Another difficulty I encountered is that I had to ask my dad to buy shuttlecocks from the store since it turns out my brother left our shuttlecocks in our school before the pandemic happened. We had to rush and buy the materials needed and my dad successfully bought the things I needed before the deadline. 

Last thing I want to point out is that I still have a difficulty in moving fast since I have a weak leg. When I was in Grade 9, I fractured my left left fibula, therefore had my leg casted for a few months. Occasionally, there would be times that my leg would hurt if I am doing strenuous activities or activities that need excessive movement of my legs. Because of that, I was not able to play badminton again after a long time, but at least now I can play slowly during this class. With enough practice and exercise, I will be able to regain the strength of my legs and will properly play badminton again. 

But even with the situation right now, at least I am able to play badminton again :) I hope the situation gets better so that I am able to play in the court again :)

In addition, our pets are seen on camera as they walk by every time I begin to perform the strokes. So, I'll have to do it a lot of times. In fact, as soon as I begin performing those strokes, I still lose track of what would I do. Despite the challenges, I loved executing the strokes, even though I had to repeat them many times. The guidelines were clear; but, since it is not my expertise and I am not a sporty person, I am not confident enough to do it. Nonetheless, I am fortunate to have a professor who is so approachable and compassionate.

I did execute the activity in my room because that’s where I’m comfortable when I need to do that kind of activity and my room is my personal space, however the free space in my room is just small, therefore my execution had its limitations. It would have been better if I have an extra space. 

Another thing that was difficult for me was that I did the activity just right after I got fever so I still have sinat. It was difficult for me to move because I still felt weak and hot but I needed to do that activity with that condition because if I didn’t, my workloads would just piled up and it would just cause me more inconvenience. Nonetheless, my condition was not just serious; just like what I said, it would have been better if I’m fully okay that time. 

Nevertheless, I still did well in excuting the strokes in badminton activity. I did my best when I did the activity despite of the difficulties that I experienced. I’m happy and satisfied with my output and I hope that my classmates are also happy with theirs. 

I just wanna add that I’m also grateful that we have the kind of professor who is very kind and understanding enough with everyone’s situation.

I also encountered difficulties in having an equipment because I remembered having a racket but when I found it, it is in a bad condition because the string is loosened and the grip is damage. Since I always save and budget my money, I am afraid to spend it on expensive things so that I quickly browse in an online shop and I successfully found cheap string, grip and shuttle.

After that receiving my order, I quickly fixed my racket, but I found it difficult to put the string because it needs a tool to put it in the racket and I just use force to make it. After all of that, my activities went smoothly.

I enjoyed playing and doing these activities in badminton because it helps me think to fix a problem in a different way, like instead of buying a new racket, I only buy string and grip so that I can save more money. Overall, it's very challenging but it helps me to overcome it.

One of the challenges I encountered was gadget's crashing system and low internet connectivity while editing a video and submitting the badminton activity. In addition, aside from technical issues is the space to execute the strokes, services and bouncing. Badminton is an outdoor activity and needs a lot of space, but since we cannot go outside, I always film it in our living room. Although there was enough space for me to the activity, it is still not an ideal place to play badminton. Moreover, lack of materials specially the shuttlecock was also a problem. I only borrow the equipment from my cousin and I only have one shuttlecock so I needed to cut the video in order to film the required number of services.

Despite of the challenges I experienced during this online physical education class, I was able to cope up and learn not only the concepts but also the actual execution of strokes, services and bouncing. 

Nevertheless, I am fascinated on how we deal with challenges and how our professor was able to facilitate an efficient learning approach for us. I hope that everything will be back to normal, and we can all play badminton once limited face-to-face classes resume.

Despite of the challenges or difficulties I have encounter, I enjoy playing and knowing a lot of things about badminton even though I’m not that sporty person. I also want to learn more as we continue the lesson in this subject. Thank you and stay safe!

The first hurdle was the lack of space. It was hard to execute the proper stances and strokes given the limited space. Not only this, but since students are studying at home, it is only realistic and necessary to consider my family's time of using the spaces within the house. With this, I would normally wait for midnight just so I wouldn’t bother them during the day, as they too need their own space at home. 

In addition, another challenge for me was filming myself, since I normally film during midnight, considering that it is the only time wherein I can freely use the space around the house, all of them are already resting. In the same way, even though I am close with my family, I tend to get shy especially when another person sees me performing or doing tasks like these.

To conclude, I realized that in every situation, we are bound to experience challenges along the way, but these must not stop us from performing such activities, knowing that it is not only mandatory for grades but also a way to keep our health in check.

It is great to find out that I am still interested in playing badminton. It is fun to do the activity but I had encountered difficulties.

I had a hard time to start my video recording because my family keeps on getting something near the place where I am recording videos. Whenever I try to start recording, one of my family members will say excuse me or “saglit lang”. Our house is not that big so I cannot transfer to another area and that leads me to the second difficulty that I have encountered, which is the part where I need to make at least 15 bounces. There are a lot of things that I might hit. I really need to control the strength that I will use so that it won’t go somewhere I can’t hit it. 

Another difficulty that I have encountered is my worries about how my videos will look. I am too anxious that what I did in the video was wrong.

Since my shuttlecock is only one, I had a hard time also picking it up again and again especially when it landed under certain things.

Although sport in pandemic is hard, at least I was able to try a glimpse of what badminton really is again.

Badminton is one of my favorite sports since it is simple and enjoyable to participate in 😄Fortunately, I still have my badminton racket and shuttlecock from Junior High School. One of my issues is that there isn't enough space to catch or track the bird/shuttlecock in the environment. We don't have enough room in our Barangay, either, because it's not a good idea to go outdoors and just stay at home. In terms of my abilities, I would describe myself as a non-athlete. That is why, though my performance was not ideal, I feel I can do better next time 🙆‍♀️

The temperature is also a factor; now that it's summer,🌞 I'm sweating profusely and need to take frequent breaks to drink enough of water. But, at the end of the day, I appreciate how my sister and I spent the entire time recording and laughing with me when I made errors. It's also refreshing since I believe this sport helps me enhance my agility and quickness. I hope that this situation resolves soon so that we may go outside and play and exercise without restriction 💖.

Firstly, the location. Since our house has a narrow room, I couldn't do any badminton serves or bouncing in here, so I decided to do it at a park nearby us. Doing it at the park is okay but when people pass by, I can't help but stop what I'm doing because I'm shy. Also, since I am in the outdoor, the wind sometimes can be quite strong, resulting my shuttlecock to blown away. 

Secondly, the person who will accompany me to record the video. My sister only has time on weekends, since she works on weekdays. For me to be able do this activity, I have to wait until she is free, and I have to do it quickly since it’s her rest day.

And lastly, the bouncing itself. This was really challenging for me because I could only do it 8-10 times. Before I did it, I took a couple of retakes and spent a lot of time. I also think that the bouncing took longer than the two servings I did.

Although I encountered many difficulties in this activity, I still think badminton is fun, especially when the one with you is your family/friend. Because of this activity, I laughed a lot and I had lot of fun memories.

Overall, despite of the difficulties, I enjoy taking this subject. It feels nostalgic for me to play badminton again. I already learned about badminton before but I already forgot it, this subject help me remember all those details.

This subject is also enjoyable because our professor is considerate and always think about her student’s welfare.

With regards to the difficulties, I encountered some minimal problems in dealing with the activities. I had no problem performing different kinds of stokes, services, and bounce because of my previous knowledge and experiences. I also had equipment available at home. The thing is that I am not a technie-person. I am having a hard time editing videos. It took me 2 hours to edit a 2-min video. Despite the difficulties, I had fun to get back on what I used to play and have learned more about video editing. 

I would also like to take this opportunity to give thanks and appreciation to our professor in PED – Badminton, Prof. Caballero, for her time and effort just to give us a recorded lecture and demonstration of the activities that will be performed, and for being a considerate professor. Thank you and God bless everyone!

One of the difficulties I’ve encountered is the location. In the bouncing activity, you must move your body when chasing the shuttlecock since it moves in different directions. Our house just small and is too congested because of the furniture which takes up a lot of space. The only space that I think is enough is our backyard which I first cleared the area by putting the stuff aside. Also, the proper execution of the strokes became a challenge for me which I had to record several times because of the mistakes.  Another difficulty is had a hard time editing my video since I have no knowledge in video editing.  For this reason, I spent a lot of time trying to find a site or app that is not complicated to use which I can edit my video easily.

Despite these challenges, I had fun doing the activity and became more interested in playing this sport especially with the guide of our kind Professor which is also very considerate and interactive who cares about her students’ safety during these times.

While I was working on my midterm output, I realized that it is much more difficult than I expected. I hoped it would be as easy as one take, but it isn't. I began filming myself at 4 PM and finished before 6 PM. It took me almost two hours to bounce the shuttlecock at least 15 times. 

But in the end, I found that I'm gradually learning the correct way to play badminton. Unlike in the past, I participated in this sport but know little about it.

As I was doing my midterm video, I managed to execute properly the forehand and the backhand serve. However, doing the bouncing part is really an exhausting part for me. It took me two days of trying before I hit the 15x bouncing.  It's been really hard for me, to the point that I broke down. I got emotional because I don't know if I can do the 15x bounce and I don't know what's wrong, if is it me or it's just my equipments that I have bought for only P97 which includes the badminton racket and the shuttlecock. The shuttlecock is too light weight and when I am hitting it with the racket, it gets stucked on the net of the badminton racket. It really tested my patience. I got mad, exhausted, I lose my temper, I cannot control my anger since I have anger management issues and I just ended up crying on our street where I am trying to do the activity then that's when I stopped. I took a rest and decided to just pass it even if I did not hit the 15x bouncing. 

After a few days, I feel determined to do the activity again. I tried again to execute it. I've extended my patience. I've keep myself calm. After a few tries, I hit the 15x bouncing and I spoke to myself, "Finally! I can now sleep peacefully!". 

These difficulties I have been encountered will serve as a lesson to me. I have learned that I can do everything, I just really need to be patient. Also, to do not give up even after many tries. At the end, everything will be worth it. I know that we are getting tired because of our everyday tasks and it is really draining us. I have learned that when tired, it is a must to take a rest, that there's nothing wrong in taking a rest. Once we're fine, we can now function again. 🙂 

Padayon! ❤️

These are the things which I think makes every activities difficult to do:

-First, i don't have a spacious area to conduct my activities. I only have the sala which is commonly the place in the house where my family usually stay.

-Second, I have no one to help me document my activities. I am the eldest in the house and my parents are usually out for work. Gladly, my younger sister is more than willing to help me though some of her videos are quite shakey 😅

-Lastly, my laptop where I edit most of my videos just left me. It was already not in the good shape and can't even function well. I only have a phone which is also the thing I used for my synchronous classes. 

I love playing badminton since it is one of the few sports I played. And it made me sad that I wasn't able to play it in school during our PE classes. It was hard yet I was able to pull off everything. I can never forget the time I was filming for my midterm output. I was driven by bouncing the shuttlecock in the racket that I was already near the television. Unfornately, I accidentaly hit it. The only good thing was no one is with me during the crime 😌 I was also lucky that it wasn't broken and still working. Because if ever it was, I will be homeless. There are times wherein my phone's storage was full due to numerous videos before I could make a better one. More bloopers, more laughters and errors to come. Yes, it was hard but unforgettable and something I can add up to my book of life. 

Ma'am, thank you for being so considerate. I really do appreciate your effort to teach us the basics of badminton. It may be online learning but the fun flows through our screens. Classmates, we are almost there. I may not know most of you but it was nice meeting you all. I feel so welcome and belong. 

We can do this. Padayon and Stay Safe