AndrewC Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Let's talk about pieces of equipment. No, I don't mean Eddie's crotch! I mean racquets and stuff that we use to play this wonderful game. I use a special kind of racquet which combines the 'grip' of a handle with the 'bounciness' of the stringed bit at the end. It's very high-tech. My particular model has a thin shaft which joins these two NASA designed peices of aparatus. This reduces the likihood of the stringed bit flying away mid-smash. I use plastic shuttles, because I am allergic Goose feathers, which as any good pub-quiz teams knows, is what the feathers of real shuttlecocks are made out of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaap Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Did you know that Goose feather shuttles are either made from the left or right wings? I have been told that the left wing shuttle is faster then the right wing but wouldn't that mean that the Goose would always fly in circles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportwilliam Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 I'm a little bit confused / worried / scared!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaap Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 And did you know that modern Badminton originates from a town called Badminton! Soooo glad it didn't come from: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (Wales!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edible Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Yeah apparently it's named after the county seat of the duke of Beaufort in Gloucestershire. The official world smash speed record is 332 km/h (206 mph), set by men's doubles player Fu Haifeng of China, on June 3, 2005 in the Sudirman Cup. In the singles competition, the fastest smash recorded is 305 km/h (189 mph) by Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia. That sounds like a challenge. Maybe this thread should be changed to 'badminton trivia'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hitch_1980 Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Badminton premiered as a full-medal Olympic sport at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona ...... just think of Freddie Mercury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little_Bex Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Badminton courts were originally an hourglass glass shape and shuttles have to consist of 14 feathers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy O Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 From 1914-1935 there was a rule in badminton where you got an extra point if you hit your opponent directly on the forehead with the shuttlecock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little_Bex Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Badminton is the second most popular sport in the world, after soccer. thats what youd think, actually fishing is the worlds most popular sport. I spent a whole afternoon trying to prove otherwise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edible Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Badminton actually pre-dates history. FACT. Some Badmintologists believe it was some form of ethereal semi-sentient being that wandered the cosmos in search of some symbiotic lovin'. After being rejected by many lifeforms it eventually found us 'up for it' humans and the rest is history. This theory is still debated on courts all over the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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