{"id":1788,"date":"2024-06-13T04:34:57","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T04:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seattlebadminton.com\/sbc\/?page_id=1788"},"modified":"2025-11-07T10:06:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T10:06:19","slug":"coach-jared","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/seattlebadminton.com\/sbc\/coach-jared\/","title":{"rendered":"Coach Jared"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1788\" class=\"elementor elementor-1788\">\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-bb90687 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb90687\" 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>Jared Lai<\/h1><div><p class=\"\">Born and raised in the Seattle area, Jared started playing badminton at the age of 10. As he continued to love the sport, he began competing in junior tournaments locally, and later, across the USA. Jared\u2019s passion for badminton would continue at the University of Washington, where he would continue training, competing, and working to grow the collegiate badminton community as the badminton club president.<\/p><p class=\"\">In addition to his training experience under many world-class coaches, Jared has several years of coaching experience with a variety of students and skill levels. From junior students to college students to adults, Jared enjoys passing on his experience and passion for badminton to all kinds of players.<\/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-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<div><h2>Coaching Experience<\/h2><ul><li class=\"\">Head Coach for the University of Maryland Badminton Team (2022 \u2013 2023)<\/li><li class=\"\">Head Coach for the University of Washington Badminton Team (2018 \u2013 2020)<\/li><li class=\"\">Assistant Coach at Bellevue Badminton Club (2016 \u2013 2019)<\/li><\/ul><\/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-bf78240 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bf78240\" 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><strong>FISU World University Championships<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Team USA (Malaysia, 2018)<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>2023 Capital Badminton Academy ProTech Open <\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Men\u2019s Doubles Champion<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>George Mason University Open<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Men\u2019s Singles Champion (2021, 2022)<\/li><li>Men\u2019s Doubles 2nd place (2021, 2022)<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>2019 Washington State Closed<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Men\u2019s Doubles 2nd place<\/li><li>Mixed Doubles Champion<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>2019 SJSU Spring Open<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Mixed Doubles Champion<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>2019 YONEX Husky Open<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Mixed Doubles 2nd place<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>2019 Anteater Collegiate Championships<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Mixed Doubles 2nd place<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>2018 Washington BCD + A Open<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Mixed Doubles 2nd place<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>ClearOne New Year&#8217;s Tournament<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>U23 Men&#8217;s Singles Champion (2017)<\/li><li>U23 Men&#8217;s Doubles Champion (2017)<\/li><li class=\"\">U19 Boys&#8217; Doubles Champion (2016)<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>ClearOne Thanksgiving Tournament<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>U23 Men\u2019s Singles 2nd place (2016)<\/li><li>U19 Boys&#8217; Singles Champion (2015)<\/li><li class=\"\">U19 Boys&#8217; Doubles Champion (2015)<\/li><li>U17 Boys&#8217; Doubles Champion (2015)<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>2014 Northwest Regional<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>U17 Boys&#8217; Singles Champion<\/li><li>U17 Boys&#8217; Doubles Champion<\/li><li>U17 Mixed Doubles Champion<\/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-3dbb714 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3dbb714\" 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>Currently not accepting new students<\/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-d410704 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d410704\" 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<div>\u00a0<\/div><h2>Contact<\/h2><p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:jared@seattlebadminton.com\">jared@seattlebadminton.com<\/a><\/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=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/seattlebadminton.com\/sbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Jared-Lai-scaled-1.jpg?fit=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1043\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/seattlebadminton.com\/sbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Jared-Lai-scaled-1.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/seattlebadminton.com\/sbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Jared-Lai-scaled-1.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/seattlebadminton.com\/sbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Jared-Lai-scaled-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/seattlebadminton.com\/sbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Jared-Lai-scaled-1.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/seattlebadminton.com\/sbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Jared-Lai-scaled-1.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\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 Jared Lai Born and raised in the Seattle area, Jared started playing badminton at the age of 10. 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