Badminton is one of the most exquisite creatures in the world

Sophistication does not necessarily come from what is too sublime. Even a very trivial object is a badminton is also an extremely delicate creation that mankind has made.

Referring to sophistication, we often think of complicated and sophisticated things. For example, a mobile phone - it is one of the very delicate creatures that humans have made. Or like famous paintings, inside there will be certain delicate contours, but only those who are knowledgeable will recognize it.

However, sophistication does not need to be complicated, but it manifests itself in many things and things around us. And today we will get acquainted with such an object. That is the badminton (shuttlecock).

Badminton that we often see.

Why is badminton a delicate creature? Try to look at the way the ball flies over the grid: it can start at a very high speed (depending on the beating force), but will brake in the middle and fall down gracefully. Also, notice, the badminton ball when flying only turns clockwise.

The shuttlecock when flying only rotates clockwise.

This is also the reason why many people call this "sport of romance".

In order to have such a level of sophistication and sophistication, the badminton needs to comply with certain rules. First, there is exactly 16 hairs on a sphere (usually goose feather, but also where duck feathers are used).

And more importantly, those hairs must be on the left wing.

According to Paisan Rangsikitpho - who has 12 years as president of the World Badminton Federation - the feathers on the left wing and the right wing of the goose or duck are not the same.

Nature's mother has designed them with wings with specialized hairs, extremely suitable in aerodynamics: the left wing feathers are used to catch the wind from the left, similar to the right hair.

The structure of feathers in two different wings affects the spin of the bridge.

Therefore, if the orb must be made from the feathers on the left wing, to ensure that the ball will rotate clockwise when flying (when viewed from the corner of the bridge).

So why not use the right wing feathers, or use both sides?

Because if you use the feathers of both wings, the ball will not be able to swirl while flying, but will become swaying, staggering with an unpredictable trajectory.

But if so, why don't we use feathers on the right wing? Rangsikitpho explained that, if using the right wing feathers, the ball would swirl counterclockwise and become unstable. Moreover, since it used to be used as a bridge made from left wing feathers, any change would have an adverse effect on the athletes.

When the feathers are used as bridges, people do not kill but only anesthetize them.

In addition, the sphere also has another subtlety that comes from those who make them. It is the geese that will not be killed for their feathers. People only anesthetize them, then pull the fur from the left wing to make a bridge. If the goose is not "unconscious", they will not be allowed to do it.

You see, sophistication is always present around us, right?