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Conclusion...

So, this is our final blog post!

We have discussed about sports, mainly focusing on gym, swimming and badminton. We hope our blog is a good guide and information for those of you who are interested in them!

Remember, for good health exercises are important. The type of exercises depend solely on yourself. You could choose to do light exercises few times a week if you're just aiming for good health, you could focus on cardiovascular exercises to burn calories and keep fit, or you could choose to do vigorous exercises if you're aiming for a muscular body. Also, remember to do warming up exercises each time before you start, and also to cool down appropriately.

On the other hand, for good health you need to also keep a good diet. Do not expect to be healthy by exercising vigorously but consuming large amounts of deep fried oily food daily. The extra calories might help to build muscles but it would not be healthy for your body. A good diet is a balanced diet (refer to the Food Pyramid), and also consuming at least 8 cups of water every day.

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Lin Dan aka Super Dan

In my previous post, I am sure everyone is wondering what is so great about this player. Firstly, this talented player is a professional men single badminton player currently aged 28 (which is one year younger than Datuk Lee Chong Wei). Although he is currently ranked number 2, he is considered one of the greatest badminton player in the history because he is the first and the only player to achieve the 'Super Grand Slam" or "Golden Grand Slam" by winning all the major titles in the badminton world:  Olympic Games, World Championships, Asian Games, All England Open, Asia Championships, World Cup, Thomas Cup and Sudirman Cup.

Lin Dan celebrating after winning

Facts about Lin Dan:

1. Place of birth: Longyan, Fujian, China

2. Height: 1.78m (5ft 10in)

3. Weight: 70kg

4. Left handed

Achievements:

1. 43 tittles, 15 runner-ups

2. Gold in the Beijing Olympics 2008, men single

3. Gold in the Hyderabad World Championships 2009, men single

4. Gold in the Kuala Lumpur World Championships 2007, men single

5. Gold in the Madrid World Championships 2006, men single

6. Silver in the Anaheim World Championships 2005, men single

7. Gold in the Guangzhou Asian Games 2010, men single and team

8. Gold in the Doha Asian Games 2006, team

9. Silver in the Doha Asian Games 2006, men single

10. Bronze in the Busan Asian Games 2002, team

11. Gold in the Guangzhou Sudirman Cup 2009, team

12. Gold in the Glasgow Sudirman Cup 2007, team

13. Gold in the Beijing Sudirman Cup 2005, team

14. Gold in the Kuala Lumpur Thomas Cup 2010, team

15. Gold in the Jakarta Thomas Cup 2008, team

16. Gold in the Tokyo Thomas Cup 2006, team

17. Gold in the Jakarta Thomas Cup 2004, team

18. Bronze in the Guangzhou Thomas Cup 2002, team

19. Gold in the Yiyang World Cup 2006, men single

20. Gold in the Yiyang World Cup 2005, men single

Lin Dan performing a smash

Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei can be said to be dominating the badminton sport currently as they are the favorite to win any tournament. The clash of both of them in the final is a dream for every badminton fan. Currently, both of them had met for 23 times with Lin Dan won 15 times and Lee Chong Wei only won 8 times. Although the past performance favor on Lin Dan, currently Lee Chong Wei is showing sign that both of them are on equal skills now. So, any matches that feature Lee Chong Wei and Lin Dan should not be miss as it would be a great showdown.

Top 2 players in the badminton world

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Soon Teck

Lee Chong Wei

For those badminton fans out there, I am sure you will know about them but this post is to introduce the one of the most awesome player in the badminton history. ( I shall introduce another top player in the next post so stay tune)

Lee Chong Wei performing a smash

Datuk Lee Chong Wei, currently age 29 is a professional badminton player in the men single category from Malaysia. He is currently ranked number 1 since August 21, 2008. He is given the title Datuk by Governor of Penang, Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas on August 30, 2008.

Facts about Lee Chong Wei:
1. Place of birth: Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia
2. Height: 1.7m (5ft 7 in)
3. Weight: 60kg
4. Right handed

Achievements:
1. 35 titles, 17 runner-ups
2. Silver in the Beijing Olympics 2008, men single
3. Bronze in the Anaheim World Championships 2005, men single
4. Silver in the Guangzhou Asian Games 2010, men single
5. Bronze in the Doha Asian Games 2006, men single and team
6. Bronze in the Guangzhou Sudirman Cup 2009, team
7. Bronze in the Kuala Lumpur Thomas Cup 2010, team
8. Bronze in the Jakarta Thomas Cup 2008, team
9. Bronze in the Sendai/Tokyo Thomas Cup 2006, team
10. Gold in the Dehli Commonwealth Games 2010, men single and mixed team
11. Gold in the Melbourne Commonwealth Games 2006, men single and mixed team

Lee Chong Wei's rival in the badminton arena would be Lin Dan(the next top badminton player that I would write). Their rival can be considered as Nadal and Federer in the tennis arena. More story about their rival and also Lin Dan from China in the next post so stay tune.

Chong Wei celebrating after defeating his rival, Lin Dan in the All England Final 2011

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Soon Teck

Introduction to Badminton

Badminton is a racquet sport which has been around from the mid-18th century British India, where it was created by British military officers stationed there.

It is also one of the fastest racquet sports. Badminton can be played in 5 categories, which consists of the Men Singles, Men Doubles, Women Singles, Women Doubles, and Mixed Doubles.

There are 2 type of serves for the badminton game :
Forehand Serve

Backhand Serve

Forehand serve used to be more popular during the 90's, but as the game changed from a 15 point system to a 21 point system, Backhand serve has been favoured by most players.

In a 21 point system,  players scoring a point whenever they win a rally regardless of whether they served. In the old 15 point system,  players could only win a point on their serve.
Rules for both the Singles and Doubles category are different.
For the Singles, the player can serve all the way to the back long service line, but is only able to serve to the inner one of the sidelines.
For Doubles, players are able to serve till the outer sideline, but if during the serve, the shuttle lands beyond the inner long service line, it is considered out and the point would be given to the opposing team.

So pick up your racquets and enjoy playing badminton !!

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Wye Ken

Swimming - Legend in the making

this guy looks familiar?
I know you are enjoying his abs and huge biceps in the photo,but do not get me wrong.This post is not about his muscular body,but about his great achievements in swimming.
For people who enjoy swimming,everyone must agree unanimously that this guy is a legend in the making.Yea,he is Michael Phelps!

For the young or old generations,if you do not know him,you do not know swimming.He can be easily said as one of the best swimmers in the world.His achievements are so huge and great that one of the achievements is he won 8 olympic gold medals in Beijing Olympic 2008,the most gold medals won by a player in the history of Olympic.Adding to that feat is out of the 8 events that he participated,7 of them were new World Record.

However,for the record breaking 8 gold medals in a single Olympic year,his 7th gold medal came amidst controversy.He won the 100m butterfly with a mere 0.01 second,ahead of his rival.

Believe it or not.That was the closest thing you can ever see in the swimming event.Wow!

"Dream as big as you can dream, and anything is possible ... I am sort of in a dream world. Sometimes I have to pinch myself to make sure it is real." - Michael Phelps

See,anyone can become Phelps if you dare to dream big.
TeamNotSoCool encourages you to dream big,to inch towards your dream confidently,and who knows one day you may become as successful as Phelps,or even more successful.
Cheers!

TeamNotSoCool
ZhengLik

Benefits of Swimming

Swimming has always been one of the most popular sports. Besides just having fun in the swimming pool, swimming is also a good way to keep our body fit, healthy, and meet lots of new friends.  Swimming is a healthy activity that you can continue for a lifetime. It is a low-impact activity that has many physical and mental health benefits. The common styles used in swimming are Breast-Stroke, Freestyle, and Back-Stroke.

Swimming can bring us both health and other benefits.

Health benefits
Moving your whole body against the resistance of the water makes swimming a great workout. It is also a good all-round activity because :

• Improves endurance in activities, stamina fitness and also muscle strength.
• It takes impact stress off your body and increases your heart rate.
• Nearly all muscles are used during swimming activities, and so it provides an all-over body workout.
• Improves strength and tones muscles.
• Keeps a healthy heart, weight and lungs.  

Other benefits
Other benefits of swimming includes :

• It relaxes the mind and is a peaceful form of exercise
• Flexibility increases 
• It helps improves posture, coordination and balance
• Stress alleviates 
• During a hot day, swimming helps cool down the body
• Providing good low-impact therapy for some injuries and conditions
• Everyone can swim in almost anywhere! from swimming pools to lakes to beaches, as long as the place is safe. 

What are you waiting for?
Grab your swimming attires and start swimming right away to improve your healthy lifestyle !!

TeamNotSoCool
Wye Ken