Badminton Racket

After several days of research on Speed/light head Badminton Racket, I have decided to go for Yonex-Nanoflare, which is less confusing than Li Ning & Victor.

Nanoflare has 4 main 'active' series, namely 1000, 800, 700 and Nextage, with Nextage being the cheapest version. Each series has 4 grades- Pro, Tour, Game and Play respectively. Pro is most stiff and Play is most flexible. "Play" grade is about RM 300 and "Game" Grade is RM 459. The Pro grade is made in Japan, Tour & Game grade are made in Taiwan and the Play grade is made in China. 

Eventually, we decided to go with Nanoflare 800 "Game". It is a bit risky, as we were wondering if my skill is enough to control the "Game" grade, and if  I should just stick with a safer "Play" grade. 

(P.S. also choose thin string with tension of 26)

After the first trial session, I think we have made the right choice. 

Badminton Competition- 2024 Serdang

First ever Parent & Child double competition. We enter a under 15 category, which is a slight disadvantage as the next category is under 12. I am also quite unprepared despite be in training for more than 6 months. The results are 0 win 2 losses (double elimination method) and results are not as bad as I thought. 

Lai Meng Sports Day 2024

 

Congratulations Xin Xin for winning a total of 3 medals- Gold for 4x100meter relay, Silver for 80meter individual and Silver for High Jump. This is a surprise dur to her lack of practices (and also talent). This is also a significant improvement from last year, which she received a silver and a bronze.

Sickness 2024

This year appears to be affected by various sickness.

Here's the summary:-

Feb: Sick (cough/flu) during CNY

April: I had a bad flu/cough that last for two weeks. Eye infection.

May: Bad food poisoning that last for two weeks.

Jun: Hemorrhoid operation plus cough/sore throat. 

This reminds me of how lucky I was last year with really hardly any sickness.