{"id":1768,"date":"2024-06-13T04:25:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T04:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seattlebadminton.com\/sbc\/?page_id=1768"},"modified":"2024-09-16T23:36:34","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T23:36:34","slug":"coach-william","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/seattlebadminton.com\/sbc\/coach-william\/","title":{"rendered":"Coach William"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1768\" class=\"elementor elementor-1768\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-632a7fa e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"632a7fa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-868c7c6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"868c7c6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-735da12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"735da12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Coaches<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27d9087 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"27d9087\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bb4ead e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1bb4ead\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99fac3a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"99fac3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>William Sun<\/h1><div><p class=\"\">As a kid in Taiwan, William was inspired to play badminton just like his older brother, Ian. He began playing at 5 years old. He enrolled in a Taiwanese badminton academy in 5<sup>th<\/sup> grade and competed in the Taiwanese Junior League. In 8<sup>th<\/sup> grade, he was selected to join a team of players from all over Taiwan to compete in an invitational tournament in Nanjing, where he got 4<sup>th<\/sup> place in U17 Boy&#8217;s Doubles. However, a serious permanent back injury in 8<sup>th <\/sup>grade cut his career short before it could blossom.<\/p><p class=\"\">Once he was able to move without severe pain in his back, his coaches decided to have him coach the younger kids in the academy and consistently assigned him assistant coaching roles whenever he was not training. This coaching experience would come in handy when he came to the USA. When he came to America, he was employed by Bellevue Badminton Club to coach their younger kids and also assist in developing their more advanced players. After his contract was up, he decided to come to Seattle Badminton Club to help develop their players to play at a higher level. He also occasionally plays tournaments in the USA.<\/p><p class=\"\">Ever since he began teaching the juniors at his academy in Taiwan, William\u2019s passion for coaching has only kept growing. He finds that seeing his students improve brings him enormous joy and motivates him to keep doing what he loves.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2f1272 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f2f1272\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Major Achievements<\/h2><p><b>Nanjing Invitational Tournament<\/b><\/p><ul><li aria-level=\"1\">U17 Boys&#8217; Doubles 4th place<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>2018 Oregon Open Regional<\/strong><\/p><ul><li class=\"\">U17 Boys&#8217; Doubles Champion<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>2018 SBC Closed Regional<\/strong><\/p><ul><li class=\"\">U17 Boys&#8217; Doubles Champion<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>2017 ClearOne New Year&#8217;s Tournament<\/strong><\/p><ul><li class=\"\">U17 Boys&#8217; Dubles 2<sup>nd<\/sup> place<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>2018 VICTOR Husky Open<\/strong><\/p><ul><li class=\"\">B Men\u2019s Singles 2<sup>nd<\/sup> place<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f882d2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f882d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Rate<\/h2><p>Provided upon request<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e7ffa3 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0e7ffa3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Contact<\/h2><p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:williamsun@seattlebadminton.com\">williamsun@seattlebadminton.com<\/a><\/p><p>Phone: 206-861-3007 (preferred contact method)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11f63ad e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"11f63ad\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6ecc00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f6ecc00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/seattlebadminton.com\/sbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Coach-William.jpg?fit=240%2C320&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1705\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/seattlebadminton.com\/sbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Coach-William.jpg?w=240&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/seattlebadminton.com\/sbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Coach-William.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coaches William Sun As a kid in Taiwan, William was inspired to play badminton just like his older brother, Ian. 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