retired from competitions due to injury. He spent over 8 years in South America coaching the Peruvian National Badminton Team, and then settle in California (owning a badminton gym for over a decade). All and all, he has about 30 years of coaching experience. I learned much from him from badminton techniques and coaching skills. In this blog, I will share some of these learning. Power of yet... He wants his students to understand the concept of "Not Yet" . Badminton skills need to be developed over time,