Victoria Chen

Biography:

Victoria (Vicky) is of Taiwanese descent and grew up in Bellevue, WA. She first began playing badminton at the age of 8 and quickly fell in love with the sport! After dedicated training under various admirable coaches– Raju Rai (2008 Olympian),  Xu Huaiwen (former #1 in the world for women’s singles), and our very own SBC coaches: Tang Xuehua (world renowned Chinese National Team Coach) & Zheng Li (previously Head Coach for Soka University’s Badminton Team in Japan)– she began competing in both local and out-of-state/-country tournaments. Despite outgrowing junior tournaments, she continues to follow her passion for badminton by attending adult open tournaments and returning to SBC as a lead coach with the intention of giving back to the community and bringing up the next generation of players.

Vicky graduated from the University of Washington (Seattle) with a BA in Early Childhood and Family Studies and recently completed her MA in Teaching through UW after completing her internship in the Bellevue School District. She is currently working full-time as a substitute teacher in the Kent School District and coaches part-time at SBC Wed.-Sun. (both group/private lessons). With her teaching background, Vicky places an emphasis on building strong, trusting relationships with her students and forming partnerships with parents to best support children’s needs including their overall physical health and socioemotional maturity. She hopes to create a safe and fun environment for both children and adults to exercise in, to explore their own potential, and to make new (and possibly life-long) friends! Ultimately, she aims to help grow and spread the joy for badminton!

“I look forward to seeing you all on the courts, please feel free to come up to me any time to ask for help and/or advice!” – Vicky =)

  • +10 years of coaching experience
  • SafeSport certified
  • USA Badminton certified umpire

Major Achievements:

Dave Freeman Open

  • Mixed Doubles Quarter-Finalist (Feb. 2023)

WA State Open

  • Women’s Doubles Champion (2014, 2016, 2017, and 2018), Finalist (2019)
  • Women’s Singles Champion (2014, 2015 and 2016)
  • Mixed Doubles Champion (2016), Finalist (2018), Semi-Finalist (2022)

WA State Closed

  • Women’s Doubles Champion (2016, 2017), Finalist (2014, 2015, and 2019)
  • Women’s Singles Champion (2014 and 2015), Finalist (2016)
  • Mixed Doubles Champion (2016, 2017, and 2019), Finalist (2014)

WA BCD + A Open

  • Women Doubles Champion (2014, 2017, and 2018)
  • Women’s Singles Champion (2014)
  • Mixed Doubles Finalist (2016 and 2017)

YONEX Boston Open

  • Women’s Doubles Quarter-Finalist (2018)
  • Mixed Doubles Quarter-Finalist (2019)

YONEX USA Adult Nationals

  • Women’s Doubles Finalist (2018)

VICTOR Husky Open (UW Seattle) 

  • Women’s Doubles Champion (2017, 2018, and 2019)
  • Mixed Doubles Finalist (2017 and 2018)

FISU World University Championships (Summer Universiade)

  • Taiwan (2017)

USAB Junior Nationals 

  • Women’s Doubles Champion (2011 and 2013), Finalist (2014), Third Place (2010), Semi-Finalist (2012)
  • Women’s Singles Finalist (2011), Semi-Finalist (2012 and 2013)
  • Mixed Doubles Champion (2010, 2011, 2012, and 2015), Third Place (2014), Semi-Finalist (2013)

USAB Junior International Trials (JIT)

  • Women’s Doubles Champion (2011, 2012, and 2013), Finalist (2014)
  • Women’s Singles Finalist (2011), Semi-Finalist (2012 and 2013)
  • Mixed Doubles Finalist (2011), Semi-Finalist (2013)

Pan Am Junior Championships

  • Women’s Doubles Champion (2011 and 2013)
  • Mixed Doubles Champion (2011 and 2014), Finalist (2015)

BWF World Junior Championships

  • Malaysia (2014)
  • Peru (2015)

Private Lessons: (all ages/levels welcome!)

  • $140/hr– single student
  • $160/hr– two siblings ($80 each)
  • $180/hr– two students ($90 each)

Starting January 2025, my hourly rates will tentatively be $150, $170, & $190*

*Subject to change

 Current Availability:

  • Saturdays from 8:30-9:30am (biweekly)
  • Saturdays from 10:30am-11:30am
  • Saturdays from 2:30pm-3:30pm
  • Sundays from 6:30pm-7:30pm
  • Please send me an email if you would like another time/to join my waitlist – if a student cancels/decides to discontinue lessons or if SBC opens up any new time slots for court bookings, I will notify you! 
  • Please check back for updates – any new available time slots will be posted here! 

Policy:

  • Students MUST be either SBC members or currently taking group lessons at SBC in order to have PLs with coaches
  • Monthly pre-pay system: payment should be made on/by the first lesson of each month; any missed/canceled lessons may be used as a credit in the next month (Zelle, PayPal, Venmo, checks/cash are all acceptable)
  • Cancellations MUST be made at least 24hrs in advance or there WILL be a SBC late court cancellation fee of $30 AND the amount paid CANNOT be used as a credit in the next month ***(Please read the description below)***
  • Single student lessons: please be aware that lessons may be moved/combined in order to accommodate as many students as possible who are seeking lessons
  • Two-student lessons: if a student can’t make it to a class, the other student will be charged the single-student rate

***I understand that sickness and life in general can be unpredictable; however, I have +25 private lesson students and cannot absorb the court fees for all of my students’ unforeseen circumstances/last minute events/forgotten about or no-show lessons. It is also out of respect for my growing waitlist of students that I contact/notify them of time slot availability a day beforehand. Last but not least, if I am already at SBC and end up waiting around/having a 1 hour gap in my schedule due to a last minute cancellation, students/parents will be charged for that 1 hour of my time. Thank you all for your consideration and understanding! 🙏🏼

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