btw.... badminton is a great game too.
Many years ago, I played a sport called "Arial Tennis" or "Arial Darts." Sort of like badmiton, but instead of rackets, we used wooden paddles, the courts were larger, and the bird had a heavy, hard rubber "head" which mean that it could MOVE!

Wow... I think that it's probably been at least 25 years since I last played that game...
Mark
By the way......... I bought some of those old shuttlecocks at a flea market years ago................... real feathers....
Those paddles remind me of fifth grade.