Tag: sports

  • Serve, Drop, Drive, Net, Smash!

    Serve, Drop, Drive, Net, Smash!

    Did you know that Champlain College has a badminton team? And our team is co-ed! To begin with, badminton is not an “anglicisme” (thanks to my French course UF0). Badminton is the fastest racket sport in the world. The current Guinness World Record for the fastest shot is held by Malaysian superstar Tan Boon Heong…

  • Why is physical activity so important?

    Starting at a young age, we are told how physical activity is imperative to good health. We are exposed to team sports on a day-to-day basis, from movies to the news. However, in 2018 and 2019 the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) revealed that only 49.2% of Canadian adults from the age of 18 to…