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- FULL SCHEDULE: As the Guangzhou 2010 Asian Para Games come closer, training times become shorter and more frequent, on October 19, 2010
- LONG STRETCH: Athletes stretch to get their muscles ready for the hard training exercises that will follow, on October 20, 2010
- WARM-UPS: The athletes are working through an intense set of warm-up exercises on October 20, 2010
- WARM-UPS: The athletes are working through an intense set of warm-up exercises on October 21, 2010
- SERVICE: During serving exercises, each athlete might serve hundreds of times in a row. The court quickly becomes littered with shuttles, on October 20, 2010
- BACK AT YOU: A female badminton player prepares to return the shuttle back to the other side, on October 20, 2010
- PERSONAL EXPERIENCE: In order to better train his athletes, Dong sits in a wheelchair to demonstrate serving techniques, on October 21, 2010
- PERSONAL EXPERIENCE: In order to better train his athletes, Dong sits in a wheelchair to demonstrate serving techniques, on October 21, 2010
- PERSONAL EXPERIENCE: In order to better train his athletes, Dong sits in a wheelchair to demonstrate serving techniques, on October 21, 2010
- WEARING MANY HATS: Previously a champion badminton player, Dong Jiong has now taken to coaching and running a business, on October 21, 2010
- CHAMPION COACH: As an award-winning badminton player himself, Dong's playing is impeccable as he demonstrates a technique to his team, on October 21, 2010
- HEART AND SOUL: This team is training as hard as they can for the Guangzhou 2010 Asian Para Games,
on October 20, 2010 - HELPFUL HAND: Athlete Chen Xinyun supplies shuttles to her teammates as they practice "smash" strokes, on October 20, 2010. The training environment is intense, but the athletes still exude an air of joyousness and exuberance
- FUTURE STAR: A teenaged athlete from the Dong Jiong Badminton Club comes to Dong's training session, on October 19, 2010. Dong invites young, prospective players to his training center to give them further instruction in the sport
- UNIQUE TECHNIQUE: One-armed champion Chen Kunxiong uses a special technique for lacing up his shoes, on October 20, 2010
- SAFTY EXERCISE: Team member Ma Xutao, an athlete from southwest China's Sichuan Province, suffers from muscular atrophy as a result of polio. He has to tightly bind his knee when exercising to prevent it from becoming injured, on October 21, 2010
- FUN AND GAMES: Ma Xutao shows off his abs to his teammates during a training meeting. Laughs and smiles ring the table, on October 21, 2010
- REFUELING: The training center's cafeteria offers a selection of healthy, rich food for athletes, on October 20, 2010
- RELAXATION: After training, athletes return to their dormitory to drink tea and relax, on October 21, 2010. Dong raised 1 million yuan (about $120,772) to build a dormitory and cafeteria next to his training center
- KUNGFU TEA: Most of athletes are from south China, where it is common practice to drink kungfu tea as a way to relax, on October 21, 2010
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