A shuttlecock drogue can be trailed behind the boom and used to refuel aircraft equipped with refuelling probes. |
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The routines include religious folk and aboriginal dance, martial arts along with diabolo playing and shuttlecock kicking. |
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She let out a dry laugh and I hit the shuttlecock, then she ran to meet it, maintaining the rally in silence for a few seconds before continuing. |
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On the other hand, maybe he was disturbed by the lights and wind at the stadium which make it difficult to control the shuttlecock. |
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In the nineteenth century there were repeated complaints that the pavements of London were made impassable by children's shuttlecock and tipcat. |
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I thought this over as I got a shuttlecock and volleyed it against the wall. |
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Like a fencer, I lunged forwards then soared into the air to meet the shuttlecock. |
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Cann returned her serve and Hughes stood back, waiting and hoping the shuttlecock would drop the wrong side of the white line. |
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In the first two sets, Sony could not free himself from Bao's pressure and failed to return the shuttlecock to Bao's court. |
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He snapped his Achilles heel while bending to pick up a shuttlecock and will be in plaster for three months. |
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He picked up the shuttlecock and we soon started a game, chatting amiably as we played. |
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A piece of metal, such as a heavy bolt, can be added to give the shuttlecock the necessary weight. |
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The BK6800 shuttlecock was adopted as the Official Shuttlecock and will be used at this year's National Badminton Championships. |
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And her first attempts at badminton were fraught with difficulties because up till then she had dabbled with tennis, and expected the shuttlecock to bounce! |
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He and I played games like marbles and shuttlecock and battledore. |
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To score a point, badminton players hit the shuttlecock with their rackets in an attempt to make the shuttlecock land on their opponent's court. |
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It is interesting to note that there were no shuttlecock manufacturers in those days, so players had to make their own shuttlecocks from whatever materials were available. |
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The Indonesians became increasingly desperate, illustrated by a misunderstanding at 10-13 as both men were wrong-footed as the shuttlecock landed in the middle of the court. |
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And I had the chance to finish off the match when I was leading 17-14 and my opponent hit a lame return, only for me to smack the shuttlecock into the net. |
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Badminton's origins date back at least two thousand years to the game of battledore and shuttlecock played in ancient Greece, India and China. |
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Badminton evolved from the games of battledore and shuttlecock, which can be traced, back to ancient Greece, China, Japan and India. |
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Over puppet shows and shuttlecock games she picked up the language, she claimed, in just three-and-a-half months. |
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The flight of the shuttlecock, a simple missile of cork and goose feather, has been recorded at speeds of 260 kilometres an hour. |
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The model's movements make a greater impression, and the arc of the racket and impact on the shuttlecock seem more powerful and dynamic. |
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The Mile High dinner series is just one of many events the cousins throw under their umbrella company, shuttlecock Inc. |
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They tend to let the shuttlecock play them instead of attacking it. |
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Shon, who is partially sighted after being struck in the right eye by a shuttlecock when he was 15, certainly had his work cut out for him against his Indonesian opponent. |
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Adults still play a game with a shuttlecock made out of corn. |
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In conclusion, foreign the athlete's tactics consisted of taking the initiative in offense by placing the shuttlecock as far from the point of strike by the opponent as possible, thereby, making the opponent run. |
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During the meeting has been underlined the commitment of the Italian companies involved and the aim of increasing the Expo on the national territory, as it could be a shuttlecock for the Italian economy re-launch. |
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The roots of the sport can be traced to ancient Greece, China, and India, and it is closely related to the old children's game battledore and shuttlecock. |
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And in Congress he has been batted around like a shuttlecock. |
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As long as the presidency remains the shuttlecock of different scions of the north-eastern aristocracy, Americans may have a hard time thinking of any party as the champions of the poor. |
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The creation of interactive 360° animations and 3D animations of sports products such as badminton racket, shuttlecock, volleyball, tennis ball, football among others are very easy. |
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Smaller but striking too is the Ostrich fern whose upright fronds are arranged like a shuttlecock. |
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Ancient Greek drawings represent a game almost identical with battledore and shuttlecock, and it has been popular in China, Japan, India, and Thailand for at least 2,000 years. |
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When players become fairly skillful, they kick the shuttlecock not only with the instep but with the knee, or sometimes alternating the heel and instep kicks. |
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Sending a shuttlecock over a net into the opponent's side of the court with the aid of a racket, in such a way that the opponent is unable to return it. |
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Under trees with mauve trunks, shuttlecock players, who gave the painting its name, are mingled with women picking flowers and bathers in the background. |
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The practice of the game in this country is to keep the shuttlecock in the air by striking it from one person to another. |
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