Awesome Badminton

If you’ve played badminton, you’re familiar with these feathered playing pieces, also known as “birdies.” In this clip from Science Channel’s How It’s Made, you’ll go inside a factory where they still make them with actual duck feathers. The process is surprisingly hands-on, given the volume of birdies they churn out.

Think badminton is a game for wussies? You’ll rethink your position after watching this this doubles match footage as player Goh Wei Shem shows off his insanely powerful jumping smash shot. Our arms and ankles are sore just from watching this video. Basically, this guy is the Michael Jordan of the shuttlecock.

In this crazy exchange from the 2016 Dubai World Superseries Men’s Doubles Finals, Denmark’s Mads Conrad-Pete holds off a barrage from the Japanese squad while sitting down. But that’s not even his most impressive move.

Hans-Kristian Vittinghus put on a show at the 2015 Yonex US Open Badminton Championships Men’s Finals against Lee Chong Wei. The two engaged in a battle of placing that couldn’t have ended better. Lee got the last laugh though.

Pulse Play is a wristband for amateur tennis, ping pong, badminton and squash players. Use it to keep score and track the result of your matches. Its app has local and global rankings as well as matchmaking features.

An intense one-sided attack from the 2013 World Badminton Championships. It would’ve been funnier if they lost the point, but the Smash Bros aka House Baratheon aka 2Smash 2Furious were just too much for their foes.

An intense badminton rally between Julien Maio and Romain Eudeline, capped off by one of the most incredible recovery shots you’ll ever see. Don’t blink or you might miss Maio’s killer shot.