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Our 60th episode is the last for a while, we've had fun doing it and hope you've enjoyed listening to our ramblings. Maybe we'll return again some other time but until then...keep coaching, keep playing and keep enjoying our favourite sport!
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Rachel revisits The Beat with her post-All-England Open follow-up to Episode 58 and Kaz chimes in with his "2-pence" on some of the matches and how they're being covered.
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On the eve of the All-England Open, Badminton Beat hosts a 2-parter with "Roving Reporter" Rachel Honderich. First, a chat with her before departing for London, catching up on some training pointers, a bit of All-England history and her use of fitness monitors/watches for badminton. Part two (Episode 59) will take place later in the week after Rachel and partner Kristen Tsai have played their first match at the All-England Open.
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Back for her 3rd visit to Badminton Beat, Michelle Li's latest visit is taken from an on-line chat we had prior to Ontario re-opening gyms (and Badminton courts) for regular training again. Michelle has joined the Granite Club and is now training with fellow Olympian (and BB roving reporter) Rachel Honderich. We caught up with Michelle to get her "take" on training, returning to the courts and what it's like to play Tai Tzu Ying and Pusarla V. Sindhu. Plus lots more.
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Happy 2022! Coaches Mike & Kaz take a quick look at the World Championships and also discuss the changes that Danish player, HK Vittinghus would like to see made to the badminton scene...as well as some of our own.
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Kaz and Mike are back with a review of some things that have been going on in the Badminton world this fall as well as a few ideas to try out next time you hit the courts.
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The 2020 Paralympics just wrapped up in Tokyo with Para Badminton making it's debut in the Games. So with the increased interest, Badminton Beat caught up with Canadian Coach Ram Nayyar to help explain the details and various categories of Para Badminton.
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Coaches Mike & Kaz catch up with Canadian Olympian Rachel Honderich for the last of her 3-part Tokyo Olympic "Rachel Reports". Rachel talks about her & doubles partner, Kristen Tsai's matches, their strategies and other things relating to her Olympic experience as well as what lies ahead.
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We're back with the Rachel Report Vol. 2: We caught up with Rachel, now in the Olympic Village the evening of the opening ceremonies which she and Kirsten decided to miss in order to prepare for their first Olympic match the following day.
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The Rachel Report #1: Mike and Kaz chat with Canadian Olympian Rachel Honderich in Hakodate, Japan where she and the rest of the Canadian Olympic Badminton Team are training before their matches begin in Tokyo on July 24.
Canadians can watch matches on-line on the CBC Gem website at: gem.cbc.ca. As we mentioned in our talk, we don't yet have information regarding full-matches being televised on the CBC TV.
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The Olympics are just around the corner and Canada is sending its largest Badminton Team ever to the Games. So on July 3, we took this opportunity to catch up with singles sensation Brian Yang about making the team, being the youngest male singles player in the Olympic men's singles draw and some of the things that led up to his being selected. Coach Kaz also stopped by to give his "2 cents" on a few badminton events that have taken place since our last podcast..
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Mike, Kaz and Rachel discuss the lead-up to the Olympics, a few Badminton shows on Prime Video and Netflix and the narrowly defeated proposal for new scoring.
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Mike and Kaz emerge from winter hibernation with a long-overdue Episode 48. Lots of things to chat about: New Scoring, European and Pan-Am Championships, The Olympics, "desert-island" drills/training, Kaz complains a bit...and more.
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Happy New Year, Team! Badminton Beat is Back! And so is badminton...well, not in Canada but it IS back in Thailand which is where "Roving Reporter" Rachel Honderich is this week. Coach Kaz and I chat with her leading up to her and partner, Kristen Tsai's match later this week at the Thai Open (their first international match in 10 months). We find out about the very different tournament set-up and training arrangements necessary to host and play an international tournament during the pandemic.
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Badminton Beat is taking a break for now...thanks everyone for listening and keep safe.
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Ayaka & Jens (amongst others) retire, Coach Kaz "buys the farm" (perhaps to practice his Air Badminton skills) and we all wait patiently for the fall season to begin and some big-events, including Thomas & Uber Cups to (hopefully) take place. These are just a few of the things discussed in this month's BB Podcast.
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While most of us are heading back to the courts, Super Dan and Danish doubles maestro Carsten Mogensen go in the opposite direction and announce their retirements...so definitely some discussion around those two. We also touch on a few coaching strategies, what the post-CoVid (or mid-CoVid) return to the courts is looking like and Kaz faces a rapid-fire questionnaire with suspicion.
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The Badminton Beat crew check in on several coaches who are at various stages of re-opening their badminton courts after (or leading up to) the lifting of CoVid 19 lockdown restrictions: Andrew Dabeka in Switzerland, Ram Nayyar at the Vancouver Lawn and Tennis Club (in Vancouver) and Stephane Cadieux at the Boulevard Club in Toronto.
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Continuing the Badminton Journey...while staying at home, Kaz and Mike discuss their actions and distractions during these isolating times. And as always, a few things to consider to keep your shuttle-sanity.
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The Badminton courts are closed, the gyms are shut down...but you can still get your Badminton "fix" by listening to Episode 41 of The Beat with Mike, Kaz & Rachel.
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