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Poin files: Helping loft his shuttlecock

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Spartan Squad, Apr 29, 2016.

  1. Twirling Time

    Twirling Time Well-Known Member

    If I could get blown in high school and badminton was all I had to do, deal me in fucking pronto.
     
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  2. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    She rally long time
     
  3. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    The league my school was in was strong. Massive in SoCal.
     
  4. expendable

    expendable Well-Known Member

    Kudos on the thread title.
     
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  5. Chef2

    Chef2 Well-Known Member

    没有
     
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  6. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    Mostly Southeast Asian kids playing? Badminton (an Olympic sport, BTW) is huge in places like Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines. They kick ass in it every Olympics.
    I think I read somewhere that a shuttlecock is one of the fastest-moving things in sports. A hard-hit shot can get up around 200 mph.
     
  7. Spartan Squad

    Spartan Squad Well-Known Member

    That just floored me. Would have guessed golf, baseball or hockey given how hard they are and their lack of a tail. But looked it up and at least golf was second or third depending on which number you took. Baseball was 8th.

    Hard to imagine something that light with a tail that seems like it would increase drag could go that fast.
     
  8. BDC99

    BDC99 Well-Known Member

    Would have guessed golf too but a shuttlecock doesn't have much drag. The "tail" is mostly air.
     
  9. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    World class badminton highlights. The reaction time on some of these shots is insane. You don't even see the shot or the return, just the match still going on.

     
  10. hondo

    hondo Well-Known Member

    You only cover our badminton teams when our coaches have sex with players.
     
  11. Spartan Squad

    Spartan Squad Well-Known Member

    #NerdLibidosMatter
     
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