nike lebron shoes on sale to learn and loads

[googbaycoco]

Badminton 101

You play the game with what feel like toy racquets, hit a ball with a frilly bit on the end, and knock this ball over a miniature volleyball net. Not the kind of game you'd expect to get you fired up with competitive excitement and make you feel as if you'd just run a marathon, right?

But that's how I feel when I come out of my first twohour session with instructor Linda Maher and her group of 60something badminton players totally exhausted yet counting down the days until my next game!

Badminton is actually a strenuous sport, earning you the same exercise PointsPlus values as tennis (roughly 3 activity PointsPlus values per 60 mins if you're a 150pound woman), yet http://www.nikeshoesa.com/nike-lebron-c-82/ is faster paced as it's played on a smaller court, and thus feels friendlier and more personal.

Maher, who's played since school days, and is qualified specifically to teach beginners (whom she now coaches twice a week) says: "It can be intimidating if you haven't played for years, or at all, but once you've mastered the serve and played nike lebron shoes for sale a few games you'll soon have the hang of it."

To illustrate her theory she starts me (a total novice) off by teaching me to serve. When you're used to a tennis, raquetball or even pingpong ball, the rubberended shuttlecock does take some getting used to. But after a few misaimed shots I've got my (albeit shaky) backhand serve down.

After a bit of volleying back and forth, Maher boots me straight into a real game with the other members of the group. Trying to control my rising panic, I apologize in advance to my unsuspecting partner and concentrate. And immediately feel like I've been playing for years!There's a lot of jumping as you try to whack those high shots, and diving down to pick up those sneaky justoverthenet shots that your opponent tries periodically, so if you have back problems Maher recommends consulting your doctor before hitting the courts.

Other than that, the game is easy nike lebron shoes on sale to learn and loads of fun to play. The players laugh and joke with each other as they play, and when someone loses track of the score it's not the end of the world.

However, if you're thinking this isn't competitive enough for you, think again! When I start improving and giving the opposing team a run for their money, the gloves come off and the ladies show me what they're really made of! Shuttlecocks zoom by me cheap nike lebron shoes as I scramble to and from the net, trying to keep up and by the end of game four I've had a real workout!When it comes to gear, most centers offering lessons will provide the racquets and equipment.

The people I played with were dressed in everything from shorts and Tshirts to tracksuits, but if you're looking to play traditional badminton, appropriate attire is skirts and polo tops for ladies and shorts for men. Basically the tennis look with a casual twist.