A good friend of mine played badminton at York. She was excellent at basketball and volleyball (played both in college); but those were her only sports and she needed another to be a 3 letter athlete. She ended up finishing first on the team and something like 7th in state.
I was a competitive swimmer for eight years and I think my Dad must have been at 90% of my home meets. I give him huge credit for this, as even I had a hard time watching the entire meet when I was competing. Plus, it's always 120 degrees and humid up in the stands.
Go see your kids doing what they love. You only get a limited number of chances to do this. It's awesome.
In reply to Woody :
I go to all of can. I told her I would watch her if she sat on the bench the whole time.
I was messing around a bit with this topic. I just find it funny sometimes.
I married a music teacher and am therefore conscripted to a lifetime of elementary and middle school musicals and concerts.
APEowner said:I married a music teacher and am therefore conscripted to a lifetime of elementary and middle school musicals and concerts.
A friend of ours - three boys all in band and choir. Father is high school band director, wife is junior high school band leader.
So I says to the guy at a concert one night - how many concerts have you sat through in your lifetime?
A lot he says.
Driven5 said:clutchsmoke said:Olympic badminton? I can definitely watch that. Maybe I'm biased because I played competitively for years in my youth.
Your poor parents.
Hah! By 'competitively' I should clarify that was a quick way to say that my Dad got really into badminton when I was a kid so I played a ton from age 8-17. I'd play him 1v1 a couple nights a week and we would regularly go to adult open gym and play doubles. Luckily the guy running the open gym and the other adults didn't mind a kid attending. Except when we beat them. 
So weeks and many games have passed by.
I love it. They are good players.
Its a wicked good sport.
Woody said:You will be completely into badminton before the end of the school year.
Yesterday I went to my 4 YO grandson's first T-ball game. It was like they turned a bunch of squirrels loose on the field.
In reply to spitfirebill :
Tee-Ball is rough on spectators.
In reply to spitfirebill :
The high point of my nephew’s game was when they found worms under 3rd base.
I have 4 sons.
They early on played T ball.
Dads pitch 3 balls before they set the ball on the tee.
I was pitching/bored and my son drove a blazer square into Nic & Ned.
I went down for an eternity, it seemed, in front of the whole world.
Whatever sport they play, I now have, never ending attention, and appreciation, for whatever they participate in.
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Woody said:Woody said:You will be completely into badminton before the end of the school year.
You’re a genius.
Gasoline said:I have 4 sons.
They early on played T ball.
Dads pitch 3 balls before they set the ball on the tee.
I was pitching/bored and my son drove a blazer square into Nic & Ned.
I went down for an eternity, it seemed, in front of the whole world.
Whatever sport they play, I now have, never ending attention, and appreciation, for whatever they participate in.
Well said. My hat is off to you, sir!
Woody said:Woody said:You will be completely into badminton before the end of the school year.
The season ended yesterday. My daughter ended up doing well. The other teammates were encouraging and helpful. I apologize for bashing this sport cause we ALL had a great time!
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