dial_100 Posted November 15, 2014 Posted November 15, 2014 I used to play when I was in high school. Does anyone play at the club level? Has anyone participated in the tournaments to get the USATT ratings? I want to start playing again. I think it will be fun at this age. It will serve both the purposes of fun and fitness. We have a club here and all the members are very good. I am more like mid-level beginner. Club membership is $50 a month. I saw very few indians in the club list. For me to get the ratings, I will have to practice a lot before i can play tournament and get my rating. I know at best I can reach unto 500 ratings. 1000 within a year would be a fun as that will make it exciting to be part of the club.
maniac Posted November 15, 2014 Posted November 15, 2014 I was pretty good.....Used to play at the YMCA regularly back when I was in India and maybe at best a decent inter-school level player. I have been looking for places to play badmintion in the U.S....not found too many but TT,I am sure you will find a lot of them even though unfortunately in U.S TT or ping-Pong is not treated as a serious sport
vvvslaxman Posted November 15, 2014 Posted November 15, 2014 I was very good too :). I had no back hand. Would you believe it . I could twist my hands like rubber to play back hand with forehand movement.
vvvslaxman Posted November 15, 2014 Posted November 15, 2014 i play Foosball instead of TT .. more fun Anything is better than developing carpell tunnel syndrome by playing video games incessantly.
dial_100 Posted November 15, 2014 Author Posted November 15, 2014 My forehand and backhand are equally strong. But i don't no have a match practice. In the college days, my college was runner up two years in a row at the district level. But that is about it. I never played since then. The club that I am referring to has free coaching every monday for the new members. Which is a good thing. Plus you get to play with hundreds of players in the city. Yea I can find some Rec centers or YMCA to play but playing only against 1 type players will make the game 1 dimensional. I will update this thread as I progress.
triam Posted November 16, 2014 Posted November 16, 2014 @maniac where in the us do you live, I still play competitive badminton ( i was ranked nationally in the us earlier but no longer). I can point you to places to play if you are interested.
coffee_rules Posted November 16, 2014 Posted November 16, 2014 I am at 1200-1400 level regularly play in ping pong clubs here in Nj area. My backhand is better than forehand . I have tenergy 05 on a butterfly paddle. Pretty good for my skills. I cant play with a tenergy 64. Fast rubber needs better skill.
maniac Posted November 16, 2014 Posted November 16, 2014 @maniac where in the us do you live, I still play competitive badminton ( i was ranked nationally in the us earlier but no longer). I can point you to places to play if you are interested. I am in the Stamford,CT area. I would really appreciate if you can recommend any good badminton clubs :two_thumbs_up: I have seen a lot of Chinese people temporarily convert racquet ball courts to Badminton courts by bringing in their own nets etc. but I am looking for more genuine badminton club. Thanks in advance :icflove:
vvvslaxman Posted November 16, 2014 Posted November 16, 2014 I am in the Stamford' date=CT area. I would really appreciate if you can recommend any good badminton clubs :two_thumbs_up: I have seen a lot of Chinese people temporarily convert racquet ball courts to Badminton courts by bringing in there own nets etc. but I am looking for more genuine badminton club. Thanks in advance :icflove: You can play with Dunder Mifflin employees. :cantstop:
Laaloo Posted November 16, 2014 Posted November 16, 2014 I am in the Stamford,CT area. I would really appreciate if you can recommend any good badminton clubs :two_thumbs_up: I have seen a lot of Chinese people temporarily convert racquet ball courts to Badminton courts by bringing in their own nets etc. but I am looking for more genuine badminton club. Thanks in advance :icflove: I thought you were going to cali?
maniac Posted November 16, 2014 Posted November 16, 2014 I thought you were going to cali? Nope moved to east coast and this time permenantly .....was in cal for 5 months
Laaloo Posted November 16, 2014 Posted November 16, 2014 Nope moved to east coast and this time permenantly .....was in cal for 5 months :nice: I moved to the midwest for a bit. already snowed 3 inches last night and bitter cold :((
FischerTal Posted November 16, 2014 Posted November 16, 2014 :nice: I moved to the midwest for a bit. already snowed 3 inches last night and bitter cold :(( why there?
dial_100 Posted November 16, 2014 Author Posted November 16, 2014 Thanks Coffee.. Wow 1200-1400 is pretty decent man. I know I am not ready for custom paddles yet. I will play with what I have right now and then probably get one later.
Laaloo Posted November 16, 2014 Posted November 16, 2014 why there? job after graduation my parents still live in Jersey
dial_100 Posted November 16, 2014 Author Posted November 16, 2014 Kids wanting to discuss hide-n-seek or lingocha type of games should keep out of this thread. add something valuable here. :haha:
triam Posted November 17, 2014 Posted November 17, 2014 I am in the Stamford,CT area. I would really appreciate if you can recommend any good badminton clubs :two_thumbs_up: I have seen a lot of Chinese people temporarily convert racquet ball courts to Badminton courts by bringing in their own nets etc. but I am looking for more genuine badminton club. Thanks in advance :icflove: http://badmintonclubs.org/connecticut-clubs - checkk out this link, I have some friends that play in connecticut area but dont know the specific clubs. PM me if you want some names etc... The reality is though there are very few badminton deidcated gyms in the usa. there are 2 in newyork, 2 in boston and 2 in new jersey in the east coast. either way hope you get back to playing badminton
dial_100 Posted November 17, 2014 Author Posted November 17, 2014 MOD, can you change the title to Table Tennis/Badminton. I think its goes well in this thread. I used to play badminton but it needs lot of fitness. Its hard to keep up at this age.
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