Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen (L) and Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia (R) go for a return during the men’s singles final on the last day of the All England Open Badminton Championship at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham, central England, on March 21, 2021. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP)
The arrival of spring begats high pollen counts, winter rainstorms if one lives in the Pacific Northwest or Alaska, and the annual “Raising of the Backyard Badminton Net,” celebrated every April 9th as part of “Shuttlecock Awareness Month,” which oddly enough takes place in May.
Shuttlecock Awareness Month is important given those little feathery missiles are the fastest recorded
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