Teenage Perspectives Yr 8 Cottesloe School

Badminton battle Alix Roddis I went to the badminton match, and I saw the opponents. They were huge. I was very worried that I was going to lose. I realised that I wasn’t ready for this.

First I play singles against one of their biggest players. 10 minutes later… the score is 19-0 to them. But suddenly I start to gain points until the score is 20-20, its match point. But by using my amazing skills I manage to get the dub. I can smell the sweat on my skin, and the warmth of the hall.

Now it’s time for doubles, I’m with my friend Garry, and we’re up against two ‘sweats’. They have got badminton rackets that cost over 50p. I am serving first, My racket tightly gripped in one hand. The opponent instantly smashes the shot back and we lose the point. They continue to gain points, and I and Garry am getting angry. But we started gaining points until the score is 20-20, unfortunately, they get the point and we lose the game.

The opponents say that we’re ‘dog water.’ It's goinging downhill from here, game after game we lose. In one game we even lose 21 - 0. This is tragic, the opponents start to taunt us.

This is the last game, I gain a bunch of points at the start, and I’m 15 points up. It’s now match point, the score is 20 - 0.

I win the game! It’s time to leave, I am happy with all the games I won but I am exhausted from playing badminton for 6 hours straight.

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