Types of Players

 So I have been trying to think of an article that would be worthy of pushing my page past 1000 hits, and I have just had the idea to tell you how I classify players. Not by actual playing style, but as I like to call it, development style. Any of these types could end up national champions.
Type A Gradual Skill Building
 A type A player would likely have started training badminton anywhere from less than five years to eleven or twelve. They likely took a lot of private lessons growing up, leading to near perfect technique, efficient footwork, and skilled hands at a very young age. Type A's will excel in junior years, but what I have found is that most type A's will stop playing after juniors (U19). It is sad but true. But the ones who do stick around and play open, could end up winning open titles as well.
Type B Rapid Skill building
I classify myself as a Type B player. Type B's will have likely started playing badminton from age fourteen all the way to twenty. B's will likely only excel in their later junior years if they even have the chance to do so. Some may not have perfect technique yet, but will have the drive to work on it until it is perfect. Type B's are mostly driven by passion for the game, therefore less will quit early. But there are not as many B players as there is A players. The most famous type B player in Canada is likely Adrian Liu, who started playing badminton at the age of twenty, and now at the age of twenty-seven, is an Olympic contender.
Type A/B Best of both worlds.
I like to think of this as the ultimate development. An A/B will have been training badminton from a very young age, but kept with it and worked extremely hard, so as to challenge themselves to go higher. These players have the true passion that many A's lack. These players are very,very,very, VERY rare. I use Alex Pang, who has had a title in every age group from U14 to Open, and has had tremendous work ethic, as an example of A/B.
 An update on my tournaments will come after I have played provincials.