Badminton
Soccer players are called footballers. Bowlers are also known as keglers, table-tennis players paddlers, basketball players are cagers, golfers are well golfers so what do you call badminton players? Shuttlers. Badminton was hot those days when I was in Primary school and it helped that they build some open air courts in the vicinity of our HDB flats where many friends in the neighbourhood played the sports at least several times a week. It was a time when Rudy Hartono was the undisputed champion at the prestigious All-England for a record 8 times. Playing the game in an indoor and outdoor environment was a world of difference due to the shuttle speed. Even in different countries, specific shuttle cocks are to be used due to difference in altitude, humidity, temperature and air pressure, quite the same as golfing in different countries. Shuttlecocks come in varying speed as they were made with different weight plus other factors. Shuttles can weigh from 4.9g to 80g. The Chi...