Badminton!

So, according to my plan, I would continue playing badminton. Instead of going to the Badminton Club on Tuesdays after school, I continue playing badminton with the people from different embassies every Saturday. The reason I cannot go to the Badminton Club after school is because I have guitar lesson. Playing with the people from school and people from the embassy is very different. It is so much harder to play with the embassy people because they are all the older people and they are so much experienced than me. At first, when I wanted to join them, I thought there will be a lot of people with the same age as me, but, unfortunately, no. Most of the people are all the working people and only few of the are children and teenagers. And I actually thought that I am already good at playing badminton, but when I was playing with them, I realized that I am not that good. I have a lot more to learn in badminton than just playing it. 

So, someone from the Indonesian Embassy saw how bad I was, and now he's teaching me a lot, like how to smash (getting better at it, eventhough still bad), and also how to tackle when someone smashed at you (still working on it).

Same as in school, everytime we want to play, we pick a partner and change everytime we had won a match. Often, I get a good partner of course, because everybody there is so much better than me. But, I still feel good about it, I have the chance to play with them and it motivates me to be better at playing badminton. 

The CAS learning outcomes that I achieved by playing badminton are :

• Increased the awareness of my own strengths and areas for growth, I know what I have to improve with my skills now and I have a lot more to learn in badminton
• Worked collaboratively with others, choosing partner and working collaboratively with them to win the match
• Shown perseverance and commitment in activities, I have never missed going to badminton every Saturday unless I have something more important to do
• Developed new skills, now I know a bit on how to smash and a bit on how to tackle when someone smashed at me