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kottke.org posts about badminton

The world’s greatest badminton shot

You’ve gotta wait for it. Nope, not that one. Not that. Or that. THAT. THAT’S THE SHOT.

Literally unbelievable. Totally lucky but unbelievable. (via @DavidGrann)


Badminton Rant

This is the type of video you’ll see the title of and just skip right through in your hurry to clear your RSS reader. Sure, you could do that with this video, but it’d be a mistake. Mary Carillo’s rant is going to take someone through the night, it may as well be you.

(Thanks, Andy!)


I haven’t watched much professional-grade badminton so

I haven’t watched much professional-grade badminton so I don’t know if this is normal, but this point lasts far longer than I would have expected.