Diamond Bar High School - Taurus Yearbook (Diamond Bar, CA)

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arsity badminton watches birdies fly high One of the sports that was not very popular, yet very exciting was badminton. Although it is not a true spectator sport, it is a very in- teresting game to play. It is an ex- ample of hard training and team ef- fort, as well as an individual effort. I enjoyed playing badminton because it also helped me stay in good position for next year's tennis season, said junior Petty Chang. Badminton is different than most other sports in that you compete in singles and doubles. Then the team wins are added up to finally decide the winner. The objective of bad- minton is to hit or smash the bir- die tcalled the shuttle-cockj over the net with a specially made rac- quet and have the birdie hit the lf we W . Dt + N , .. , floor before the opponent can return it. The key to a successful team in badminton is very simple. First of all, one needs to stay in contol. This is because if one looses his temper, he'll end up hitting the birdie too hard and too far. Secondly, one ' bl I, needs to work with his partner, not against them. Working with the partner allows for the player to have a safer system of returing the birdie. Since the beginning of the school, the varsity badminton team has won two league titles. This was from the constant two hour prac- tices and training. This proved them to be one of the most competitive teams in spring sports. RU UNI whip Jiffy i Wlfuxn H40 ll Q , my , , , , G . M ww .hs I. I V X' V I. l L Num Www mzumw 3 if-' ' I' i 4 V l 1 , V sup vi' . us , . Qxllulppflh. Bxxzax-iff!! V Neflkllyll fill? aMOND Hn. A 4 x . 5 . .X V K U U t l 4 WMI 1 was mmimw 1 lv W' A mmin 'N M ' Q Q O X 'Wal' Q1 vtdwlgl Mwmip .5 l F :N-z., 5 ' i 5 3 E ..... . - -.,,.,. ,, .-.,- r ' Q ss-. .. , A ...-,f.- Y A K f N J .. L During our badminton season a lot of players experienced a true team spirit We worked together and we won together That was the key to a very successful season and we proved our team spirit and pride to be the best victory said Danny Wang 134 Sportsfl-'ursity Badminton f,1,r,.X,.. , TAKING A BREAK - is junior Ricky Crosby. Crosby was involved in many other activities besides badminton. GRACEFUL - was senior Danny Wang against his opponent. Skill as well as common sense were needed to master the sport. VARSITY BADMINTON - Standing: Robert Barton, Muzzenil Parekh, coach Bill Murray, Doug Murray, Danny Wang. Second row: Kinney Shen, Rick Crosby, David Tong, Luc Lee, Mark Carido. Linda Shu. Third row: Claudine Smith, jenny Lin, Edith Fung, Sheila Madhavan, Petty Chang. i

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adminton at its best A shuttlecock, otherwise known as the birdie, racquet, net and players were the components of the sport of badminton. Whether singles, doubles or round robin, the object was to skillfully return the birdie over the net to the awaiting opponent. The junior varsity badminton team was coached b Doug Murray, son of varsity coaclli Bill Murray. Doug was a 1985 raduate of Dia- mond Bar High Sciiool. He played varsity badminton in his senior year. Under the guidance of D. Murray the junior varsity team was hard pressed for available practice time in the gym as the team numbered over fifty team members practicing at one time. The team consisted of primarily freshmen and sophomores with a ,xii r 5,- ,N -g , 1w.f11,!V P WN ff .- ,, -bf K A -LE- I really enjoy the sport, but we have a lot of pressure to do well because we have had such a good team in the past. I think we ll come out on top said Chris Chang sophomore RETURNING THE VOLLEY - Iason Chen, sophomore, taps birdie toward his Wilson oppo- nent. The I.V. team was coached by Doug Murray, son of the Var- sity Coach. 136 Sportsflunior Varsity 'E couple ofjuniors. Since there are so many young badminton players on the junior varsity team we should be strong for at least a few more years. I am really looking forward to playing on varsi- ty, said sophomore Tracy Huang. This was evident as many peo- ple practiced on the team. This strong base helped to provide a strong varsity team as the players increased their skill levels and abilities. These were some of the main reasons for the junior varsi- ty team. As one of the Diamond Bar High School athletic teams, the junior varsity badminton team faced new challenges in the Sierra League, which was a jump from the 3A Hacienda League. Although this has been a challengin year, I feel it has been worii all of the effort, Huang added.