Tony Tam

Category: badminton

  • Badminton turned Tennis player: Serving grip

    Badminton turned Tennis player: Serving grip

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    During COVID-19, my attention has turned towards learning tennis. In the mornings I practice 1 to 2 hours of just serving as I try to understand the learn about the game. This morning, I was able to understand the correct grip to get the slice for the tennis ball.

  • Hello badminton, I miss ya

    Hello badminton, I miss ya

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    Badminton lovers, I will see you on court as soon as we can safely be back on court!😭

  • The backhand smash in badminton

    The backhand smash in badminton

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    It’s been a while since the sport of badminton has seen another great backhand smash. Taufik Hidayt was the defacto backhand king. See videos on DuckduckGo search. Victor Axelsen of Denmark has been working on his backhand smashes and I believe it’s the new birth of the backhand smash. I’ve seen him use it at…

  • Pantone 534 C

    Pantone 534 C

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    Pantone is the perfect place to find that right shade of blue. Tonight for a SF Badminton bag, I selected to use Pantone 534 C.

  • Taking the long view

    Taking the long view

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    Yesterday, one member of my badminton group reinjured his knee which was already hurting from a skiing accident. He wanted to play yesterday because he loved the sport and thought he could still play and take it easy. Unfortunately, we pushed him pretty hard on court, and he collapsed in pain when he twisted his…

  • The Finger Power In Badminton

    The Finger Power In Badminton

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    @Tony Tam That’s right! It gives you more control and racket speed if you relax the fingers before you hit, but for power, you still need to figure out how to do the weights transfer! Weight transfer has something to do with the body, shoulder, forearm, and wrist rotation. You used to have problem with the…

  • Malaysia : Bangalore : Taj Mahal : 2008

    Malaysia : Bangalore : Taj Mahal : 2008

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    I’m one of the luckiest guys in the world! I get to spend a day in Malaysia just to watch the Badminton Super Series in Kuala Lumpur before traveling to Bangalore, India to work remotely for a week. Off to New Delhi and Agra on the weekend and visited one of the seven wonders of…

  • Not Being Fair Is OK

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    I’m in Malaysia watching the 2008 Badminton Super Series (I’m an addict) I noticed that older women in Malaysia and Bangalore often would cut in front of lines to the bathroom. It almost seems like they think it’s their right. At first I was going to ask them to get in line, but then I…

  • 3 Badminton Coaches

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    I think I’m reaching some kind of badminton craziness. I had just signed up for 10 lessons with my third coach! Now I’m being coached by Paul Koo, Lili Zhou, Chandra all at the same time. Paul likes to have me do footwork and build muscle mass. Lili focus on fine technique of the wrist,…

  • UC Berkeley and Yahoo!

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    This announcement brings back floods of memory when I was in UC Berkeley in 1998-1992 Yahoo! Research Labs Establishes New Center of Excellence with UC Berkeley Top Ten Memories Of Berkeley Sitting in a huge auditorium for my first CS 60A class with probably 200 students listening to Common Lisp programming Falling asleep on the…