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themselves with the racket grip, as well as gauging their own ability to cover ground on the court. (4) Section II – Drive Shot Skill Technique – The drive is a shot hit hard at a horizontal angle, typically near the sideline of the court, while the shuttlecock is about at the level of the player between the shoulder and the knees (5). Keep racket arm up in front of the chest and spread weight evenly between the feet. In the forehand drive, side step toward the shuttle, leading with your racket leg, pointing

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found the big, architectural structures, the Shuttlecocks, were very eye appealing, and caught my attention immediately. They were four shuttlecocks, built in 1994 of aluminum, and fiberglass-reinforced plastic, that are painted white and orange. The sculptures looked to me as some sort of structural pop art, to possibly represent the fun outdoors in people’s daily lives. The lines of the structure stuck out to me, the lines of the end of the shuttlecock appeared busy but perfectly aligned, which

sparked my interest in Badminton was watching a match between Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei during the 2014 Asian Games. Watching both highly skilled players trade a multitude of shots on the court with their attention and focus only narrowed down to the shuttlecock amazed me. The way they could keep the audience fixated to their seats and riveted on their game left me in awe. Their ability and concentration influenced me to pick up Badminton as my co-curricular activity in Junior College, despite having no

as his opponent wasn't able to return most of Harry's smash shots. The way he took the shot has great technique because he had to do certain body positions to get him ready for the shot. Firstly he needs to figure out where the shuttlecock is going; he needs the shuttlecock to be going up in the air but being loopy as well which shows that he has to concentrate and be aware of what type of shot was played back to him. Next when he has figured out the shot that has been played by his opponent he would

shot using the underhand to shoot the shuttlecock to the opponent’s side, but close to the net. Push Shot-a small shot of the shuttlecock that can be made over the opponent’s side with the small flick of the wrist. Racquet-a racquet is a piece of sports equipment that is a stick which is used as a handled, and has a flat egged shaped, with strings in the egg, that is used to hit the shuttlecock to the opponent's side. Rally-the number of times the shuttlecock has been served to the opposing sides

is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Points are scored by striking the shuttlecock with the racquet and landing it within the opposing side's half of the court. Each side may only strike the shuttlecock before it passes over the net. Play ends once the shuttlecock has struck the floor or if a fault has been committed. Badminton is a racquet sport played in a rectangular court. It’s played hitting a shuttlecock. It

grounds of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, I encounter one of the Oldenburg and van Bruggen’s giant shuttlecocks. Additionally, as I view and walk around this giant shuttlecock, I cannot help but think of how this object is disproportional, especially in comparison to it’s surroundings. The shuttlecock is huge and unbelievably larger than the average size of a shuttlecock, which would fit within the palm of my hand. An altered view is created by the use of the visual principles of scale

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