ABSTRACT
In all kinds of ball sports or competitions, in addition to the player's own familiarity with the sport and skillfulness and the quality of the ball hit, the direction control accuracy when the ball is hit is also one of the important factors contributing to whether the target, which is the ball operated in the process, can achieve the direction and location expected and set by the striker.
In this paper, synthetic shuttlecocks and feather shuttlecocks in badminton were targeted to compare the difference between the two. Among the many differences, this study focused on the direct link between the direction control of the shuttlecock and the time (recovery time) required for the ball to change the direction when hit.
In addition, through the analysis of the actual measurement data, the preferable weight distribution ratio of the head and body of a synthetic shuttlecock was deduced. Improvement methods and recommendations for synthetic shuttlecocks to better resemble feather shuttlecocks were proposed. The purpose is to improve the on-site performance of synthetic shuttlecocks and enhance player and market acceptance towards synthetic shuttlecocks.
